Creating a National Initiative to Refocus the Courses Below Calculus

数学科学（21）这个特殊的项目是奠定了美国数学协会（MAA），两年制学院（AMATYC）的美国数学协会和数学教师（NCTM）的全国理事会的合作努力，以领导数学科学界在重新概念化和重构课程之前，微积分，以便更好地满足这些课程学生的需要。代表这三个主要专业协会的30位领先的数学教育工作者以及八个MAA委员会正在共同确定必须克服的挑战和策略。这些措施包括影响数学界，发展教师培训工作，争取其他学科和企业，工业和政府的努力的支持，并影响国家机构，规定一般教育的要求。

Mathematical Sciences (21) This special project is laying the groundwork for a collaborative effort of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), the American Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges (AMATYC), and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) to lead the mathematical sciences community in reconceptualizing and restructuring courses before calculus, so that the needs of students in those courses may be better served. Thirty leading mathematics educators representing these three major professional societies, as well as eight MAA committees, are jointly identifying the challenges that must be overcome and the strategies to do so. These include influencing the mathematics community, developing faculty training efforts, enlisting the support of other disciplines and business, industry, and government for the effort, and influencing state agencies that dictate general education requirements.