Project MERGE+ (Mathematics Enrichment and Reinforcement in General Education)

在之前由NSF和田纳西州资助的项目的基础上，这个为期一年半的项目解决了改善中学数学教学的问题，特别是中学。在本学年，50名5至8年级的教师(包括10名候补教师)将通过学习专门设计的代数和三角课程来加深他们的数学背景。暑假期间，其中40名教师将与20名高中教师一起参加一个为期五周的研讨会，其中包括离散数学和基础计算机科学的教学，以及适当的教学策略的讨论。由两名中学教师和一名高中教师组成的团队将合作制定教案。参与者将主要来自田纳西州孟菲斯的市中心学校。该项目还包括由孟菲斯城市数学合作组织赞助的为期五天的概率和统计讲习班和为期两天的课程审查讲习班。勒莫因-欧文学院和孟菲斯城市数学协作组以费用分摊的形式提供了相当于NSF奖金8%的捐款。

Building on previous projects funded by NSF and the State of Tennessee, this 1.5-year project addresses the problem of improving mathematics instruction in secondary schools, especially middle schools. During the academic year, fifty teachers (including ten alternates) of grades 5 through 8 will deepen their mathematics backgrounds by taking specially designed courses in algebra and trigonometry. During the summer, forty of these teachers will join twenty high school teachers in a five-week workshop that includes instruction in discrete mathematics and basic computer science, as well as discussion of appropriate teaching strategies. Teams consisting of two middle school teachers and one high school teacher will collaborate on the development of lesson plans. Participants will be drawn primarily from inner-city schools in Memphis, Tennessee. The project also includes a five-day workshop in probability and statistics sponsored by the Memphis Urban Mathematics Collaborative and a two-day curriculum review workshop. LeMoyne-Owen College and the Memphis Urban Mathematics Collaborative are contributing as cost-sharing an amount equal to 8% of the NSF award.