Collaborative Research: Hybrid Professional Development to Enhance Teachers' Use of Bootstrap

协作研究：混合专业发展以增强教师对 Bootstrap 的使用

• 批准号: 1738651
• 负责人: Stephen Weimar
• 金额: $ 22.01万
• 依托单位: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2018-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1738651&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Hybrid; Professional; Development

Integrating computing and mathematics appeals to various stakeholders for a variety of reasons. For the mathematics education community, computing offers an application of mathematics concepts that may strengthen teachers' and students' mathematical understanding; for the computer science (CS) education community, integration enables equitable access to computing education for all students; for state boards and districts, integration accommodates staffing and curricular constraints while targeting core learning objectives in multiple disciplines. Bootstrap is a nationally-deployed curriculum that integrates computer science and algebra. Bootstrap's current professional development (PD) program for math teachers is a 3-day in-person event which assumes that teachers are somewhat facile with algebraic functions. Both Bootstrap and the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) have observed that some teachers have a weak command of functions. School districts would prefer a shorter in-person PD to reduce staffing costs and increase flexibility. This project will use a hybrid PD model to address both needs. Simultaneously, the project will research ways to tailor the online content to be effective for teachers who differ in their understanding of functions, goals for pursuing PD, and interest in mathematics, computing, math/CS integration, and student thinking. This Researcher-Practitioner Partnership team includes Bootstrap; NCTM (specifically its Math Forum team, which has expertise in on-line training); Brown University; Swarthmore College; the Oklahoma State Division of Secondary Mathematics and Computing Education and school districts in Texas. A total of 270 middle-school math teachers---a majority from rural areas or serving Native American or Hispanic students in our partnering regions---will participate in Bootstrap PD under this project. Assuming typical adoption rates, these teachers should reach 6,000 students within the project period alone. Building Bootstrap content into the Math Forum will expose thousands of NCTM's teachers to the potential of integrated math/CS curricula. The team will use design-based research to develop and deploy a hybrid PD model and online support community for Bootstrap teachers, augment Bootstrap PD to reinforce teachers' understanding of algebraic functions, and conduct quasi-experimental studies to inform the design of different pathways through the PD. This project will study how to develop teachers' understanding of CS while also strengthening their math proficiency. In particular, the project will explore the possibilities for CS to improve teachers' understanding of algebraic functions. The project also will study ways in which teachers' interest can be made visible and useful in improving engagement and learning in integrated CS and mathematics PD. The results should apply to integrative programs beyond Bootstrap, suggesting strategies to tailor PD to serve more teachers.

由于各种原因，计算和数学的集成吸引了各个利益相关者。对于数学教育界来说，计算提供了数学概念的应用，可以加强教师和学生的数学理解；对于计算机科学（CS）教育界来说，整合使所有学生能够公平地获得计算机教育；对于州委员会和学区来说，整合可以适应人员配置和课程限制，同时针对多个学科的核心学习目标。 Bootstrap是国家部署的一门融合计算机科学和代数的课程。 Bootstrap 目前针对数学教师的专业发展 (PD) 计划是一项为期 3 天的面对面活动，该计划假设教师对代数函数有一定程度的熟悉。 Bootstrap 和国家数学教师委员会 (NCTM) 都发现，一些教师的职能掌握能力较弱。学区更喜欢较短的现场 PD，以减少人员成本并提高灵活性。该项目将使用混合 PD 模型来满足这两种需求。同时，该项目将研究如何定制在线内容，以便对对功能的理解、追求 PD 的目标以及对数学、计算、数学/计算机集成和学生思维的兴趣不同的教师有效。这个研究人员-从业人员合作团队包括 Bootstrap； NCTM（特别是其数学论坛团队，拥有在线培训方面的专业知识）；布朗大学；斯沃斯莫尔学院；俄克拉荷马州中等数学和计算机教育部以及德克萨斯州的学区。共有 270 名中学数学教师（其中大多数来自农村地区或为我们合作地区的美洲原住民或西班牙裔学生服务）将参与该项目下的 Bootstrap PD。假设典型的采用率，仅在项目期间这些教师就应该接触到 6,000 名学生。将 Bootstrap 内容构建到数学论坛中将使数千名 NCTM 教师了解数学/计算机科学综合课程的潜力。该团队将利用基于设计的研究，为 Bootstrap 教师开发和部署混合 PD 模型和在线支持社区，增强 Bootstrap PD 以加强教师对代数函数的理解，并进行准实验研究，为通过 PD 设计不同的路径提供信息。该项目将研究如何提高教师对计算机科学的理解，同时加强他们的数学水平。特别是，该项目将探索计算机科学提高教师对代数函数理解的可能性。该项目还将研究如何让教师的兴趣变得可见并有助于提高综合计算机科学和数学专业发展的参与和学习。结果应适用于 Bootstrap 之外的综合项目，并提出定制 PD 为更多教师服务的策略。