CAREER: Digital Mathematics Storytelling: Fraction Stories from Urban Emergent Communities

城市社区的许多小学生没有机会将他们在学校看到的数学与他们在家中、家庭和社区看到的数学联系起来。该项目将通过数字化讲故事的方法帮助解决这个问题。它将调查小学生如何使用移动的技术来创作数字数学故事。这些故事将由视频，照片和音频制成。学生将数学从校外设置连接到他们在学校学习的数学。该项目还将创建一个方便教师使用的短视频网站，展示城市儿童日常生活中丰富的数学知识。该项目提交给教师早期职业发展计划（CAREER），将为所有教师制定一个数字数学讲故事协议，了解数字讲故事对儿童数学身份，分数知识和数字素养的影响，了解使用数字数学讲故事如何影响数学教学，课堂公平水平，以及教师与社区的联系程度，并为所有教师创建一个全国性的在线社区空间，以学习如何使用数字数学讲故事。在研究方法方面，将使用参与设计研究方法，使学生，他们的家庭和社区成员将在开发数字数学讲故事协议的声音。叙事探究和不断的比较分析将被用来分析创造和分享这些故事的影响。在五年内，该项目将影响12个小学教室，为700多名儿童提供服务。研究结果将用于了解数字数学故事如何与数学学习联系起来。此外，将创建一个免费的在线小学教师专业发展网站，其中包括参与者儿童，他们的家庭和社区撰写的故事。最后，这个项目将帮助城市儿童学习如何使用当前的技术来制作数学叙事，帮助他们在与社区保持联系的同时，将自己视为数学上的强者。该项目由学生和教师创新技术体验（ITEST）计划资助，该计划支持建立对实践，计划元素，背景和过程的理解的项目，有助于增加学生对科学，技术，工程，信息和通信技术（ICT）该奖项反映了NSF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。

Many elementary school children in urban communities are not given the opportunity to relate what they see in school to the mathematics they see in their homes, families, and communities. This project will help solve this problem through a digital storytelling approach. It will investigate how elementary grade children can use mobile technology to create digital mathematics stories. These stories will be made from videos, photos, and audio. Students will connect mathematics from out-of-school settings to the mathematics they learn in school. This project will also create a teacher-friendly website of short videos that showcase the rich mathematics that exists in the everyday lives of urban children. This project, submitted to the Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) will develop a digital mathematics storytelling protocol for all teachers to use, understand the effects of digital storytelling on children’s mathematical identities, knowledge of fractions, and digital literacies, understand how using digital mathematics storytelling effects mathematics instruction, the level of equity in the classroom, and the level of connectedness that teachers feel to their communities, and create a nationwide, online community space for all teachers to learn how to use digital mathematics storytelling. In terms of research methods, a Participant Design Research methodology will be used so that students, their families, and community members will have a voice in developing the digital mathematics storytelling protocol. Narrative Inquiry and Constant Comparison Analysis will be used to analyze the impact of creating and sharing these stories. Over five years, this project will impact 12 elementary classrooms serving over 700 children. Research findings will be used to understand how digital mathematics storytelling connects to mathematics learning. Additionally, a free, online elementary teacher professional development website will be created that features stories authored by participant children, their families, and their communities. Finally, this project will help urban children learn how to use current technology to craft mathematics narratives that help them see themselves as mathematically powerful while still connected to their community. This project is funded by the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program, which supports projects that build understandings of practices, program elements, contexts and processes contributing to increasing students' knowledge and interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and information and communication technology (ICT) careers.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.