Michigan State Mathematics Project for Teachers of Minority Youth

密歇根州立大学为一项为期三年的计划寻求资金，以促进对中学少数民族学生数学教学的改进。这将通过一个为期三周的夏季研讨会来完成，该研讨会由来自密歇根州11个城市学区的中学数学教师和支持人员（中学或大学数学教师、主管或管理人员）组成。在代数、几何和可视化、概率和统计以及非裔美国人对数学的贡献的教学中，目前的示范材料将被使用。参加暑期研讨班的学员可以获得六个小时的研究生学分。学年后续活动将包括两次为期一天的会议和工作人员对每个学区的两次访问。每年将增加45名中学数学教师和辅助人员，他们将以教师领导的身份返回学校，以增加225名第二波教师。在项目的整个生命周期内，所有810名教师和支持人员都应该得到加强。密歇根州立大学的费用分摊将占NSF预算的13%。接触、教授和留住少数民族学生学习数学是美国国家科学基金会的一项工作，实际上也是国家最优先考虑的目标。该项目有可能为在职教学系统提供一个原型模型，使教师能够实现这一目标。

Michigan State University seeks funds for a three-year program to promote the improvement of the teaching of mathematics to middle school minority students. This will be accomplished through a three-week summer workshop for Professional Development Teams of middle school mathematics teachers and support people (secondary or college mathematics teachers, supervisors or administrators) from eleven urban school districts in Michigan. Current exemplary materials in the teaching of algebra, geometry and visualization, probability and statistics, and contributions of African-Americans to mathematics will be used. Participants my earn six hours of graduate credit for the summer workshop. School year follow-up activities will include two, one-day conferences and two visits by staff members to each of the school districts. Each year 45 middle school mathematics teachers and support people will be enhanced and expected to return to their schools as teacher-leaders to enhance an additional 225 second-wave teachers. In all 810 teachers and support people should be enhanced during the lifetime of the project. Michigan State University's cost-sharing will account for 13% of the NSF budget. Reaching, teaching and retaining minority students in mathematics is an NSF and indeed a national goal of the highest priority. This project has the potential of providing a prototypic model for an in-service delivery system capable of empowering teachers to achieve this goal.