Report on the Nation's Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences Programs: Year Fifty of a Longitudinal Survey of Two-year and Four-year Institutions

该项目通过增加对美国本科生数学科学项目的理解，为国家利益做出了贡献。该项目将继续对自1965年以来每五年进行一次的本科数学科学课程进行横断面纵向调查。这项综合调查得到了数学科学会议委员会（CBMS）的认可，该组织的成员是17个数学和统计科学专业协会的主席。与之前的CBMS调查一致，CBMS 2020调查将通过个别课程、授予的学士学位和项目教师来跟踪课程、教学法和入学水平的变化。将编写一份全面的报告来描述调查结果，从而提供有关国家数学科学部门的当前国家基准。CBMS 2020年调查报告将于2020年春季分发给国家层面的科学政策领导者和所有美国数学科学项目。它也将在网上和印刷中免费提供。调查结果将在专业会议和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。该调查报告将为数学科学界的关键问题提供数据，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公司的统计人员进行，他们将与CBMS任命的指导委员会协商。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，CBMS 2020调查将包括当前对关注数学科学本科教育的领导者具有重要意义的主题。主题示例包括：(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)本科数学科学研究和实习机会；(6)四年制院系的全职教师，不具备终身教职资格。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project contributes to the national interest by increasing understanding of undergraduate mathematical sciences programs across the United States. This project will continue a cross-sectional, longitudinal survey of undergraduate mathematical sciences programs that has been done every five years since 1965. The comprehensive survey is endorsed by the Conference Board for the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS), an organization whose members are the presidents of the seventeen professional associations in the mathematical and statistical sciences. Consistent with previous CBMS surveys, the CBMS 2020 Survey will track changes in the curriculum, pedagogy, and enrollment levels by individual courses, bachelor's degrees granted, and program faculty. A comprehensive report will be developed to describe the survey results, thus providing current national benchmarks about the Nation's mathematical sciences departments. The CBMS 2020 Survey Report will be distributed in spring 2020 to science policy leaders at the national level and to all U. S. mathematical sciences programs. It will also be freely available online and in print. The findings of the survey will be promoted to the mathematical sciences community at professional meetings and in 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 mathematical sciences 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., who will work 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, the CBMS 2020 Survey will include topics of current importance to leaders concerned with undergraduate education in the mathematical sciences. Examples of topics include: (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) undergraduate research and internship opportunities in the mathematical sciences; and (6) full-time faculty at four-year departments who not eligible for tenure.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.