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

该建议所解决的问题是：来自代表性不足群体的学生缺乏对数学的参与;所有学生在微积分前和微积分中的流失率不能令人满意;学生缺乏对微积分前/微积分基本概念的理解和保留;教师不愿意开发和提出替代讲座形式的教学方法;二年制和四年制院校之间缺乏有效的沟通，特别是各校区的教师之间。一个由13所纽约州立大学的两年制和四年制学院组成的联盟已经确定了三个主要目标来解决这些问题：1）开发吸引和留住数学代表性不足的学生的方法; 2）将讲习班的方法融入到微积分和微积分的教学中，以适应不同的学生群体，3）在整个SUNY系统内建立一个持续的教师和课程发展结构。 该联盟在顾问的帮助下，将在一个提高教员能力讲习班上合作，以制订将于1995年秋季执行的方法、战略和材料，以便开始处理上述问题。 具体来说，Treisman类型的学生研讨会，基于学术卓越，而不是补救，将计划让学生在合作学习环境中解决问题和提出问题的经验，使技术的显着利用。非常成功的Treisman研讨会的基本主题将根据SUNY的独特需求进行定制。学生研讨会将提供同侪互动和社区意识，这是邀请，一个欢迎我们的学生，特别是那些来自代表性不足的群体，数学和它的挑战。 第一年，联盟成员和他们的校园致力于1995年秋季的试点项目。第二年计划的目的是在14个校园试点项目。 最终，在纽约州立大学中央管理局的帮助下，该联盟将对微积分预科和微积分的教学方式进行系统性的改革。

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.