Project Merit: Mathematics Education Reform Initiative for Teachers

9911928LAMB“项目优点：教师数学教育改革倡议”是一个为期五年的教师提升项目，它继续并扩展了先前nsf支持的计划项目，以解决中学数学教师对提高数学内容知识和学生如何学习数学的既定需求。MERIT通过培养一个数学领导团队（mlt）和125名导师教师（mmt），培养来自西弗吉尼亚州55个县学校系统中的一名或多名教师，通过专业发展来培养变革的能力。利用美国国家科学基金会支持的MathScape教学材料作为变革的载体，MERIT为950多名中学数学教师提供了数学教学内容知识的系统教学。在项目的整个生命周期中，由35名成员组成的数学领导团队（mlt）参加了36天的正式专业发展；125名导师（MMTs）， 45天；中年级数学教师约950人，18天；学校/县行政人员，9天；高等教育教师和管理人员，10天。项目评估包括学生和教师两个部分。学生成绩的评估使用斯坦福成就测试9 （SAT-9）和ACT探索。教师成分评估教师内容知识、教学技能和课堂实施策略的增长。该项目是西弗吉尼亚教育部、西弗吉尼亚大学和州立学院系统、西弗吉尼亚数学教师委员会和西弗吉尼亚数学与科学联盟的合作成果。

9911928LAMB"Project MERIT: Mathematics Education Reform Initiative for Teachers," a five-year Teacher Enhancement project, continues and expands a prior NSF-supported planning project to address the established need of middle school mathematics teachers to improve knowledge of the content of mathematics and how students learn mathematics. MERIT builds capacity for change through professional development by nurturing a mathematics leadership team (MLTs) and 125 mentor teachers (MMTs), one or more from each of the 55 county school systems in West Virginia. Using the NSF-supported MathScape instructional materials as the vehicle for change, MERIT provides for the systematic delivery of instruction in the pedagogical content knowledge of mathematics to more than 950 middle grades mathematics teachers. Over the life of the project, the 35-member mathematics leadership team (MLTs) participates in 36 days of formal professional development; the 125 mentor teachers (MMTs), 45 days; the approximately 950 middle grades mathematics teachers, 18 days; school/county administrators, 9 days; and higher education faculty and administrators, 10 days.Project evaluation includes both student and teacher components. Evaluation of student achievement is made using the Stanford Achievement Test-9 (SAT-9) and ACT Explore. The teacher component assesses growth in teacher content knowledge, pedagogical skills, and classroom implementation strategies.The project is a collaborative effort among the W. Va. Department of Education, the University and State College Systems of W. Va., the W. Va. Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and the W. Va. Mathematics and Science Coalition.