TPSE Math Chairs +1 Conference #2

美国现有的劳动力需求和关键挑战是招聘和培训科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域的学生。由于数学是所有STEM学科的基本组成部分，本科生在数学方面的成功是应对这一挑战的关键因素。这项名为“TPSE数学教席1会议2”的项目将组织和召开一次主要由来自全国各地不同高等教育机构的数学科学系主任和其他学术领袖参加的会议，会议的领导团队来自转型的中学数学教育(TPSE Math)小组。这是第二次这种性质的会议，第一次是在2016年10月(国家科学基金会1651738)。研讨会的主题将包括几个关键问题和需要解决的问题，以促进本科数学的教、学、留和学生的整体成功。尽管最近的教育研究为STEM教育界提供了各种改革方向的迹象和建议，以改善本科教学和学生学习，但作为一个整体，STEM教育界并不总是迅速推动这种变化。讲习班的目的之一是鼓励数学界成员之间进行更多的合作，帮助系主任发展能力，促进本系的变革，并成为有共同兴趣的教席在会议结束后共同努力推动变革的工具，特别是在为数学专业和非数学专业的学生开发更多样化和现代化课程的领域。为了帮助指导讨论和会议结果，会议组织者根据与会者的意见，计划解决广泛的问题，并确定解决这些问题所需的研究。这些问题和类别包括：(1)各个STEM学科对选修数学的学生有什么要求？其他学科想要对他们的专业进行什么数学培训？这种培训适合这些学科的职业吗？(2)雇主想要什么样的数学科学培训？雇主真的知道什么数学培训对他们的员工最有用吗？(3)已经或没有参加过特定数学课程或途径的学生的职业满意度是多少？(4)在当今社会，什么数学培训菜单最能支持公民的基本算术能力(一般的定量和推理技能)？以及(5)为什么目前的中学后阶段的代数和微积分的变化不能令人满意？应该用什么来取代他们呢？会议还将展示现有的模型、资源和研究成果，与会者将被要求建议如何采用、改编、传播、扩大和评估这些模型，并建议需要哪些额外的研究。

An established United States workforce need and critical challenge is to recruit and train students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Because mathematics is a fundamental part of all STEM disciplines, success of undergraduate students in mathematics is a crucial ingredient in addressing this challenge. This "TPSE Math Chairs+1 Conference #2" project, with leadership team from the Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics (TPSE Math) group, will organize and convene a conference primarily of mathematical sciences department chairs and other academic leaders from a diverse set of institutions of higher education from across the country. This is the second conference of this nature with the first having been held in October, 2016 (NSF 1651738). Workshop topics will include several key questions and issues to be addressed to catalyze improved teaching, learning, retention, and overall student success in undergraduate mathematics. Although recent education research has provided the STEM education community with indications and suggestions for various directions for change to improve undergraduate teaching and student learning, this community as a whole has not always been quick to foster such changes. Among the purposes of the workshop will be to encourage more collaboration among members of the mathematics community, help department chairs develop capacities to catalyze change in their own departments, and serve as a vehicle for chairs with common interests to work together for change after the conference, especially in areas of developing more diverse and modern curricula for mathematics majors and non-mathematics majors alike. To help guide the discussion and conference outcomes, the conference organizers with input from participants plan to address a wide range of questions and determine research needed to address them. The questions and categories include: (1) What do the various STEM disciplines want for their students who take mathematics? What mathematical training do other disciplines want for their majors? Is this training appropriate for careers in those disciplines? (2) What kinds of mathematical sciences training do employers want? Do employers in fact know what mathematics training can be most useful for their employees? (3) What are the levels of career satisfaction experienced by students who have - and have not - taken particular mathematics courses or pathways? (4) What menu of mathematics training best supports basic numeracy (general quantitative and reasoning skills) for citizens in today's society? and (5) Why are the current post-secondary pathways variations of algebra and calculus unsatisfactory? What should replace them? The conference also will showcase extant models, resources, and research results, and participants will be asked to suggest how they can be adopted, adapted, disseminated, scaled up, and evaluated, and to recommend what additional research is needed.