Mathematics Enhancement for Teachers of American Indians

美国印第安人教师的数学增强

• 批准号: 8850406
• 负责人: Ardel Boes
• 金额: $ 22.85万
• 依托单位: Colorado School of Mines
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-11-15 至 1991-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8850406&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Mathematics; Enhancement; Teachers; American; Indians

The main goals of the project are to improve the quality of mathematics and engineering education available to American Indian youth. The project proposes a model program consisting of a teacher workshop to be held concurrently with a camp for students at the middle school level, grades 6 through 8. The camp for students is to be funded from non National Science foundation funds, namely from AISES (American Indian Science and Engineering Society.) It is planned that 25 mathematics teachers attend workshops during the summers 1989 and 1990 at the Colorado School of Mines. The workshops emphasize mathematics and computer applications and improvement of teaching skills. Arising out of the workshop would be a tangible product in the form of a math kit which would be used in the schools and aid in transfer of knowledge and skills. The kit is to include culturally relevant, mathematically challenging lesson plans, manipulatives, computer software techniques, and reviews. Teachers and students are to benefit from constructive interaction and hands-on exercises during the training period. Funding for a prototype project to be conducted during the summer 1988 has already been funded by Cray Research, Incorporated. It is intended that the participants would become master teachers, as a product of the workshop experiences, who would be capable of helping other teachers in their districts. Through this mechanism, potentially hundreds of teachers and thousands of students should be impacted by the project. The process of participant selection is based on cooperative work by the College and AISES. The latter will advertise the workshop to American Indian schools using an existing mailing list to alert the school and community populations. Criteria used by AISES to judge applications includes evidence of need, commitment to teaching in an American Indian school, administrative support to ensure application of workshop training, and the teacher's willingness to adopt innovative approaches to the teaching of mathematics. There is to be an education selection committee comprised of educators and professionals in science and engineering which will select the participants from among the applicants. The emphasis during the workshop experiences for teachers is on teaching techniques, mathematics content, and computer content. A discovery learning process is to be utilized to invite teachers to more fully engage the academic subjects on which they may have deficiencies. The mathematics emphasis is on the development of algebraic and geometric thought utilizing spatial visualization and diagrammatic models. The computer classes involve literacy as well as programming techniques using the BASIC and Logo languages. The staff seems to have excellent knowledge of the academic and didactical topics as well as experiences in working with the target populations. An amount equivalent to 61% of the NSF request has been cost shared by the university, public and private institutions.

该项目的主要目标是提高美国印第安青年的数学和工程教育质量。该项目提出了一个示范项目，包括一个教师讲习班，同时为中学6至8年级的学生举办一个夏令营。学生夏令营将由非国家科学基金资助，即美国印第安人科学与工程学会。计划有25名数学教师参加1989年和1990年夏季在科罗拉多矿业学院举办的讲习班。讲习班强调数学和计算机的应用以及教学技能的提高。讲习班将产生一种有形的产品，即一套数学工具包，供学校使用，并有助于知识和技能的传授。该工具包包括与文化相关的、具有数学挑战性的课程计划、教具、计算机软件技术和评论。在培训期间，教师和学生将受益于建设性的互动和实践练习。将于1988年夏季进行的一个原型项目的经费已经由克雷研究公司提供。参加者将成为大师教师，作为工作坊经验的产物，他们将能够帮助他们所在地区的其他教师。通过这种机制，可能会有数百名教师和数千名学生受到该项目的影响。选择参与者的过程是基于学院和AISES的合作工作。后者将使用现有的邮件列表向美国印第安学校宣传讲习班，以提醒学校和社区人口。AISES用来评判申请的标准包括：需要的证据、在美国印第安人学校教学的承诺、确保工作坊培训应用的行政支持，以及教师采用创新数学教学方法的意愿。将有一个由教育工作者和科学和工程专业人员组成的教育选择委员会，从申请人中选择参与者。对教师来说，工作坊经验的重点是教学技巧、数学内容和计算机内容。利用发现学习过程来邀请教师更充分地参与他们可能有缺陷的学术科目。数学的重点是利用空间可视化和图解模型发展代数和几何思想。计算机课程包括读写能力以及使用BASIC和Logo语言的编程技术。工作人员似乎对学术和教学主题有很好的了解，也有与目标人群合作的经验。相当于NSF请求的61%的费用由大学、公立和私立机构分摊。