Tools for Reform: A Preliminary Study of the MathFINDER CD-ROM

该项目将是一项探索性研究， MathFINDER在两个环境中：一个大学的兼职教师 教育计划和实地在职教师培训 数学教师的计划。 （MathFINDER是一个CD-ROM光盘 提出了数学资源和教学策略， NCTM标准）。 采用定性评价方法--问卷调查、访谈 研究人员将提供有关这一角色的数据， 和使用课程材料，技术创新， 从MathFINDER获得的课程标准 disc. 这些发现应该为一个更有价值的设计提供信息， 综合评价与利用研究认为（1） 从概念上将课程材料与一系列改革联系起来 标准，以及（2）结构访问的材料， 支持地方改革举措。 探索性研究的结果将分发给 几个数学和科学教育改革网络， 包括全州系统性倡议和城市系统 倡议项目。 研究人员预计， 识别和描述促进或抑制变化的因素 在改革背景下，本文的研究作为进一步研究的先导。

This project will be an exploratory study of the dissemination of MathFINDER in two settings: a university-based preservice teacher education program and a field-based inservice teacher training program for mathematics teachers. (MathFINDER is a CD-ROM disc which presents mathematics resources and teaching strategies based on NCTM standards.) Using qualitative evaluation methods--questionnaires, interviews and observations--the researchers will provide data about the role and use of curriculum materials, technological innovations, and curricular standards that have been acquired from the MathFINDER disc. The findings should inform and shape the design of a more comprehensive evaluation and utilization study that (1) conceptually links curriculum materials to a set of reform standards, and (2) structures access to the materials that will support local reform initiatives. The findings of the exploratory study will be disseminated to several mathematics and science education reform networks, including the Statewide Systemic Initiative and Urban System Initiative projects. The researchers expect to tentatively identify and describe the factors that facilitate or inhibit change in reform settings in this study as a precursor for further study.