The Rio Grande River Project: An Interdisciplinary Math/ Science Curriculum for College Freshmen and Sophomores

里奥格兰德河项目：针对大学新生和大二学生的跨学科数学/科学课程

• 批准号: 9752192
• 负责人: Pamela Vaughan
• 金额: $ 11万
• 依托单位: Laredo Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-06-01 至 2001-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9752192&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Rio; Grande; River; Project; Interdisciplinary

Through its Rio Grande River Project, Laredo Community College is developing a two-course undergraduate interdisciplinary program of studies focusing on the Rio Grande River. The program will integrate biology, algebra, trigonometry and the physical sciences using problem-posing, discovery learning, river monitoring and exploration, teleconferencing, microcomputers, and a student-led mini-science symposium, as the culminating activity. The immediate beneficiaries of the project are 100 freshmen and sophomores who will take the courses in fulfillment of their associate degree math and science requirements. The courses are designed for pre-service teachers, and science and math majors, as well as for students pursuing other majors and careers. The major objectives of the project are: 1) Train faculty to design interdisciplinary math/science courses; 2) Design a two-course sequence which will provide the required foundations in four areas of college math and science; 3) Maintain high level of academic achievement for participating students; 4) Increase career knowledge in math, science and math/science education, especially for female and Hispanic students; 5) Expedite institutionalization of the courses; 6) Manage the project effectively. The major contribution which the project will make to the field of math/science education is its focus on a major national resource at risk (the Rio Grande River) as a means of integrating the four disciplines and the emphasis on developing approaches which are effective with students, specifically Hispanic students for whom English is a second language. This interdisciplinary approach will be particularly valuable as a model for those students who will pursue K-12 science teaching as a career.

通过其格兰德河项目，拉雷多社区学院正在开发一个两门课程的本科跨学科研究方案，重点是格兰德河。该计划将整合生物学，代数，三角学和物理科学，使用问题提出，发现学习，河流监测和探索，电话会议，微型计算机和学生主导的小型科学研讨会，作为最终活动。该项目的直接受益者是100名大一和大二学生，他们将参加这些课程以满足他们的副学位数学和科学要求。这些课程是专为职前教师，科学和数学专业，以及为学生追求其他专业和职业。 该项目的主要目标是：（1）培训教师设计跨学科数学/科学课程;（2）设计一个两门课程的序列，为大学数学和科学的四个领域提供所需的基础;（3）保持参与学生的高水平学术成就;（4）增加数学、科学和数学/科学教育方面的职业知识，特别是女性和西班牙裔学生; 5）加快课程的制度化; 6）有效地管理项目。该项目将对数学/科学教育领域作出的主要贡献是，它把重点放在一个面临风险的主要国家资源（格兰德河）上，作为整合四个学科的一种手段，并强调制定对学生，特别是对以英语为第二语言的西班牙裔学生有效的方法。 这种跨学科的方法将是特别有价值的模式，为那些学生谁将追求K-12科学教学作为一种职业。