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将由数学科学会议委员会（CBM）协调，并将由美国数学学会（AMS）管理。 CBMS2015，将是一项全面调查，该调查计划于2015年秋季开始为期两年和四年的机构，该计划在2015年秋季开始。该项目将继续对本科本科数学课程进行跨截面调查，自1965年以来每五年进行一次。授予的学位和美国本科数学科学课程的课程教师。 CBMS2015将提供当前的国家基准数据，该数据在1999年AMS出版物中要求该国数学科学系主持人“朝着卓越：领导21世纪的数学部门”。 一份描述该调查结果的综合报告将于2017年春季向国家一级的科学政策领导者和美国的所有数学计划分发给科学政策领袖，也将在印刷和在线上免费提供。调查的发现将在相关专业会议和适当出版物中晋升为数学科学社区。改善国家的本科STEM努力取决于改善本科数学和统计数据，计划未来的改革始于知道现在。调查报告将提供有关数学社区中关键问题的数据，从而促进其他教育研究。分层随机样本调查和相关统计分析的统计设计将由Westat，Inc。的统计学家与CBMS任命的指导委员会协商。最终报告将由该项目的高级人员撰写，并由美国数学学会出版。调查的不断发展的结构将有助于教育调查研究方法。此外，CBMS2015将重点介绍与数学科学中有关本科教育有关的各种组织的领导者的重要主题。主题包括但不限于：（1）基于证据的教学实践； （2）在远程学习课程中的练习； （3）大学代数，微积分I和基本统计​​数据的教学策略； （4）发展数学中的教学策略和交付方法； （5）评估数学和统计计划； （5）有关性别和代表性不足群体的数据； （6）本科生的数学科学研究和实习机会； （6）其他全职教职员工（四年制专职的教职员工，但不符合任期的资格）。该项目由教育和人力资源局，本科教育局以及数学和物理科学局共同资助，数学科学司，数学和物理科学局。