Empowering Mathematics Teachers in Computer-Intensive Environments

在计算机密集型环境中增强数学教师的能力

• 批准号: 9155313
• 负责人: M. Kathleen Heid
• 金额: $ 99.93万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-02-15 至 1997-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9155313&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Empowering; Mathematics; Teachers; Computer; Intensive

The Pennsylvania State University will conduct a three-year project to empower 300 middle and high school mathematics teachers in computer-intensive environments and to prepare teachers for implementing computer intensive curricula in general and computer-intensive algebra in particular. The project will engage participants through four components: a computer-intensive mathematics course, a mathematics education course in understanding student understanding, a practicum involving teaches as researchers, and classroom implementation addressing issues in the teaching and learning of mathematics in computer-intensive environments. These components will be accomplished through four-week intensive summer courses, follow-up activities during the school year, a year-long practicum for a subset of the teachers implementing computer- intensive algebra, and support for all teachers during their first year of implementation. In addition, this teacher enhancement model will study the effects of teacher- implemented, task-based interviews and computer-active testing on their understanding of student understanding. Participants will be recruited nationwide, with targeted areas of Washington, DC, Chicago and San Francisco. Participants may elect to receive eight graduate credits. In addition to the first-wave participants, an additional 900 second-wave participants will be effected through enactment of roles as computer-intensive facilitators, bringing the total numbers of teachers enhanced to 1200. In working in a computer-intensive environment, participants will learn new teaching roles -- roles that will deemphasize training in routine skills and emphasize computer-based exploration of mathematical concepts. They will develop new strategies for assessing student learning and for assigning grades. Pennsylvania State and participating schools' cost- sharing accounts for 8% of the NSF budget.

宾夕法尼亚州立大学将进行为期三年的项目，以在计算机密集型环境中赋予300个中学和高中数学教师的能力，并尤其是在一般和计算机密集的代数中实施计算机密集课程的教师。 该项目将通过四个组成部分吸引参与者：计算机密集型数学课程，一项数学教育课程，了解学生的理解，涉及教学的研究人员的实践以及在计算机密集型环境中数学教学和学习中的问题。 这些组成部分将通过为期四周的密集夏季课程，学年的后续活动，为实施计算机密集型代数的一部分教师的长期实践，并在实施第一年的所有教师中提供支持。 此外，该教师增强模型将研究教师实施的，基于任务的访谈和计算机活性测试对他们对学生理解的理解的影响。 参与者将在全国范围内招募，华盛顿特区，芝加哥和旧金山有针对性的地区。 参与者可以选择获得八个研究生学分。 除了第一波参与者外，还将通过颁布作为计算机密集型促进者的角色来实现另外900名第二波参与者，从而使教师总数增加到1200。在计算机密集型的环境中工作，参与者将学习新的教学角色 - 将在计算机技能上强调培训，并强调基于计算机的探索数学概念。 他们将制定评估学生学习和分配成绩的新策略。 宾夕法尼亚州立大学和参与学校的成本共享帐户占NSF预算的8％。