CBMS2015: A Study of Undergraduate Programs in the Mathematical and Statistical Sciences in the United States and the Publication of the Results

CBMS2015：美国数学与统计科学本科专业研究及结果发表

• 批准号: 1441478
• 负责人: James Maxwell
• 金额: $ 51.86万
• 依托单位: American Mathematical Society
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-08-15 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1441478&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CBMS2015; Study; Undergraduate; Programs; Mathematical

The project, CBMS2015, will be coordinated by the Conference Board for the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS) and will be managed by the American Mathematical Society (AMS). CBMS2015, will be a comprehensive survey of the nation's undergraduate mathematical and statistical sciences programs at two-year and four-year institutions scheduled to commence in the fall of 2015. This project will continue a cross-sectional survey of undergraduate mathematics programs that has been done every five years since 1965. CBMS surveys track changes in the curriculum, pedagogy, enrollment levels by individual courses, bachelor's degrees granted, and program faculty in US undergraduate mathematical sciences programs. CBMS2015 will provide current national benchmark data that the Nation's mathematical sciences department chairs called for in the 1999 AMS publication "Towards Excellence: Leading a Mathematics Department in the 21st Century". A comprehensive report describing the findings of this survey will be distributed in the spring of 2017 to science policy leaders at the national level and to all mathematics programs in the US and will also be freely available in print and online. The findings of the survey will be promoted to the mathematical sciences community at relevant professional meetings and in appropriate publications. Improving the Nation's undergraduate STEM efforts depends on improving undergraduate mathematics and statistics, and planning future reforms begins by knowing the present. The survey report will provide data on crucial issues within the mathematics community, catalyzing other educational research. The statistical design of the stratified random sample survey and associated statistical analysis will be conducted by statisticians at Westat, Inc. in consultation with a steering committee appointed by CBMS. The final report will be written by the project's senior personnel and published by the American Mathematical Society. The survey's evolving structure will contribute to educational survey research methodology. In addition, CBMS2015 will focus on a selection of topics of importance to leaders of various organizations concerned with undergraduate education in the mathematical sciences. The topics include, but are not limited to: (1) evidence-based teaching practices; (2) practices in distance-learning courses; (3) instructional strategies in College Algebra, Calculus I, and Elementary Statistics; (4) instructional strategies and delivery methods in developmental mathematics; (5) assessment of mathematics and statistics programs; (5) data on gender and under-represented groups; (6) research and internship opportunities in the mathematical sciences for undergraduate students; and (6) other full-time faculty (faculty at four-year departments that are full-time, but not eligible for tenure).This project is funded jointly by the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education, and the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Division of Mathematical Sciences.

该项目 CBMS2015 将由数学科学联合会 (CBMS) 协调，并由美国数学会 (AMS) 管理。 CBMS2015 将对全国两年制和四年制院校的本科数学和统计科学课程进行全面调查，计划于 2015 年秋季开始。该项目将继续对本科数学课程进行横断面调查。自 1965 年以来每五年进行一次。CBMS 调查跟踪美国本科数学科学项目的课程、教学法、个别课程的入学水平、授予的学士学位以及项目教师的变化。 CBMS2015 将提供美国数学科学系主席在 1999 年 AMS 出版物“迈向卓越：引领 21 世纪数学系”中要求的当前国家基准数据。 描述这项调查结果的综合报告将于 2017 年春季分发给国家级科学政策领导人和美国所有数学项目，并且还将免费提供印刷版和在线版。调查结果将在相关专业会议和适当出版物中向数学科学界推广。提高国家本科生 STEM 工作取决于提高本科生数学和统计学，规划未来改革首先从了解现在开始。该调查报告将提供数学界关键问题的数据，从而促进其他教育研究。分层随机抽样调查的统计设计和相关统计分析将由 Westat, Inc. 的统计学家与 CBMS 指定的指导委员会协商进行。最终报告将由该项目的高级人员撰写并由美国数学会出版。该调查不断发展的结构将有助于教育调查研究方法的发展。此外，CBMS2015 将重点关注对关注数学科学本科教育的各个组织的领导人来说重要的精选主题。主题包括但不限于：（1）循证教学实践； （二）远程教学课程实践； (3) 大学代数、微积分I、初级统计学的教学策略； (4)发展数学的教学策略和教学方法； (5) 数学和统计学课程的评估； (5) 关于性别和代表性不足群体的数据； （六）为本科生提供数学科学研究和实习机会； (6) 其他全职教师（四年制院系的全职教师，但没有资格获得终身教职）。该项目由教育和人力资源局、本科教育司和数学和物理科学理事会，数学科学部。