EQUALS in Mathematics and Technology

该项目拟与116名教师合作，其中教师96名 分别来自加州的六个学区和另外十个学区 states.加州以外的20名教师将轮流工作 与其他100名教师在他们的州或地区。他们是老师 在中学阶段，3-8年级。概算第一年 三年期项目强调课程材料的改编 这是多年来拟议的工作人员及其 同事该项目第一年的目标是评估 教材对参与教师及其学校的价值 区。第二年的重点是制定一个计划， 培训者使用和改编教材，以扩大效果 的计划。第三年继续发展， 领导活动和传播课程材料， 目标地区以外的教育战略。有一个 每年都有积极的后续行动。应该有八个 每学年集中授课12天， 每年夏天的教学时间。 这一建议有几个很好的特点。但是应当 在一个优秀的学术机构进行; PI，作为指导 提议活动的幕后力量，是一位世界知名的科学家; 拟议的工作人员已经形成了一个学者社区， 致力于项目目标;一套非常有效的材料， 经过多年的发展和完善，员工最 成功地为教师举办了讲习班， 中学及以上水平;作为过去努力的延伸， 团队现在打算将材料和策略应用于较低年级 程度.考虑到外界的捐助， 从NSF，有迹象表明，该项目将收到 教育界和科学界的支持和关注 因此值得按要求提供资金。

The project proposes to work with 116 teachers, including 96 teachers from six school districts in California and 2 each from ten other states. Each of the 20 teachers outside of California will in turn work with 100 other teachers in their states or districts. These are teachers at the middle school level, grades 3-8. The first year of the proposed three year project emphasizes the adaptation of curriculum materials which were developed over the years by the proposed staff and their colleagues. The goal of the first year of the project is to assess the value of the materials to the participating teachers and their school districts. The second year focuses on developing a program to train trainers to use and adapt the materials in order to multiply the effect of the program. The third year continues with the development of the leadership activities and disseminates the course materials and instructional strategies beyond the targeted districts. There is an active follow-up component in each of the years. There is to be eight days of concentrated instruction during each academic year and twelve days of instruction each summer. This proposal contains several excellent attributes. It is to be conducted at an excellent academic institution; the PI, as the guiding force behind the proposed activities, is a world renown scientist; the proposed staff have formed a community of scholars and are totally committed to the project goals; a very effective set of materials have been developed and improved over the years; the staff has been most successful in conducting workshops with the materials for teachers at the middle school level and above; as an extension of past efforts the team now intends to apply the materials and strategies at lower grade levels. Considering the outside contributions, beyond what is requested from the NSF, there is every indication that the project will receive support and attention from the educational and scientific communities and hence is worthy of funding as requested.