MPWG: Implementation of Sonya Kovalevsky Day Workshop for Female High School Students & Their Teachers

该项目旨在促进在各个学院和大学校园为女高中生及其教师举办数学研讨会、讲座和解决问题的竞赛。数学女性协会将为这些活动管理一个小额赠款计划，这些活动将被称为索尼娅·科瓦列夫斯基日。每届索尼娅·科瓦列夫斯基日将有100-500名女高中生和10 - 100名高中教师参加。这些课程的目的是鼓励年轻女性继续学习数学，帮助她们在高中数学和大学数学之间过渡，帮助这些学生的教师，并鼓励学院和大学在各自的领域与高中开展更广泛的合作。后续研究将发现参与者是否上大学，他们的专业是什么，毕业后他们做什么。此外，还将对主办机构的后续活动进行评价，包括更多的索尼娅·科瓦列夫斯基日和/或其他旨在提高妇女和女童在数学方面的参与和成功的活动。这个项目的设计就是为了在高中数学和大学数学之间的艰难过渡中架起一座桥梁。通过让有能力的年轻女性与她们的同龄人聚在一起，向她们介绍有趣的实质性数学，向她们展示数学家在做什么以及其他人如何在工作中使用数学，预计会有更多的人在大学里主修数学，最终这些年轻女性中的一些人将成为数学家或科学家。努力给他们一种参与感，同时也给他们一种解决问题的感觉，一种对竞争的热爱，而不是厌恶，这些都嵌入在项目设计中。虽然不是这个项目的具体目标，但有才华和感兴趣的学生（有时是他们的老师）有机会在东道国或其他机构获得奖学金，并在政府机构和企业获得实习和兼职工作，这些都源于类似的经历。该项目还旨在帮助教师，使他们有机会了解对女学生的哪些活动和支持是有用的，特别是通过讲习班演讲者和同行参与者的想法。它还将为她们提供与学院或大学的联系，并有能力利用学院或大学的资源以及社区中的女数学家的资源，为她们的女学生提供咨询，并为她们今后的大学和就业安排。*＊*

9353747 Gray The project is designed to facilitate conducting mathematics workshops, talks, and problem- solving competitions for female high school students and their teachers on various college and university campuses. The Association for Women in Mathematics would administer a program of mini-grants for these activities which would be known as Sonya Kovalevsky Days. Each Sonya Kovalevsky day will have 100-500 female high school students and 10 to 100 high school teachers as participants. They are designed to encourage young women to continue their study of mathematics, to assist them with the sometimes awkward transition between high school and college mathematics, to assist the teachers of these students, and to encourage colleges and universities to develop more extensive cooperation with high schools in their respective areas. Follow-up studies will be done to discover whether the participants go to college, what they major in, and what they do upon graduation. Also, an evaluation will be done of the host institutions' subsequent activities, including more Sonya Kovalevsky Days and/or other activities designed to enhance the participation and success of women and girls in mathematics. It is to bridge the difficult transition between high school and college mathematics that this project is designed. By letting capable young women get together with their peers, by introducing them to interesting substantive mathematics, by showing them what mathematicians do and how others use mathematics in their jobs, it is expected that more will go on to major in mathematics in college, and eventually some of those young women will become mathematicians or scientists. Efforts to give them a sense of participation, but also a feel for problems solving and a love, not a loathing, for competition are imbedded in the project design. Although not a specific goal of this project, opportunities for talented and interested students-- and sometimes for their teachers--to secure scholarships at the host or other institutions, and to obtain internships and part-time employment at government agencies, and at businesses, have grown out of similar experiences. The project is also designed to assist teachers by affording them the opportunity to see what sorts of activities and support for their female students can prove useful, especially through ideas garnered from workshop speakers and their peer participants. It will also provide them with a liaison with a college or university and the ability to call on its resources, as well as those of women mathematicians in the community, for advice and for future college and employment placements for their women students. ***