Planning Conferences on Longitudinal Study analysis of High School Algebra and College Mathematics

这个RAPID项目支持与数学家、数学教育家和研究方法学家举行的一系列三次研讨会，以设计并进行分析，对一项新的全国高中代数学习纵向研究进行分析。该项目将使用一个新的纵向数据库为数学学习分析提供一个新的计划。该分析计划旨在促进未来在代数学习方面的研究。研究人员邀请了大约20名数学教育研究人员、数学家、研究方法学家和研究生三次会面，为新的高中代数学习纵向调查数据创建研究分析计划，并为即将到来的几轮数据收集提供信息。复杂的纵向研究得到了国家教育统计中心(NCES)和国家科学基金会(NSF)的支持。NCES以前在其计划分析中没有考虑到数学学习的基本要素。这个项目将创建一套新的分析计划，从研究数学学习的研究人员和教育工作者的角度来看。该项目的结果将加强对这一新的大型调查的统计分析的使用和政策价值。参与者还将包括州代表，因为这项研究将首次提供有关10个州的数据。新的分析计划将为理解高中代数学习提供必要的框架。重要的是，这个项目将提供一个机会，让知名数学教育家和有抱负的研究生参与到代数学习中来。

This RAPID project supports a series of three workshops with mathematicians, mathematics educators, and research methodologists to design an analysis, and conduct analysis, of a new national longitudinal study of high school Algebra learning. This project will provide a new plan for analysis of mathematics learning using a new longitudinal data base. The analysis plan is intended to stimulate future research studies in algebra learning. The investigator has invited about 20 mathematics education researchers, mathematicians, research methodologists, and graduate students to meet three times to create a research analysis plan for the new longitudinal survey data on high school Algebra learning and to inform the upcoming rounds of data collection.The complex longitudinal study is supported by both the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NCES has not previously considered the essential elements of mathematics learning in their planned analysis. This project will create a new set of analysis plans as seen from the view of researchers and educators who study mathematics learning. The outcome of this project will enhance the use and policy value of the statistical analysis of this new large survey. The participants will also include state representatives because the study will contribute data about 10 states for the first time. The new plan for analysis will provide needed frameworks for the understanding of high school algebra learning. Importantly, this project will provide an opportunity for insights about Algebra learning by involving well known mathematics educators as well as aspiring graduate students.