The Mathematical Education of Teachers as an Application of Undergraduate Mathematics (META Math)

这个项目将创建独立于教科书的大学数学模块，与2012年数学科学报告《教师的数学教育II》的会议委员会的建议保持一致。具体地说，每个模块将介绍中学水平的数学教学，作为传统的本科数学专业课程的应用。这些材料将把中学数学教学的应用提升到工程、物理、经济和生命科学等传统应用领域，这些领域一直是大学数学的特色。这个项目开发的模块将进行课堂测试和评估，以提供改进的反馈，并为所有数学专业课程的未来模块开发制定蓝图。该项目将提高教师的能力，以指导本科生职前教师(I)在本科生数学和他们将教授的学校数学之间建立明确的联系，以及(Ii)发展对7-12年级教授的数学的深入理解。这个项目的具体目标是：(I)开发高质量的教学模块，明确地将大学数学和学校数学联系起来；(Ii)对这些材料进行试点测试；(Iii)研究使用这些模块所产生的学生学习结果，并评估为开发这些模块而建立的过程的有效性。本项目还将从更高级的角度深入了解模块使用对教师自身对学校数学内容的理解的影响。罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划为该项目提供共同资助，以表彰其与诺伊斯努力更广泛的教师培养目标的一致性。

This project will create textbook-independent, college mathematics modules aligned with recommendations from the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences 2012 report titled, "The Mathematical Education of Teachers II." Specifically, each module will present the teaching of secondary level mathematics as an application of a traditional, undergraduate mathematics major course. These materials will raise the application of teaching secondary-level mathematics to parallel traditional application areas such as engineering, physics, economics, and life sciences, which have always been featured in college mathematics. The modules developed by this project will be classroom tested and evaluated to provide feedback for improvement as well as for creating a blueprint for additional future module development in all mathematics major courses.This project will increase faculty capacity to guide undergraduate pre-service teachers in (i) making explicit connections between undergraduate mathematics and the school mathematics they will teach, and (ii) developing sophisticated understanding of mathematics taught in grades 7-12. The specific objectives of this project are to (i) develop quality instructional modules that make explicit connections between college mathematics and school mathematics; (ii) pilot test these materials; and (iii) research student learning that results from the use of these modules and evaluate the effectiveness of the process created to develop the modules. This project will also provide insight into the impact of module usage on a faculty member's own understanding of school mathematics content from an advanced perspective. The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program is providing co-funding for this project in recognition of its alignment with the broader teacher preparation goals of the Noyce effort.