Pathways to Preparing Future Mathematics Faculty to Transform Undergraduate Mathematics Teaching and Learning

培养未来数学教师转变本科数学教学的途径

• 批准号: 1323753
• 负责人: Marilyn Carlson
• 金额: $ 209.98万
• 依托单位: Arizona State 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: 2013-09-01 至 2021-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1323753&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Pathways; Preparing; Future; Mathematics; Faculty

Graduate students in mathematics are often called on to teach sections of introductory courses ranging from college algebra, to precalculus, to calculus. In this project a team of mathematicians and mathematics education researchers are developing a sequence of courses and associated activities that support Ph.D. students in mathematics to adopt a scientific approach both to their teaching and to evaluating the effectiveness of the underlying curriculum. The intellectual merit of this effort lies in its use of previously developed research-based student and teacher materials that have been documented to transform precalculus and calculus teaching and learning. Based on this prior work the investigating team is creating a model education certificate program for mathematics graduate students that is envisioned to transform their teaching practice. Concurrent with these teaching experiences, students complete a sequence of courses and seminars in which they read select publications, review materials, and design and conduct small-scale research studies of student learning. These combined program components lay the groundwork for producing mathematics Ph.D. students who are prepared to take leadership roles in improving the teaching and learning of undergraduate mathematics. The project is exercising its broader impact both by engaging the faculty to change the culture and departmental infrastructure in the PI's own institution, and by serving as model for other departments of mathematics who can incorporate the education certification program into their graduate offerings, thus supporting pre-professional faculty development of their students.

数学专业的研究生经常被要求讲授从大学代数到微积分预科再到微积分的入门课程。在这个项目中，一个由数学家和数学教育研究人员组成的团队正在开发一系列课程和相关活动，以支持数学博士学生采用科学的方法进行教学和评估基础课程的有效性。这种努力的智力价值在于它使用了以前开发的基于研究的学生和教师材料，这些材料已经被记录下来，以改变微积分预科和微积分的教学和学习。在前期工作的基础上，调查组正在为数学研究生创建一个模范教育证书计划，旨在改变他们的教学实践。在这些教学经验的同时，学生还会完成一系列的课程和研讨会，在这些课程和研讨会中，他们阅读精选的出版物，审查材料，并设计和进行关于学生学习的小规模研究性研究。这些组合的课程内容为培养数学博士生奠定了基础，这些博士生准备在改善本科数学的教与学方面发挥领导作用。该项目正在发挥其更广泛的影响，通过吸引教员来改变PI所在机构的文化和部门基础设施，并作为其他数学系的榜样，这些系可以将教育认证计划纳入他们的研究生课程，从而支持他们学生的职业前教员发展。