Setting A Research Agenda For Computer Modeling In The Pre-College Curriculum: Proposal For A Conference Series

莱斯利学院和BBN实验室提议组织一个关于在大学前教育中使用建模的邀请系列会议。其目的是双重的。第一，显著提高该领域公认的专家——有关教师、教育研究人员、课程和软件开发人员、执业数学家和科学家之间的交流水平。第二个目标是制定一个研究和规划议程，政策制定者可以利用它来确定研究和实施项目的资金优先次序。代表教师、研究人员、开发人员和科学家的一小群关键参与者将组成指导委员会，指导会议参与者的选择。这两次会议将相隔一年举行，在第一次会议期间成立工作组，收集数据，为决策者编写最终指南。在第一次会议之后，受邀者的论文选集将立即出版，作为对在大学前环境中使用建模和模拟的当前理解的陈述。

Lesley College and BBN Laboratories propose to organize an invited conference series on the use of modeling in precollege education. The purpose is two-fold. First, to significantly increase the level of communication among acknowledged experts in the field - concerned teachers, educational researchers, curriculum and software developers, and practicing mathematicians and scientists. The second is to produce a research and planning agenda that policy makers can use to prioritize funding of research and implementation projects. A small group of key participants, representing teachers, researchers, developers, and scientists, will form the steering committee to guide in the selection of conference participants. The two conferences will be held one year apart, with work groups established during the first conference to gather data for writing the final guide for policy makers. Immediately after the first conference an anthology of papers contributed by invitees will be published as a statement of current understandings about using modeling and simulations in the precollege environment.