Math in the City

这个项目正在开发、实施、评估和传播跨学科数学课程的材料和实践，该课程是与当地工业和政府组织合作开办的。该课程是围绕当前地方和国家感兴趣的数学问题建立的。在课程中，学生小组通过课堂会议和与商业伙伴的密切互动来学习和应用数学建模技能。在这门课程中，学生们将更好地理解如何利用数学来理解当前的主要社会问题，并为政策决策提供信息，加强他们的口头和书面沟通技巧，并培养他们在团队中有效工作的能力。除了培养学生在非学术工作环境中的竞争力外，该项目还为其他机构的教师提供材料和资源，以支持在其他环境中开发类似课程。为此目的，主要研究人员正在编制和积极散发一份教员手册和一份学生手册。讲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一部分的每个学生的角色和责任，时间管理的技巧，以及针对不同受众的写作建议。这些材料将在网上免费提供，并将在为有志于开发类似课程的教师举办的讲习班上分发。

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.