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

该提案解决的问题是：缺乏代表性不足群体的学生参与数学；微积分预科和微积分的流失率不理想；缺乏对微积分基础概念的理解和保留；教师不愿意开发和发起替代讲课形式的教学；两年制和四年制大学之间缺乏有效的沟通，特别是在各个校区的教师之间。一个由纽约州立大学13所学院组成的联盟，由两年制和四年制学院组成，已经确定了解决这些问题的三大目标：1)找到吸引和留住数学领域代表性不足群体学生的方法；2)将研讨会方法整合到微积分预科和微积分的教学中，面向不同的学生群体；3)为整个纽约州立大学系统的持续教师和课程开发建立一个结构。该联盟将在顾问的帮助下，合作举办一个教员加强讲习班，制定方法、战略和材料，将于1995年秋季实施，以开始解决上述问题。具体来说，特雷斯曼式的学生研讨会，将以学术卓越而不是补习为基础，计划让学生在大量使用技术的合作学习环境中参与解决问题和提出问题的经验。非常成功的Treisman工作坊的基本主题将根据纽约州立大学的独特需求进行定制。学生研讨会将提供同伴互动和邀请的社区意识，欢迎我们的学生，特别是那些来自代表性不足的群体的学生，学习数学及其挑战。联盟成员及其校园将于1995年秋季开始第一年的试点项目。第二年项目的目标是在另外14所大学开展试点项目。最终，在纽约州立大学中央行政部门的帮助下，这个联盟将对微积分预科和微积分的教学方式产生系统性的改变。

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.