A Greater Birmingham Partnership: Building Communities of Learners and Leaders in Middle School Mathematics

大伯明翰合作伙伴关系：建立中学数学学习者和领导者社区

• 批准号: 0632522
• 负责人: John Mayer
• 金额: $ 737.74万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-06-01 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0632522&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Greater; Birmingham; Partnership; Building; Communities

ABSTRACT-0412373A Greater Birmingham Partnership (GBMP): Building Communities of Learners and Leaders in Middle School Mathematics is fundamentally targeting the improvement of middle school mathematics, with implications for both future and current teachers, and with a secondary focus on high school teachers of mathematics. The core partners include the lead organization, Birmingham-Southern College, as well as, the University of Alabama at Birmingham and eight Greater Birmingham Alabama school districts: Bessemer City, Fairfield City, Homewood City, Hoover City, Jefferson County, Mountain Brook City, Shelby County, and Vestavia City School Systems. A significant supporting partner is the Mathematics Education Collaborative (MEC) of the State of Washington.The overarching goal of the GBMP is to significantly improve the mathematics achievement of approximately 22,000 students in grades 6-8, while narrowing the mathematics achievement gaps among varied populations of students, through a number of strategies, which include: (A) engaging all 274 middle grades teachers of mathematics in a series of mathematical content courses centered on deep mathematical problems; (B) leadership development of middle grades teachers as members of Mathematical Support Teams (60 teachers), Mathematics Focus Groups (40 teachers), and Mathematical Study Groups focused on special topics; (C) design/modification of university mathematics courses for pre- and in-service teachers, including the integration of engineering ideas that will focus students on the powerful application of mathematical ideas; (D) placement of interns in classrooms of teachers that model exemplary practices in mathematical instruction; (E) establishment of teacher certification in middle grades mathematics; (F) parental engagement as advocates for high quality mathematics for all students; (H) enhancement of the capacity of administrators to identify and support quality mathematical instruction; and (I) exploration of research questions associated with mathematical learning by middle grades students (metacognitive processes, motivation, social interaction, accommodations), efficacy of professional development strategies, obtaining consistency of solid mathematical reform in eight disparate-some of which serve very privileged populations and others which serve extremely disadvantaged populations-school districts simultaneously, studying pedagogical change in university faculty as a result of their collaborations with K-12 districts, and optimizing features of mesosystems-Institutions of Higher Education and K-12 factors that maximize effectiveness.The GBMP brings together classroom teachers of mathematics, school administrators, university faculty (mathematicians, engineers, and educators), experts in professional development, researchers, community and business leaders, and the Alabama State Department of Education to focus on the curricular, pedagogical, mathematical content, certification, and parental interests that must be synergistically addressed in order to support all middle grades learners in acquiring the mathematical power necessary for success in the 21st century.

摘要-0412373A大伯明翰合作伙伴关系（GBMP）：中学数学中的学习者和领导者的建立社区从根本上是针对中学数学的改善，对未来和现任教师的影响以及对数学高中老师的次要关注。 核心合作伙伴包括领导组织，伯明翰 - 南方学院，以及伯明翰的阿拉巴马大学和八个大伯明翰阿拉巴马州学区：贝塞默市，费尔菲尔德市，霍姆伍德市，胡佛市，杰斐逊县，杰斐逊县，山布鲁克县，山布鲁克城，山谢尔比县和维斯塔维亚市学校系统。 一个重要的支持合作伙伴是华盛顿州的数学教育合作培训（MEC）。GBMP的总体目标是显着改善6至8年级的大约22,000名学生的数学成就，同时缩小数学实现差距的范围通过多种策略，学生包括：（a）与数学的所有274名中级教师一起参与一系列以深层数学问题为中心的数学内容课程； （b）将中级教师的领导力发展为数学支持团队（60位教师），数学焦点小组（40名教师）和数学研究小组的成员； （c）为教师和在职教师的大学数学课程设计/修改，包括工程思想的整合，这些思想将集中于学生的强大数学思想应用； （d）将实习生安置在教师的教室中，以模拟数学教学中的模范实践； （e）在中级数学中建立教师认证； （f）作为所有学生的高质量数学倡导者的父母参与； （h）提高管理员识别和支持质量数学指令的能力； （i）探索中级学生与数学学习相关的研究问题（元认知过程，动机，社交互动，适应性），专业发展策略的疗效，获得八个不同的二下的数学改革的一致性，其中有八个不同的特权服务人群和其他人同时为极度弱势群体的人群提供服务，研究大学教师的教学变化是他们与K-12地区的合作，并优化了高等教育介绍系统的特征，以及K-12的因素以及最大程度地提高有效性的K-112因素。 GBMP汇集了数学，学校管理人员，大学教职员工（数学家，工程师和教育工作者），专业发展，研究人员，社区和商业领袖的专家以及阿拉巴马州教育部的专家，以专注于课程，教学，教学，教学，教学，教学，必须协同解决的数学内容，认证和父母利益，以支持所有中级学习者获得21世纪成功所必需的数学能力。