Second SIAM-NSF Workshop: Modeling Across the Curriculum

该项目支持为期两天半的STEM教育工作会议，特别是与应用和计算数学社区以及在整个K-16课程中灌输数学建模有关的会议。会议的目标是为设计这门课程的社区开发一种协调的方法。这是第二次SIAM关于整个课程的建模研讨会，根据第一次研讨会的一些主要建议，比第一次研讨会的重点更窄。特别是，在K-12课程中开发更丰富的建模课程、具有分层内容的高中建模课程和基于建模的本科课程。人们注意到，需要以更协调的方式来处理STEM教育，而不是简单地开发不同的教育计划流，很少或根本不关注互动和相互联系。应用数学和计算数学，包括统计学，(ACM)代表了这种协调的自然工具。该项目的一个目标是帮助发展本科STEM学位课程，作为传统学科专业的替代方案。其意图是，在过去的5到10年里，这将经历与计算科学和工程项目类似的增长。协调基本的数学、计算、统计学和科学内容，以支持在广泛的STEM领域的应用，可能会对潜在的学生和他们最终的雇主产生强烈的吸引力。STEM学位课程将保留各种选择，同时不限制毕业生、专业或职业机会的选择。在K-12教育中，共同核心国家标准倡议关于数学和科学教育的15%可自由支配的建议将提供一个机会，以协调的方式开发提高整个STEM教育光谱的材料。在较高级别，可以建立应用数学和计算数学的替代课程，并将产生一种综合的STEM教育经验，这种经验将以一种方式加强先前的经验，从而为STEM大学专业和职业培养更多和更好的准备学生。

This project supports a two and a half day working conference, on STEM Education, specifically as it relates to the applied and computational mathematics community and the infusion of mathematical modeling throughout the K-16 curriculum. The goal of the conference is to develop a coordinated approach for the community designing this curriculum. This, the second SIAM workshop pertaining to Modeling across the curriculum, is more narrowly focused than the first, based on some of the principal recommendations from the first workshop. In particular, the development of a richer curriculum for modeling in K-12, a High School modeling course with a stratified content and a modeling-based undergraduate curricula.There is an observed need to approach STEM Education in a more coordinated fashion, rather than simply developing distinct educational program streams that pay little or no attention to interactions and interconnections. Applied and computational mathematics, including statistics, (ACMS) represents a natural vehicle for this coordination. A goal of this project is consdiering the development of undergraduate STEM degree programs as alternatives to traditional discipline majors. The intention is that this would experience growth similar to that of Computational Science and Engineering programs over the past 5 to 10 years. Coordinating the fundamental mathematics, computation, statistics and science content to support application in a wide range of STEM fields may have strong appeal to potential students and their eventual employers. STEM degree programs would preserve options while not restricting choices for graduate, professional or career opportunities.Within the K-12 education, the discretionary 15% of the Common Core State Standards Initiative recommendations for math and science education will provide an opportunity to develop material that enhances the whole STEM educational spectrum in a coordinated fashion. At the upper level, an alternative curriculum in applied and computational mathematics could be established, and an integrated STEM educational experience that would reinforce prior experience in a way that would yield more and better prepared students for STEM college majors and careers would result.