Math in the City

城市中的数学

• 批准号: 0941132
• 负责人: Petronela Radu
• 金额: $ 19.48万
• 依托单位: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-01 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0941132&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Math; City

Mathematical Sciences (21)This project is developing, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating materials and practices for an interdisciplinary mathematics course that is run in collaboration with local industries and government organizations. The course is built around mathematical problems of current local and national interest. In the course, small teams of students are learning and applying mathematical modeling skills through class meetings and close interaction with business partners. In the course, students are developing a better understanding of how mathematics is used to understand current major societal issues and to inform policy decisions, strengthening their oral and written communication skills, and developing their abilities to work effectively in teams. In addition to preparing students to be competitive in non-academic work environments, the project is providing materials and resources to instructors at other institutions to support the development of similar courses in other environments. To that end, the principal investigators are developing and actively disseminating an instructor manual and a student handbook. The instructor manual includes best practices for running the course, a list of suggested project topics, content on mathematical modeling, and specific mathematical background necessary for the suggested topics. The student handbook includes discussion of the roles and responsibilities of individual students working as part of a team, tips on time management, and suggestions about writing for different audiences. The materials will be freely available on the web and will be distributed at workshops held for instructors who are interested in developing similar courses.

数学科学（21）该项目正在开发，实施，评估和传播与当地行业和政府组织合作运行的跨学科数学课程的材料和实践。 该课程是围绕当前当地和国家利益的数学问题。 在课程中，学生小团队通过课堂会议和与业务合作伙伴的密切互动学习和应用数学建模技能。 在课程中，学生们正在开发如何使用数学来理解当前的重大社会问题，并告知政策决策，加强他们的口头和书面沟通技巧，并发展他们的能力，有效地在团队中工作的更好的理解。 除了培养学生在非学术工作环境中的竞争力外，该项目还向其他机构的教员提供材料和资源，以支持在其他环境中开发类似课程。 为此目的，主要调查员正在编写和积极分发教员手册和学生手册。 教师手册包括运行课程的最佳实践，建议的项目主题列表，数学建模的内容以及建议主题所需的特定数学背景。 学生手册包括讨论作为团队的一部分工作的个别学生的角色和责任，关于时间管理的提示，以及关于为不同受众写作的建议。 这些材料将在网上免费提供，并将在为有兴趣开发类似课程的讲师举办的研讨会上分发。