An Online Reflection and Community-based Instructional Development System for Mathematics Education

该项目将为初中和高中教师创建一个在线数学教师专业发展模块系统。教师将参与在线、异步、高质量的数学学习体验，反映以研究为基础的富有成效的课堂实践和教学模式，以主动学习和学生合作、解释和讨论为特色。这些单元将为教师整合数学内容和教学策略。教师将使用数学任务、他们自己的学生作业和其他资源进行协作，以开发支持数学问题解决的教学实践。开发教师发展的在线环境对于接触到更多的教师、提供灵活的学习选择和利用在线合作学习机会至关重要。特别是，该软件将允许教师分享、评论和讨论数学作业。数学教育领域需要了解为数学教师发展而开发和实施的在线学习模块。该项目将创造一个环境，通过以数学为重点的模块整合内容和教学知识。该项目建立在在线数学教师教育异步协作模式的基础上，以创建这些模块。该项目的研究问题是关于教师如何为在线教学共同构建数学知识。他们还考察了教师对学生数学作品的反思、教师合作和互惠的视角。最后，这项研究考察了教师在学习模块中的新实践时，如何支持教学的转变。实施研究将使用教师知识测量、问卷调查、在线平台上的人工制品、访谈和其他来源的数据。将使用混合方法对这些内容进行分析，以了解教师学习、协作和使用模块的情况，并改进模块本身。这项研究的结果将为数学教师在线学习体验的设计、教师发展的新模式以及对中学数学教师知识和实践的理解提供参考。探索研究预科-12项目(DRK-12)旨在通过研究和开发新的创新和方法，显著提高预科-12学生和教师在科学、技术、工程和数学方面的学习和教学。DRK-12计划中的项目建立在STEM教育的基础研究以及为项目提供理论和经验证明的先前研究和开发工作的基础上。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The project will create a system of online mathematics teacher professional development modules for middle and high school teachers. Teachers will engage in online, asynchronous, high-quality mathematics learning experiences that mirror research-based productive classroom practices and models of instruction that feature active learning and student collaboration, explanation and discussion. The modules will integrate mathematics content and teaching strategies for teachers. The teachers will work collaboratively using math tasks, their own students’ work, and other resources to develop teaching practices to support mathematical problem solving. Developing online environments for teacher development is critical to reaching greater numbers of teachers, providing flexible options for learning, and taking advantage of online opportunities for collaborative learning. In particular, the software will allow teachers to share, comment and discuss mathematical work. The field of mathematics education needs to understand the development and implementation of online learning modules for mathematics teacher development. This project will create an environment that integrates content and pedagogical knowledge via mathematics-focused modules. The project builds on the Online Asynchronous Collaboration in Mathematics Teacher Education model to create the modules. The project’s research questions are about the how the teachers build mathematics knowledge for teaching together online. They also examine teacher reflection on students’ mathematical works, teacher collaboration, and reciprocal perspective-taking. Finally, the research examines how shifts in instruction are supported as teachers are learning new practices in the modules. The implementation study will use data such as measures of teacher knowledge, questionnaires, artifacts from the online platform, interviews, and other sources. These will be analyzed using a mixed methods approach to understand teachers’ learning, collaboration and use of the modules and to refine the modules themselves. The findings of the study should inform the design of online learning experiences for mathematics teachers, new models for teacher development, and understanding of secondary mathematics teacher knowledge and practice.The Discovery Research preK-12 program (DRK-12) seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics by preK-12 students and teachers, through the research and development of new innovations and approaches. Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for the projects.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.