Collaborative Research: Data Integration in Undergraduate Mathematics Education

合作研究：本科数学教育中的数据集成

• 批准号: 1711197
• 负责人: Nicole Juersivich
• 金额: $ 4.65万
• 依托单位: Nazareth College of Rochester
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-07-01 至 2021-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1711197&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Data; Integration; Undergraduate

This project will engage early-stage undergraduate students in the mathematical study of real world problems by using computationally-focused modules that infuse authentic data into the first two years of the undergraduate mathematics curriculum. The project will focus on four courses: Calculus I, Calculus II, Multivariate Calculus, and Linear Algebra at Rochester Institute of Technology and Nazareth College of Rochester. The leadership team will study the: (i) impact of computer-based modules on undergraduate students' mathematical disposition and achievement and (ii) effectiveness of professional development on undergraduate mathematics faculty. The project will contribute to the study of data and technology integration in mathematics education at the collegiate level, and will facilitate the uptake of new methods by developing high-quality educational tools for educators to use in their classrooms. In this way, the project will support the National Science Foundation's mission of promoting the progress of science and advancing the national prosperity. This project will develop in-class modules based on real-world data so that students have authentic experiences that support and motivate the investigation of mathematical concepts and techniques; will study the impact of these modules on undergraduate students' disposition towards and achievement in mathematics; and will study the effect of professional development on undergraduate faculty members. Students will be given questionnaires and will participate in focus groups, courses will be videotaped, and undergraduate faculty members will be given questionnaires and asked to write reflective journals. There will be roughly 50 professors trained internally and externally, and the project will impact approximately 1,000 students distributed between Rochester Institute of Technology (a technical university) and Nazareth College of Rochester (a comprehensive college). This project will provide information about the ways that encountering authentic data affects students' attitudes and their willingness to engage with computers, and also undergraduate mathematics faculty members' response to professional development activities. The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program will provide co-funding for this project in recognition of its alignment with the broader teacher preparation goals of the Noyce effort.

该项目将通过使用以计算为重点的模块将真实数据注入本科数学课程的前两年，从而使早期阶段的本科生参与现实世界中问题的数学研究。 该项目将重点放在四门课程上：罗切斯特理工学院和罗切斯特拿撒勒学院的微积分I，微积分，多元微积分和线性代数。领导团队将研究：（i）基于计算机的模块对本科生的数学性格和成就以及（ii）专业发展对本科数学学院的有效性的影响。 该项目将有助于在大学层面研究数学教育中的数据和技术整合，并通过开发高质量的教育工具来促进新方法的吸收，以供教育工作者在课堂上使用。通过这种方式，该项目将支持国家科学基金会促进科学进步并促进国家繁荣的使命。 该项目将基于现实世界数据开发课堂模块，以便学生拥有真正的经验，以支持和激励对数学概念和技术的调查；将研究这些模块对本科生对数学方面和成就的影响；并将研究专业发展对本科教师的影响。 将向学生提供问卷调查，并将参加焦点小组，课程将进行录像，并向本科教师提供问卷，并要求撰写反思性期刊。内部和外部的教授将大约有50名教授，该项目将影响罗切斯特理工学院（一所技术大学）和罗切斯特拿撒勒学院（一所综合学院）之间分配的大约1,000名学生。该项目将提供有关遇到真实数据的方式的信息，会影响学生的态度及其与计算机互动的意愿，以及本科数学教师对专业发展活动的反应。罗伯特·诺伊斯（Robert Noyce）教师奖学金计划将为该项目提供共同资助，以表彰其与Noyce努力的更广泛的教师准备目标的一致性。