Elementary Preservice Teachers Mathematics Project Phase II: Developing Faculty Expertise

小学职前教师数学项目第二阶段：发展教师专业知识

• 批准号: 1323156
• 负责人: Suzanne Chapin
• 金额: $ 55万
• 依托单位: Trustees of Boston University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-15 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1323156&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Elementary; Preservice; Teachers; Mathematics; Project

The Boston University Elementary Preservice Teachers Mathematics (EMP) Project Phase II builds on the outcomes of the NSF funded EMP project (CCLI #0837349, 2009-2011) and is extending the project to provide enhanced pedagogical support for faculty who are using the EMP materials with undergraduates. Five instructional units (30 lessons) for use in undergraduate mathematics content courses for elementary teachers were developed, tested and revised in Phase I. The present project has three goals: to investigate the feasibility of implementing and the resultant impact of three of the EMP instructional units (fractions, number theory and geometric measurement) in building pre-service teachers' knowledge of mathematics; to develop accompanying multimedia-based support materials for instructors focused on how to use discourse and arguments to build students' knowledge; and to investigate the promise of the multimedia support materials in terms of instructors' abilities to assist PSTs in understanding mathematics content for teaching. Multi-media support materials for faculty (video clips, interactive presentations, web-based resources) that support a discourse/argumentation approach to teaching are being developed. The project is employing a research design that compares groups of faculty and PSTs (Preservice Teachers) at over 20 different institutions on the effects of the three modules with respect to building undergraduates' mathematical content knowledge for teaching. Different groups are accessing the instructor support materials that either do or do not include the multi-media resources. The project is using a research-based design and builds on prior work. It integrates the knowledge about the beliefs, attitudes, and mathematical backgrounds of preservice elementary teachers with an understanding of the needs of K-5 public education in mathematics. The project contributes to theory and research on the role of specialized content knowledge and discourse in preservice elementary content courses. Finally, it produces an innovative model and materials to support faculty in teaching mathematics courses for elementary education preservice teachers. The project will contribute to the improvement of mathematics education by providing materials for teacher preparation programs and by supporting faculty members to help them implement the materials as designed. The research outcomes will contribute to the growing body of knowledge about the mathematical preparation of elementary school teachers. This project provides many faculty members responsible for preparing elementary teachers (e.g., mathematicians and teacher educators) with access to a wide array of innovative instructional materials and directions on how best to use them.

波士顿大学初级职前教师数学（EMP）项目第二阶段建立在美国国家科学基金会资助的EMP项目（CCLI #0837349, 2009-2011）的成果基础上，并扩展该项目，为使用EMP材料的教师提供更好的教学支持。在第一阶段，我们开发、测试和修订了五个教学单元（30课），用于小学教师的本科数学内容课程。本项目有三个目标：调查实施三个EMP教学单元（分数、数论和几何测量）在建立职前教师数学知识方面的可行性和由此产生的影响；为教师开发配套的多媒体辅助材料，重点是如何使用话语和论证来构建学生的知识；调查多媒体支持材料在教师帮助pst理解数学教学内容方面的能力。正在为教师开发多媒体支持材料（视频剪辑、交互式演示、网络资源），以支持论述/论证教学方法。该项目采用了一种研究设计，比较了20多所不同院校的教师和职前教师（pst）群体对三个模块在构建本科生数学内容知识方面的效果。不同的小组正在访问教师支持材料，这些材料或包含或不包含多媒体资源。该项目采用基于研究的设计，并以先前的工作为基础。它将职前小学教师的信念、态度和数学背景的知识与对K-5公共数学教育需求的理解相结合。该项目对专业内容知识和话语在职前基础内容课程中的作用的理论和研究做出了贡献。最后，提出了一种创新的模式和材料，以支持教师对小学教育职前教师的数学课程的教学。该项目将为教师准备课程提供材料，并支持教师帮助他们按照设计的方式实施这些材料，从而为改善数学教育做出贡献。本研究成果将有助于增加有关小学教师数学准备的知识体系。该项目为许多负责准备小学教师（如数学家和教师教育家）的教师提供了广泛的创新教学材料和如何最好地使用它们的指导。