Disseminating New Knowledge About Mathematics Instruction

该项目将在数学教育研究和专业教学界之间开展持续的合作，目的是解释和传播关于在小学和中学年级进行有效数学教学的知识。该项目的一个主要目标是开发并向职业教师传播有用的知识，了解中小学数学是如何学习的，以及如何更有效地教授数学。一个平行的目标是在研究和教师之间发展一种交流的形式，这将支持在改进教学实践中深思熟虑地和持续地使用研究。该项目将产生两种产品，一种是具体的书面材料，另一种是传播研究成果的模式，这些研究成果应该对教学产生影响。书面材料将包括：由数学教育工作者和认知研究人员团队撰写的综合章节，将总结当前与3-8年级有关的数学主题的研究知识；由专家教师撰写的研究翻译，将作为教师学习小学数学的资源，其形式与学校课程和教学问题和机会直接相关；由专家教师开发的培训材料，通过提供反思、讨论和教师教学计划的材料，将研究成果应用到实际的课堂实践中。该项目开发的模型将展示一种方法，通过一个由主要教师工会支持的专业发展网络，将研究成果带给实践教育工作者。该项目开辟和开发的交流渠道可以有效地将教学研究带入课堂，同时将教学专业的知识和经验引起数学研究人员和教育工作者的注意。

This project will develop a sustained collaboration between the mathematics education research and professional teaching communities for the purpose of interpreting and disseminating knowledge about effective mathematics instruction in the elementary and middle school grades. A major goal of the project is to develop and communicate usable knowledge to career teachers about how mathematics in elementary and middle school is learned and how it may be taught more effectively. A parallel goal is the development of a form of communication between researches and teachers that will support thoughtful and continuing use of research in improving instructional practice. Two types of products will emerge from this project, specific written materials and a model for the dissemination of research findings that should effect teaching. The written materials will include: Synthesis chapters, written by teams of mathematics educators and cognitive researchers, that will summarize current research knowledge about mathematics topics relevant to grades 3-8; Research translations, written by expert teachers, that will be used as resources for teachers to learn elementary mathematics in a form tied directly to the school curriculum and to problems and opportunities for teaching; Training materials, developed by expert teachers, that will apply the research findings to actual classroom practice, by providing material for reflection, discussion, and teacher planning of instruction. The model developed by the project will demonstrate a means of bringing research findings to practicing educators via a professional development network supported by a major teachers' union. The channels of communication opened and developed by this project can be effectively used to bring instructional research to the classroom, while at the same time bringing the knowledge and experience of teaching professions to the attention of mathematics researchers and educators.