Collaborative Research: Elementary Mathematics for Teachers

合作研究：教师基础数学

• 批准号: 0737000
• 负责人: Thomas Parker
• 金额: $ 8.2万
• 依托单位: Michigan State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-01-15 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0737000&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Elementary; Mathematics; Teachers

Mathematical Sciences (21) This collaborative project is strengthening the mathematics preparation of K-8 teachers by continuing the development of a one-year college course taught in a mathematics department and by the creation of materials to support instructors teaching such courses. This new course provides pre-service K-8 teachers with a solid knowledge of elementary mathematics in a form that is immediately useful in classrooms. It incorporates recent insights into what knowledge is especially useful to teachers and it is structured in a manner that mathematics faculty and teaching assistants will find familiar, easy to implement, and appealing. The PIs have completed a textbook, focused on arithmetic, for the first semester of this course and have a preliminary version of a written second textbook focused on measurement and geometry. The central innovation is to base the course on the study of the exceptionally-clear elementary school textbooks from Singapore. This project is also creating, pilot testing, and disseminating several sets of materials that include: (1) web-based problem sets and practice exams for students, (2) web resources for instructors, including a bank of carefully-selected quiz and exam questions, and (3) a manual that provides lesson plans and guidance to instructors and departments who wish to use this approach in courses for elementary teachers. The emphasis is on ease-of-use and relevance to K-8 teaching. The project design includes evaluations and several levels of feedback aimed at ensuring that this material is manageable, effective, and immediately useful to students and instructors.

数学科学 (21) 该合作项目通过继续开发数学系教授的一年制大学课程以及创建材料来支持教授此类课程的教师，加强 K-8 教师的数学准备。这门新课程以可立即在课堂上使用的形式为职前 K-8 教师提供扎实的基础数学知识。它融合了对哪些知识对教师特别有用的最新见解，其结构方式让数学教师和助教会感到熟悉、易于实施且有吸引力。 PI 已经完成了本课程第一学期的一本以算术为重点的教科书，并编写了以测量和几何为重点的第二本教科书的初步版本。核心创新在于该课程以对新加坡极其清晰的小学教科书的研究为基础。该项目还创建、试点测试和传播多套材料，其中包括：（1）面向学生的基于网络的问题集和练习考试，（2）面向教师的网络资源，包括一系列精心挑选的测验和考试问题，以及（3）一本手册，为希望在小学教师课程中使用这种方法的教师和部门提供课程计划和指导。重点是易用性和与 K-8 教学的相关性。项目设计包括评估和多个级别的反馈，旨在确保该材料易于管理、有效并立即对学生和教师有用。