Educational Outreach Activities in Mathematics

PI正在努力吸引更多有才华的初中生、高中生和本科生投身数学和科学领域，让他们参与将尖端研究整合为教学工具的活动。他的活动以他和他的研究小组取得的更深层次的成果为基础，并扩大了这些在K-12外展和创新本科教育方面的努力。他正在为大约15名高中生和本科生主持一年一度的暑期学院。这些学生积极参与他过去成功运用的整合的结构化研究环境。PI还指导着美国数学学会和科学服务机构之间的一项全国性合作倡议，包括对美国各地社区的外展访问。在这些访问中，他与一些美国最杰出的科学家，如诺贝尔奖和国家科学奖章获得者一起，在创新的动手课堂活动中向初中生讲授。每次访问都会有一个游戏节目，大致是根据著名的电视节目《谁想成为百万富翁》(名字恰如其分地叫《谁想成为数学家？》)改编的。学生们争夺奖品和奖学金(由美国数学协会提供)，当地优胜者参加在华盛顿特区举行的年终“冠军锦标赛”。

The PI is working to attract more talented middle and high school students and undergraduates to careers in math and science by involving them in activities that use the integration of cutting edge research as a pedagogical tool. His activities have their foundation in the deeper results obtained by him and his research group and amplify these efforts in K-12 outreach and innovative undergraduate education. He is directing annual Summer Institutes for approximately fifteen high school students and undergraduate students. These students are actively engaged in an integrated structured research environment that he has successfully employed in the past. The PI also is directing a nationwide collaborative initiative between the American Mathematical Society and Science Service consisting of outreach visits to communities across America. On these visits, he lectures along side some of the nation's most distinguished scientists, such as winners of the Nobel Prize and the National Medal of Science, to middle school and high school students in innovative hands-on classroom activities. Each visit also features a game show, loosely based on the famous "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" TV program (aptly named "Who Wants to Be a Mathematician?"). Students compete for prizes and scholarships (provided by the American Mathematical Society), with local winners competing in a year end "Tournament of Champions" in Washington D.C.