Applications and Modeling in the Secondary Mathematics Curriculum

该项目旨在将现实世界中的应用程序和数学建模融入中学数学课程。为此，来自纽约州各地的30名准备充分的高中数学教师将参加在布罗克顿纽约州立大学举行的连续两个为期四周的夏季寄宿学院。这些研究所的参与者将：(1)调查和检查现有的关于应用和建模的示范性课堂材料；(2)学习基本的数学思想和原理；(3)直接从数学的工业用户那里学习；(4)探索图形计算器和微型计算机的适当用途。参赛者将被分成五组，每组六人，每组代表纽约州的一个地区。在第一个夏天--除了他们的学术研究--这些教师团队还将准备他们自己的课程和涉及应用和建模的单元，他们将在下一学年在自己的教室里进行试点。这些机构还将包括关于工作人员发展的课程，以帮助参与的教师为在当地学校和在第二学年在各自地区举办在职讲习班做好准备。项目工作人员对所有这些活动的支持将包括至少对每个教师的教室进行两次实地访问，以及定期召开各小组的区域会议。费用分担占NSF总捐款的58%。

This project seeks to integrate real-world applications and mathematical modeling into the secondary mathematics curriculum. To these ends, 30 well-prepared high school mathematics teachers from around the State of New York will participate in two successive summer, residential four-week institutes to be held at SUNY in Brockton. In these institutes participates will: (1) survey and examine available, exemplary classroom materials on applications and modeling; (2) study the underlying mathematical ideas and principles; (3) learn directly from industrial users of mathematics; and (4) explore appropriate uses of graphing calculators and microcomputers. Participants will be chosen in five "teams" of six -- each team representing a region of New York State. During the first summer -- in addition to their academic studies -- these teams of teachers will also prepare their own lessons and units involving applications and modeling, which they will pilot in their own classrooms during the succeeding academic year. The institutes will also include sessions on staff development to help prepare the participating teachers to conduct in-service workshops in their local schools and, in the second academic year, throughout their respective regions. Support by project staff for all these activities will include at least two site visits to each teacher's classroom, as well as to periodic regional meetings of the teams. Cost sharing represents 58% of the total NSF contribution.