U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research: Cross-Cultural Study on Computer Use in Teaching Mathematical Problem Solving

该奖项支持南伊利诺伊大学卡本代尔分校的Jerry P. Becker教授和东京应用光学研究所的Tatsuo Miwa教授之间为期两年的合作研究项目。该项目涉及计算机在学校数学解题教学中的跨文化研究。这一合作源于1991年关于这一主题的美日研讨会，并遵循美国和日本改革数学教育的重大运动，并将技术（计算机和计算器）的使用纳入课堂，以加强数学的教与学。研究人员将探讨以下研究领域：数学教学的目的、软件使用、课程开发、开放式数学问题的开发、教师教育以及课堂跨文化使用教学单元的开发。这项研究延续了早期在研究学生数学问题解决行为方面的合作。该奖项还得到了教育和人力资源理事会研究、评估和传播司教学和学习计划研究的资金支持。

This award supports a two-year collaborative research project between Professor Jerry P. Becker of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and Professor Tatsuo Miwa of the Institute for Applied Optics, Tokyo. The project involves cross-cultural research on computer use in teaching mathematical problem solving in schools. The collaboration stems from a U.S.-Japan seminar on this topic in 1991 and follows major movements in the United States and Japan to reform mathematics education and incorporate use of technology (computers and calculators) to enhance the teaching and learning of mathematics in the classroom. The investigators will address the following areas of research: the aims of teaching mathematics, software use, curriculum development, development of open-ended mathematics problems, teacher education, and development of teaching units for cross- cultural use in classrooms. The research continues earlier collaboration in studying students' problem solving behaviors in mathematics. The award is also supported by funds from the Research in Teaching and Learning Program, Division of Research, Evaluation and Dissemination, Directorate for Education and Human Resources.