A Mathematics and Computer Science Project on the Navajo Reservation -- EARLY ALERT

亚利桑那州立大学将启动为期四周的通勤和住宿活动，早期预警计划青年数学学者计划将为60名进入八年级的大学预科学生提供丰富的活动。该计划的前两周将在纳瓦霍保留地进行。将向参与者介绍数学的实验性质。将教授数论、离散概率、图论和组合学等主题，并将其作为实验材料。学生将学习编写计算机程序来执行用于检验猜想的数学例程。参与者还将学习解决问题的技巧。问题将从包括匈牙利出版物《Matematika Lapok》在内的几个来源中挑选和收集。各种科学活动将与数学焦点相关联。例如，参与者将学习透镜的数学知识，并将建造一个四英寸的反射镜望远镜，然后用于探索纳瓦霍保留地上空美丽的夜空。学生们将在亚利桑那州立大学的校园里度过最后两周，在那里他们将有机会与科学教师见面，并参加科学演示。他们还将会见招生和经济援助办公室的工作人员。

The Arizona State University will initiate a four-week, commuter and residential, Early Alert Initiative Young Scholars project in Mathematics which will offer enrichment activities for 60 precollege students entering grade 8. The first two weeks of the program will take place on the Navajo Reservation. Participants will be introduced to the experimental nature of mathematics. The topics of number theory, discrete probability, graph theory, and combinatorics will be taught and used as experimental material. The students will learn to write computer programs to implement mathematical routines for use in checking conjectures. Participants also will learn problem-solving techniques. Problems will be selected and collected from several sources including the Hungarian publication, "Matematika Lapok." Various science activities will be correlated with the mathematical focus. For example, participants will learn about the mathematics of lenses and will build a four-inch reflector telescope which will then be used to explore the beautiful night sky above the Navajo Reservation. Students will spend the last two weeks on the campus of the Arizona State University, where they will be given the opportunity to meet with science faculty members and to attend science demonstrations. They also will meet with personnel from the admissions and financial aid offices.