Connecting Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers

连接小学教师的数学（CMET）项目将未来小学教师在数学内容课程中对数学的学习与儿童如何理解和学习数学联系起来。目标是1)提高职前教师对数学的理解，2)改善他们的数学教学，3)提高未来小学教师对儿童如何学习和理解数学的理解，4)帮助他们将他们正在学习的数学与他们将教给孩子的数学概念联系起来，5)促进未来的小学教师理解他们将在小学教授的数学与孩子们在初中和高中学习的数学和技术技能之间的联系。为了实现这些目标，正在为小学教师开发一门3学分的数学内容课程的补充材料。正在为教师编写一份扩充版的教学笔记补编。这些材料探讨了儿童如何学习和理解数学，小学实际教授的数学，以及小学阶段数学与儿童在初中和中学学习的技术技能的重要联系。该项目强调从儿童的角度看数学，以及这与他们正在学习和将要教给孩子的数学有何直接关系。正在对这些材料在试验场的有效性进行定性和定量评价。这个项目为未来的教师提供了深入的知识，了解他们正在学习的学科如何与他们未来的教学相关联。

Mathematical Sciences (21)The Connecting Mathematics for Elementary Teachers (CMET) project is connecting prospective elementary teachers' learning of mathematics in mathematics content courses with how children understand and learn mathematics. The goals are to 1) enhance pre-service teachers' understanding of mathematics, 2) improve their teaching of mathematics, 3) improve prospective elementary teachers' understanding of how children learn and understand mathematics, 4) help them connect the mathematics they are learning with the mathematical concepts they will be teaching children, and 5) facilitate prospective elementary teachers understanding of the connection between the mathematics they will be teaching in elementary school to the mathematics and technological skills children learn in middle and high school. To achieve these goals, supplementary materials are being developed for one 3-credit hour mathematical content course for elementary teachers. An expanded supplement of teaching notes is being developed for the instructors. The materials explore how children learn and understand mathematics, the mathematics actually taught in the elementary school, and the important connections at the elementary level to mathematics and the technological skills children learn in middle and secondary school. The project is emphasizing mathematics from children's perspectives and how this is directly related to the mathematics they are learning and will be teaching children. The materials are being evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively for their effectiveness at a test site. This project provides future teachers in-depth knowledge of how the subject matter they are learning relates to their future teaching.