A Modern K-6 Mathematics Curriculum Based on Integrating Mathematics and Science

在《数理结合教学(TIMS)教师强化教材》的基础上，将开发出L完整的K-6和科学教材。学生们将花大约一半的时间做动手的定量实验和活动，四分之一的时间用于解决开放式问题，四分之一的时间学习算术方法。该项目制作的课堂材料将包括总共140个实践实验，这些实验结合了重要的科学和数学知识(每个实验需要大约五个课时才能完成)、问题解决模块、一本教科书和一本冒险书。学生们将以小组形式探索问题，通过实验发现关系，并讨论结果。他们将收集、绘制和分析数据。他们将通过一系列关于实验的问题，进行猜测，寻找替代方法，讨论联系，验证结论，并加强技能。对课程的支持将包括广泛的教师材料，以及教师准备教科书、在职/员工发展计划、L评估方案和家长参与计划。课程将广泛使用适当的技术，包括计算器和计算机。教师的教学技能和知识应该通过使用这些材料来增加。对项目的评价既包括试点试验阶段的形成性评价，也包括实地试验阶段的总结性评价。作为总结性评估的一部分，将研究儿童在概念发展方面的成长情况，儿童的态度，以及教师的态度和知识，并与其他课程进行比较。

Based upon the Teaching Integrated Mathematics and Science (TIMS) teacher enhancement materials,l complete K-6 and science materials will be developed. Students will spend about half their time doing hands-on quantitative experiments and activities, a fourth of their time involved in open ended problem solving, and a fourth of their time learning methods of arithmetic. The classroom materials produced by the project will include a total of 140 hands-on experiments which combine knowledge of significant science and mathematics (each of which takes about five class periods to complete), problem solving modules, a textbook, and an adventure book. Students will pursue problems in small groups, discover relationships through experiments, and discuss their results. They will gather, graph, and analyze data. They will, through sequences of questions about the experiments, make conjectures, find alternative methods, discuss connections, verify conclusions, and reinforce skills. Support for the curriculum will include extensive teacher materials in addition to a teacher preparation textbook, an inservice/staff development program,l an assessment package, and a program for parent involvement. The curriculum will make extensive use of appropriate technologies including calculators and computers. Teachers' pedagogical skill and knowledge should increase through use of these materials. Evaluation of the project encompasses both formative evaluation during the pilot test phase and summative evaluation during the field test phase. As part of the summative evaluation, the children's growth in conceptual development, the children's attitudes, and the teachers' attitudes and knowledge will all be studied and compared with other curricula.