Math is Everywhere: Public Understanding and Engagement Mathematics Initiative

国家数学教师委员会（NCTM）“数学无处不在——公众理解和参与数学倡议”项目由美国国家科学基金会和美国能源部共同资助，作为“中学生数学公众理解和参与倡议”的组成部分。NCTM、Widmeyer-Baker和NACME正在合作发起并实施该倡议。NCTM有责任确保在整个计划中传达的数学是令人信服的，准确的，适合中级学习者。他们的项目贡献题为“媒体和公众中的数学合作伙伴”。“媒体中的数学”是“每周问题”专题的标题，该专题将在全国范围内进行每周推广。这些问题将涉及以下内容：数字、数据、几何、测量、模式、函数和代数。问题背景各不相同。本周问题的设计将使它们同时以印刷和网络形式提供。公众作为合作伙伴项目的组成部分将以普通公众为对象，并将开发印刷材料，以支持和吸引公众实际从事数学研究。

AbstractESI-98-13096Principal Investigator: Gail BurrillNational Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)Math is Everywhere - Public Understanding and Engagement Mathematics Initiative This project is a funded as a component of the joint NSF/DoE Public Understanding and Engagement Initiative for middle grade mathematics. NCTM, Widmeyer-Baker and NACME are partnering to launch and deliver the Initiative. NCTM has responsibility for ensuring that the mathematics conveyed throughout the Initiative is compelling, accurate, and appropriate for middle grade learners. Their project contributions are entitled Math in the Media and the Public as Partners. Math in the Media is the title of the Problem of the Week feature, which will be designed for weekly promotions around the country. The problems will be developed across the following content strands: number, data, geometry, measurement, and patterns, functions and algebra. Problem contexts will vary. The problems of the week will be designed such that they will be simultaneously available in print and web-based formats. The Public as Partners project component will be aimed at the general public and will develop printed materials to support and engage the public in actually doing mathematics.