A Greater Birmingham Partnership: Building Communities of Learners and Leaders in Middle School Mathematics

大伯明翰合作伙伴关系：建立中学数学学习者和领导者社区

• 批准号: 0412373
• 负责人: John Mayer
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Birmingham Southern College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-15 至 2006-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0412373&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Greater; Birmingham; Partnership; Building; Communities

ABSTRACT-0412373A Greater Birmingham Partnership (GBMP): Building Communities of Learners and Leaders in Middle School Mathematics is fundamentally targeting the improvement of middle school mathematics, with implications for both future and current teachers, and with a secondary focus on high school teachers of mathematics. The core partners include the lead organization, Birmingham-Southern College, as well as, the University of Alabama at Birmingham and eight Greater Birmingham Alabama school districts: Bessemer City, Fairfield City, Homewood City, Hoover City, Jefferson County, Mountain Brook City, Shelby County, and Vestavia City School Systems. A significant supporting partner is the Mathematics Education Collaborative (MEC) of the State of Washington.The overarching goal of the GBMP is to significantly improve the mathematics achievement of approximately 22,000 students in grades 6-8, while narrowing the mathematics achievement gaps among varied populations of students, through a number of strategies, which include: (A) engaging all 274 middle grades teachers of mathematics in a series of mathematical content courses centered on deep mathematical problems; (B) leadership development of middle grades teachers as members of Mathematical Support Teams (60 teachers), Mathematics Focus Groups (40 teachers), and Mathematical Study Groups focused on special topics; (C) design/modification of university mathematics courses for pre- and in-service teachers, including the integration of engineering ideas that will focus students on the powerful application of mathematical ideas; (D) placement of interns in classrooms of teachers that model exemplary practices in mathematical instruction; (E) establishment of teacher certification in middle grades mathematics; (F) parental engagement as advocates for high quality mathematics for all students; (H) enhancement of the capacity of administrators to identify and support quality mathematical instruction; and (I) exploration of research questions associated with mathematical learning by middle grades students (metacognitive processes, motivation, social interaction, accommodations), efficacy of professional development strategies, obtaining consistency of solid mathematical reform in eight disparate-some of which serve very privileged populations and others which serve extremely disadvantaged populations-school districts simultaneously, studying pedagogical change in university faculty as a result of their collaborations with K-12 districts, and optimizing features of mesosystems-Institutions of Higher Education and K-12 factors that maximize effectiveness.The GBMP brings together classroom teachers of mathematics, school administrators, university faculty (mathematicians, engineers, and educators), experts in professional development, researchers, community and business leaders, and the Alabama State Department of Education to focus on the curricular, pedagogical, mathematical content, certification, and parental interests that must be synergistically addressed in order to support all middle grades learners in acquiring the mathematical power necessary for success in the 21st century.

摘要-0412373A 大伯明翰合作伙伴关系 (GBMP)：建立中学数学学习者和领导者社区的根本目标是提高中学数学，对未来和现任教师都有影响，其次关注高中数学教师。 核心合作伙伴包括牵头组织伯明翰南方学院以及阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校和八个阿拉巴马州大伯明翰学区：贝西默市、费尔菲尔德市、霍姆伍德市、胡佛市、杰斐逊县、布鲁克山市、谢尔比县和维斯塔维亚市学校系统。 华盛顿州数学教育合作组织 (MEC) 是一个重要的支持合作伙伴。GBMP 的总体目标是通过一系列策略显着提高大约 22,000 名 6-8 年级学生的数学成绩，同时缩小不同学生群体之间的数学成绩差距，其中包括： (A) 让所有 274 名中年级数学教师参与一系列的 以深层数学问题为中心的数学内容课程； (B) 中年级教师作为数学支持小组（60 名教师）、数学焦点小组（40 名教师）和专注于专题的数学学习小组成员的领导力发展； (C) 为在职和在职教师设计/修改大学数学课程，包括整合工程思想，使学生注重数学思想的强大应用； (D) 将实习生安置在教师的课堂上，以模拟数学教学的示范实践； (E) 建立中学数学教师资格证； (F) 家长参与，倡导所有学生获得高质量数学； (H) 增强管理人员识别和支持高质量数学教学的能力； (I) 探索与中年级学生数学学习相关的研究问题（元认知过程、动机、社会互动、住宿）、专业发展策略的有效性、在八个不同的学区（其中一些服务于非常特权的人群，另一些同时服务于极端弱势群体）中获得扎实的数学改革的一致性，研究大学教师由于与学校合作而发生的教学变革。 K-12 学区，并优化中系统的特征 - 高等教育机构和 K-12 因素，以最大限度地提高效率。GBMP 汇集了数学课堂教师、学校管理人员、大学教师（数学家、工程师和教育工作者）、专业发展专家、研究人员、社区和商业领袖以及阿拉巴马州教育部，重点关注课程、教学和数学内容， 认证和家长利益必须协同解决，以支持所有中年级学习者获得 21 世纪成功所需的数学能力。