CBMS2015: A Study of Undergraduate Programs in the Mathematical and Statistical Sciences in the United States and the Publication of the Results

CBMS2015：美国数学与统计科学本科专业研究及结果发表

• 批准号: 1441478
• 负责人: James Maxwell
• 金额: $ 51.86万
• 依托单位: American Mathematical Society
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-08-15 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1441478&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CBMS2015; Study; Undergraduate; Programs; Mathematical

The project, CBMS2015, will be coordinated by the Conference Board for the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS) and will be managed by the American Mathematical Society (AMS). CBMS2015, will be a comprehensive survey of the nation's undergraduate mathematical and statistical sciences programs at two-year and four-year institutions scheduled to commence in the fall of 2015. This project will continue a cross-sectional survey of undergraduate mathematics programs that has been done every five years since 1965. CBMS surveys track changes in the curriculum, pedagogy, enrollment levels by individual courses, bachelor's degrees granted, and program faculty in US undergraduate mathematical sciences programs. CBMS2015 will provide current national benchmark data that the Nation's mathematical sciences department chairs called for in the 1999 AMS publication "Towards Excellence: Leading a Mathematics Department in the 21st Century". A comprehensive report describing the findings of this survey will be distributed in the spring of 2017 to science policy leaders at the national level and to all mathematics programs in the US and will also be freely available in print and online. The findings of the survey will be promoted to the mathematical sciences community at relevant professional meetings and in appropriate publications. Improving the Nation's undergraduate STEM efforts depends on improving undergraduate mathematics and statistics, and planning future reforms begins by knowing the present. The survey report will provide data on crucial issues within the mathematics community, catalyzing other educational research. The statistical design of the stratified random sample survey and associated statistical analysis will be conducted by statisticians at Westat, Inc. in consultation with a steering committee appointed by CBMS. The final report will be written by the project's senior personnel and published by the American Mathematical Society. The survey's evolving structure will contribute to educational survey research methodology. In addition, CBMS2015 will focus on a selection of topics of importance to leaders of various organizations concerned with undergraduate education in the mathematical sciences. The topics include, but are not limited to: (1) evidence-based teaching practices; (2) practices in distance-learning courses; (3) instructional strategies in College Algebra, Calculus I, and Elementary Statistics; (4) instructional strategies and delivery methods in developmental mathematics; (5) assessment of mathematics and statistics programs; (5) data on gender and under-represented groups; (6) research and internship opportunities in the mathematical sciences for undergraduate students; and (6) other full-time faculty (faculty at four-year departments that are full-time, but not eligible for tenure).This project is funded jointly by the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education, and the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Division of Mathematical Sciences.

该项目名为CBMS2015，将由数学科学会议委员会（CBMS）协调，并由美国数学学会（AMS）管理。CBMS2015，将是一项对全国两年制和四年制大学数学和统计科学本科课程的全面调查，计划于2015年秋季开始。该项目将继续对自1965年以来每五年进行一次的本科数学课程进行横断面调查。CBMS调查跟踪了美国本科数学科学课程的课程、教学法、个别课程的入学水平、授予的学士学位和项目教师的变化。CBMS2015将提供国家数学科学系主任在1999年AMS出版物“走向卓越：引领21世纪数学系”中呼吁的当前国家基准数据。一份描述此次调查结果的综合报告将于2017年春季分发给国家层面的科学政策领导人和美国所有数学项目，并将以印刷品和在线形式免费提供。调查结果将在有关的专业会议和适当的出版物上向数学科学界宣传。提高美国大学生的STEM水平取决于提高大学生的数学和统计学水平，而规划未来的改革始于了解现状。调查报告将提供数学界关键问题的数据，促进其他教育研究。分层随机抽样调查的统计设计和相关的统计分析将由Westat公司的统计人员与CBMS指定的指导委员会协商后进行。最终报告将由该项目的高级人员撰写，并由美国数学学会出版。调查结构的演变将有助于教育调查研究方法论的发展。此外，CBMS2015将重点讨论对与数学科学本科教育有关的各种组织的领导人具有重要意义的主题。主题包括但不限于：(1)循证教学实践；（二）远程教育课程实践；(3)大学代数、微积分I和基础统计学的教学策略；(4)发展性数学的教学策略和教学方法；（五）数学、统计专业评估；(5)性别和代表性不足群体的数据；(6)为本科生提供数学科学方面的研究和实习机会；(6)其他全职教员（四年制院系的全职教员，但不具备终身教职资格）。该项目由教育和人力资源司（本科教育司）和数学与物理科学司（数学科学司）联合资助。