Home, School and Community: After School Math for Grades 3-5

发展研究中心(DSC)将实施“家庭、学校和社区：3-5年级的课后数学”，这是一项针对高危和低收入儿童的课外计划。课外数学培训青年工作者，帮助3-5年级的学生更好地理解测量和几何概念，建立在美国国家科学基金会资助的K-2年级家庭、学校和社区数学项目(ESI97-05421)的成功基础上。该项目开发、实地测试和评估了30个数学游戏和10个故事指南，这些游戏支持儿童的社会和数学发展，同时强调合作学习。所有材料的内容都将与国家数学标准保持一致。还计划为青年工作者举办一个12小时的专业发展讲习班，并为促进者或青年工作者领导人举办一个18小时的讲习班。将制作两个培训视频和一本促进员手册，以支持该项目的这一方面。现场测试将在堪萨斯州、路易斯安那州和密苏里州进行。扩大了这一提议，特别强调农村社区，使实地试验点的数量翻了一番，从50个增加到100个。一名农村外展专家将主持焦点小组会议，以确定农村方案的独特需求，并领导这些社区的实地测试。预计将培训3200多名青年工作者，并建立一支由300多名青年工作者领导人组成的国家干部队伍。

The Developmental Studies Center (DSC) will implement "Home, School and Community: AfterSchool Math for Grades 3-5," a program that targets at-risk and low income children in afterschool programs. AfterSchool Math trains youth workers to help students in grades 3-5 better understand measurement and geometry concepts, building on the success of the NSF-funded Home, School and Community mathematics program for grades K-2 (ESI #97-05421). The project develops, field-tests and evaluates thirty math games and ten story guides, which support the social and mathematical development of children, while emphasizing cooperative learning. The content for all materials will be aligned with national standards in mathematics. A 12-hour professional development workshop for youth workers and an 18-hour workshop for facilitators or youth worker leaders are also planned. Two training videos and a facilitator manual will be produced to support this aspect of the project. Field testing will occur in Kansas, Louisiana and Missouri. This proposal has been augmented to include a special emphasis on rural communities which doubles the number of field test sites from 50 to 100. A Rural Outreach Specialist will conduct focus group meetings to determine needs unique to rural programs and lead the field testing in these communities. It is anticipated that over 3,200 youth workers will be trained and a national cadre of more than 300 youth worker leaders will be created.