South Central Calculus Coalition: Disseminating Calculus Reform for Two-Year Colleges and Comprehensive Universities

9455163这个为期三年的项目将扩展现有的微积分联盟，创建一个由两年制学院和综合性大学组成的网络，改革它们的微积分课程。德克萨斯州东南部现有的联盟将分三个阶段扩大，将整个中南部各州的机构包括在内。扩大的联盟将从密集的九天学院发展起来，并将通过指导、电子邮件、后续研讨会和时事通讯来促进。该联盟将使用综合性大学和两年制学院微积分项目(CUTYC)的材料和方法，在该项目中，萨姆·休斯顿州立大学和北哈里斯学院、圣哈辛托中央学院和Tomball学院的两人教员团队编写了学生活动，并从其他微积分改革努力中定制了教学方法。CUTYC将合作学习、绘图技术和写作集成在一系列问题和项目中，挑战学生，同时提高他们的信心和学习技能。CUTYC的教职员工团队将担任SC3的高级人员。在每个学院，他们将领导八个新的团队，他们将体验CUTYC方法并为下一年制定计划。CUTYC团队将指导新团队，因为他们制定了适合学生和国内机构需求的课程。新的团队将为他们的同事举办研讨会，将该项目的想法和方法传播给其他教职员工和其他课程。该联盟将直接涉及28个合作机构的56名教职员工。该项目将通过现场研讨会、会议演示和出版物影响众多其他教职员工。一个咨询委员会将指导项目的进展，该项目将聘请一名教学顾问和一名评估员。评估将被用来改进教学方法，使其适应当地的情况，并衡量项目的成功。

9455163 This three-year project will extend an existing calculus coalition to create a network of two year colleges and comprehensive universities that will reform their calculus curricula. The existing coalition in southeastern Texas will expand in three stages to include institutions throughout the South Central states. The extended coalition will grow from intensive nine-day institutes and will be fostered by mentoring, electronic mail, follow-through workshops, and a newsletter. The coalition will use the materials and methods of the Calculus for Comprehensive Universities and Two-Year Colleges (CUTYC) Project, in which two-person faculty teams at Sam Houston State University and North Harris, San Jacinto Central, and Tomball Colleges have written student activities and customized instructional methods from other calculus reform efforts. CUTYC integrates cooperative learning, graphing technology, and writing in a progression of problems and projects that challenge students while improving their confidence and study skills. The CUTYC faculty teams will serve as the senior personnel for SC3. At each institute they will lead eight new teams who will experience the CUTYC approach and plan for the ensuing year. The CUTYC teams will mentor the new teams as they craft a curriculum suited to the needs of their students and home institutions. The new teams will conduct workshops for their colleagues to spread the ideas and methods of the project to other faculty and other courses. The coalition will directly involve 56 faculty leaders at 28 collaborating institutions. The project will influence numerous other faculty through on-site workshops, conference presentations, and publications. An advisory board will guide the project's progress, and the project will employ an instructional consultant and an evaluator. Evaluation will be used to refine the instructional approach, to customize it to local site conditions, and to measure the success of the project.