Applications and Modeling in the Secondary Mathematics Curriculum

该项目旨在整合现实世界的应用程序， 数学建模融入中学数学 课程。 为此，30所精心准备的高中 来自纽约州的数学教师将 参加连续两个夏季，住宅四周 在纽约州立大学布罗克顿举行的研讨会。 在这些 参与机构将：（1）调查和审查 现有的示范性课堂材料， 建模;（2）研究潜在的数学思想， 原则;（3）直接向工业用户学习 数学;（4）探索图形的适当用途 计算器和微型计算机。 参与者将被选中 在五个“团队”的六个-每个团队代表一个地区， 纽约州。 在第一个夏天，除了 他们的学术研究，这些教师团队也将 准备自己的课程和涉及应用的单元 和建模，他们将在自己的教室里进行试点， 在接下来的学年。 国家卫生研究院将 还包括关于员工发展的课程，以帮助准备 参与教师举办在职工作坊 在他们当地的学校，并在第二学年， 在各自的区域。 项目支助 所有这些活动的工作人员将包括至少两名 对每一位教师的教室进行实地访问，以及 小组定期举行区域会议。 成本分担 占NSF总贡献的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.