Workshop on Improving Education in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Through Use of Technology

该奖项由数学和物理科学局(MPS)的多学科活动办公室(OMA)和教育与人力资源局(EHR)的本科生教育处(DUE)共同支持。它为通过使用技术改善数学和物理科学本科教育的讲习班提供资金。研讨会将于1999年7月20日至22日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿举行，将有大约90名与会者参加，他们精通MPS学科的研究和本科教育，以及在这些环境中使用技术。在威斯康星大学Arthur Ellis教授和一个见多识广的外部督导委员会的指导下，工作坊将寻求确定在MPS本科教育中使用技术的当前有效做法；有利于MPS学科本科教育的技术发展的研究；通过有效使用技术加强MPS学科学习的挑战和机会；让MPS社区在本科教育中更有效地使用技术的策略；以及确保所有类型的机构获得有效技术的机制。研讨会还将讨论科技辅助学习对研究和教育一体化的影响；K-12教师教育和持续专业发展；在MPS学科中代表性较低的群体的更多参与和成功；以及所有公民的科学素养的提高。这次研讨会的报告有望为MPS学科在本科教育中有效利用技术提供重要指导。

This award is jointly supported by the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (OMA) in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) and the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR). It provides funding for a workshop on improving undergraduate education in the mathematical and physical sciences through use of technology. The workshop will be held July 20-22, 1999 in Arlington, VA and will involve approximately ninety participants well versed in research and undergraduate education in the MPS disciplines and in the use of technology in those settings. Under the direction of Professor Arthur Ellis of the University of Wisconsin and a broadly informed external steering committee, the workshop will seek to identify current effective practices in the use of technology in undergraduate MPS education; research in MPS that benefits the development of technology for undergraduate education in the MPS disciplines; challenges and opportunities to enhance learning in the MPS disciplines through the effective use of technology; strategies to engage the MPS community in the more effective use of technology in undergraduate education; and mechanisms to ensure access to effective technologies by all genre of institutions. Also to be addressed by the workshop are implications that technology-assisted learning has for the integration of research and education; K-12 teacher education and continued professional development; increased participation and success of groups underrepresented in the MPS disciplines; and increased scientific literacy for all citizens.The report from this workshop is expected to provide important guidance to the effective utilization of technology in undergraduate education in the MPS disciplines.