Integration of Workshop Approaches into the Teaching of Mathematics to a Diverse Student Population: A SUNY Faculty Coalition

这项建议涉及的问题包括：未能充分代表学生参与数学课程；所有学生在微积分预科和微积分方面的流失率均不理想；学生对微积分预科/微积分的基本概念缺乏了解和保留；教职员不愿意发展和提出替代授课形式的教学方法；以及两年制和四年制院校之间，特别是各校区的教职员之间缺乏有效的沟通。由两年制和四年制学院组成的13所纽约州立大学学校联盟确定了解决这些问题的三个广泛目标：1)开发吸引和留住数学专业代表性不足群体的学生的方法；2)将研讨会方法整合到针对不同学生群体的微积分预科和微积分教学中；3)为整个纽约州立大学系统的教师和课程持续发展建立一个结构。该联盟将在顾问的帮助下，在教师培训研讨会上进行合作，以制定将于1995年秋季实施的方法、战略和材料，以开始解决上述问题。具体地说，Treisman类型的学生研讨会将基于学术卓越而不是补救，计划让学生在大量利用技术的合作学习环境中参与问题解决和提出问题的体验。非常成功的Treisman研讨会的基本主题将量身定做，以满足纽约州立大学的独特需求。学生工作坊将提供同龄人互动和一种具有邀请性的社区意识，欢迎我们的学生，特别是来自代表人数不足的群体的学生，了解数学及其挑战。第一年，联盟成员和他们的校园承诺在1995年秋季进行试点计划。第二年项目的目标是在另外14个校园获得试点项目。最终，在纽约州立大学中央管理学院的帮助下，该联盟将在微积分预科和微积分的教学方式上产生系统性的变化。

The problems addressed by the proposal are: the lack of participation of students from under-represented groups in mathematics; an unsatisfactory rate of attrition among all students in precalculus and calculus; lack of student understanding and retention of fundamental precalculus/calculus concepts; reluctance of faculty to develop and initiate alternatives to the lecture format of teaching; and lack of effective communication between two and four-year institutions, especially among the faculty on the various campuses. A coalition of thirteen SUNY schools, composed of two and four year colleges, has identified three broad objectives to address these problems: 1) to develop methods for attracting and retaining students from under-represented groups in mathematics; 2) to integrate workshop approaches into the teaching of precalculus and calculus to a diverse student population and, 3) to put in place a structure for continued faculty and curriculum development across the SUNY system. The coalition, with the help of consultants, will work cooperatively in a faculty enhancement workshop to develop methods, strategies, and materials that will be implemented in Fall 1995 to begin addressing the above stated problems. Specifically Treisman type student workshops, based on academic excellence rather than remediation, will be planned to engage students in problem solving and problem posing experiences in a cooperative learning environment that makes significant use of technology. The basic themes of the highly successful Treisman workshops will be tailored to meet SUNY's unique needs. The student workshops will provide peer interaction and a sense of community that is invitational, one that welcomes our students, especially those from under-represented groups, to mathematics and its challenges. The first year coalition members and their campuses are committed to pilot programs in the Fall of 1995. The second year program is aimed at getting pilot programs at fourteen more campuses. Eventually the coalition, with the help of the SUNY Central Administration, will effect systemic change in the way precalculus and calculus is taught.