Breathing Life into Calculus: Using Simulation to Enhance Students' Understanding of the Relevance of Calculus to Physiology

Autor/inn/en	Stoner, Melissa A.; Joyner, Robert L.
Titel	Breathing Life into Calculus: Using Simulation to Enhance Students' Understanding of the Relevance of Calculus to Physiology
Quelle	In: PRIMUS, 32 (2022) 2, S.260-277 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1051-1970
DOI	10.1080/10511970.2020.1827102
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Instruction; Calculus; Mathematical Models; Physiology; Equipment; Equations (Mathematics); Medicine; Student Attitudes; College Students; Program Effectiveness; Relevance (Education); Physics; STEM Education; Simulation; Biology; Interdisciplinary Approach + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Analysis; Differenzialrechnung; Infinitesimalrechnung; Integralrechnung; Mathematical model; Mathematisches Modell; Physiologie; Equations; Mathematics; Gleichungslehre; Medizin; Schülerverhalten; Collegestudent; Relevance; Relevanz; Physik; STEM; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Biologie; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität
Abstract	Relating mathematics learned in the classroom to real situations increases student motivation and enhances learning. In this paper, we provide an example of a classroom application of calculus to physiology in two courses: "Differential Equations" and "Calculus I for Biology and Medicine." We designed and implemented a project that uses calculus to model the volume, flow, and pressure of air inside the lungs of a patient receiving positive pressure ventilation. After comparing mathematical models to a mechanically ventilated high-fidelity breathing simulator, students reported heightened interest in, and a greater appreciation for, the relevance of the calculus in both courses. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01