Mathematical Modeling in the School Curriculum: An Honors Workshop for Secondary Mathematics Teachers in the South- central Pennsylvania Region

这一领导活动项目将为来自宾夕法尼亚州中南部地区的35名模范中学数学教师提供增强和专业发展经验。总体项目目标包括更新和深化参与者的数学背景和教学方法，建立参与者之间的联系，由参与者在其母校举办在职讲习班，向附近学校系统传播项目材料和成果，以及在计划周密的文件、评估和评价工作中调查模式化方法。参与者将通过向72个学区提供服务的中级单位的教育专家提供的推荐来挑选。在国会大厦举行的为期5周的研讨会上，与会者将学习数学建模的理论和实践，以及强调数学建模和解决问题的学校数学教学。在小组会议中，他们将一起工作，应用他们的新理解来制定计划和材料，将数学建模应用到他们自己的教学中。此外，他们还将为每个人都需要为学校同事举办的半天研讨会进行合作计划。在秋季跟进期间，他们将在自己的教室里由项目工作人员观察和协助。他们将为同行举办工作坊，参加由客座工业数学家介绍的三个为期半天的数学应用研讨会，并为所有项目活动准备书面报告。参与者将受到表彰和荣誉，他们将获得8个研究生学分。

This Leadership Activities project will provide enhancement and professional development experiences for 35 exemplary secondary school mathematics teachers from the south-central Pennsylvania area. The overall project goals involve the updating and deepening of the participants' mathematical backgrounds and teaching methodology, the networking of the participants, the conduct of in-service workshops by the participants in their home schools, the dissemination of the project materials and results to nearby school systems, and the investigation of the modelistic approach within a well-planned documentation, assessment and evaluation effort. Participants will be selected through recommendations provided by educational specialists in the Intermediate Units, which provide services to 72 school districts. Participants will study the theory and practice of mathematical modeling, as well as the teaching of school mathematics emphasizing mathematical modeling and problem solving during a 5-week workshop on the Capitol Campus. In small group sessions they will work together to apply their new understandings to develop plans and materials for implementing mathematical modeling into their own teaching. Further, they will collaboratively plan for the half-day workshop each is required to conduct for their school colleagues. During the Autumn follow-up, they will be observed and assisted by project staff in their own classrooms. They will conduct the workshop for peers, attend three half-day symposia on mathematical applications presented by guest industrial mathematicians, and prepare written reports of all project activities. The participants will be recognized and honored, and they will earn eight graduate credits.