Teaching Mathematics and its Applications (TeachMap)

该奖项借鉴了该联盟从两个学期的发展数学项目“发展数学及其应用”（DevMap）中获得的经验，该项目为两年制和四年制大学通常提供的传统小学和中级代数课程提供了一种替代方法。在为DevMap课程制作材料时，数学是最先进技术领域的核心这一主题被纳入其中。来自一系列工业和技术领域的应用和建模问题，包括工程、生物学、生物化学、环境科学、精准农业和GPS。DevMap的问题是真实和最新的，通常是开放式的，没有独特的解决方案，是学生在工作场所会遇到的真实代表。DevMap课程和教材的成功实施将在很大程度上取决于教师运用真实但往往不熟悉的数学应用的能力。此外，这将是非常有益的教师开发额外的应用程序量身定制，以满足自己的学生的兴趣和当地雇主的需要。因此，TeachMap现在正在解决向教师提供必要经验的问题，以便将DevMap课程应用到他们的课堂中。该奖项为ATE和ATE类型的数学教师创建了一个专业发展计划，使他们准备迎接两个挑战：1。如何使用ate类型的应用程序来促进学生的学习；每天在家。如何开发符合学生兴趣和当地雇主需求的ate型应用程序。通过参与“教学地图”计划，教师们正在学习如何：-在发展性数学课堂上使用开放式、真实的应用程序；-找出适合学生的新问题的来源，特别是ATE课程；-识别可能提供数据和特定问题设置的资源（包括WWW）；-创造新的问题，这些问题是开放式的，在某些情况下，需要学生研究；-访问和使用适当的技术，包括几何实用程序，电子表格和虚拟实验室；-利用短期和长期的小组活动和以项目为基础的评估，构建适合所模拟问题的学习环境。

This award is drawing upon the experience of the Consortium gained from its production of a two-semester developmental mathematics program, Developmental Mathematics and its Applications (DevMap), that offers an alternative approach to the traditional elementary and intermediate algebra courses typically offered at two-year and four-year colleges. In producing materials for the DevMap curriculum, the theme that mathematics is central to most advanced technological fields was incorporated. Applications and modeling problems from an array of industries and technical areas including engineering, biology, biochemistry, environmental science, precision agriculture, and GPS were developed. DevMap problems are authentic and current, are often open-ended and without unique solutions, and are true representations of what students will encounter in the workplace. Successful implementation of the DevMap curriculum and materials will be largely dependent on the ability of teachers to work with authentic but often unfamiliar applications of mathematics. Additionally, it will be extremely beneficial for instructors to develop additional applications tailored to meet the interests of their own students and the needs of the local employers. Thus, TeachMap is now addressing the need to provide teachers with the experience necessary to adapt the DevMap curriculum into their classrooms. This award creates a professional development program for teachers of mathematics in ATE and ATE-type programs that is preparing them to meet two challenges:1. how to use ATE-type applications to enhance student learning; and2. how to develop ATE-type applications that are responsive to the interests of the students and the needs of the local employers. Through participation in the TeachMap program, instructors are learning how to:- use open-ended, authentic applications in developmental mathematics classes;- locate sources of new problems suitable for students in particular ATE programs;- identify resources (including the WWW) that might provide data and specific problem settings;- create new problems that are open-ended and, in some cases, that require student research;- access and use appropriate technologies including geometric utility programs, spreadsheets, and virtual laboratories;- construct learning environments appropriate to the problems being modeled by using short- and long-term group activities and project-based assessments.