Catalyzing Systemic Change in Undergraduate Mathematics: A Convening of Mathematics Leaders

催化本科数学的系统性变革：数学领袖的召集

• 批准号: 2035375
• 负责人: David Kung
• 金额: $ 4.91万
• 依托单位: Mathematical Association of America
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2035375&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Catalyzing; Systemic; Change; Undergraduate; Mathematics

Mathematics serves as a gateway to most STEM majors. As a result, improving college mathematics contributes to preparation of the future STEM workforce. Based on research results, student outcomes in mathematics could be improved by using approaches such as interactive pedagogies, co-requisite courses, and enrichment and support programs. However, entrenched practices and systemic challenges currently limit widespread adoption of these and other promising approaches. This multi-day virtual workshop will develop a comprehensive account of these challenges and begin exploring productive ways to move forward. Leaders and researchers from a broad group of institutions and professional societies will discuss challenges to expanding the reach of high-impact programs. They will share positive outcomes, strategies, and lessons learned and brainstorm how these results can be used to promote equity in the mathematical sciences. A major outcome of the workshop will be a public report detailing the challenges that were identified within the mathematics higher education community. The report will also discuss how addressing those challenges might lead to more positive and equitable student outcomes.This four-day virtual convening will bring together professional organization and community leaders to share their successes and challenges to achieve three main goals: (1) Sharing successful departmental, institutional, and professional society strategies and programs as a means for improving existing programs; (2) Identifying institutional and individual issues that limit the broader impact of existing strategies and programs; and (3) Formulating recommendations for how to move forward on the institutional and cultural change needed to address the identified issues. Each of the four workshop days will be approximately two to four weeks apart, allowing participants to engage in interim discussions and other work. The first session of the first workshop day will focus on detailing successful departmental, institutional, and professional society strategies and programs, including how equity issues are being addressed. Participants will also discuss approaches to evaluate the reach of programs and benchmarks for moving forward. The remainder of the first day will focus on challenges to scaling programs and identifying forces that keep promising strategies and programs from having a broader impact. The second workshop day will have two working group sessions on systemic barriers, one structured by program type and the second structured across program type. The first session of the third day will focus on models of change that might be effective in different settings and discuss strategies that different participant groups might use to overcome specific challenges. The second session will focus on how the recommendations presented in the workshop report might address the identified challenges across different program types. The final day of the workshop, approximately one month after the third day, will allow participants to discuss and suggest improvements to a draft of the public report. This award is funded through the NSF IUSE: EHR Program, which supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students.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.

数学是通往大多数STEM专业的门户。 因此，提高大学数学有助于为未来的STEM劳动力做好准备。根据研究结果，学生的数学成绩可以通过使用的方法，如互动教学法，共同必要的课程，丰富和支持计划得到改善。 然而，根深蒂固的做法和系统性挑战目前限制了这些和其他有希望的办法的广泛采用。这一为期多天的虚拟研讨会将全面阐述这些挑战，并开始探索向前迈进的有效途径。 来自广泛的机构和专业协会的领导人和研究人员将讨论扩大高影响力项目范围的挑战。 他们将分享积极的成果，战略和经验教训，并集思广益如何利用这些成果来促进数学科学的公平。 研讨会的一个主要成果将是一份公开报告，详细介绍了数学高等教育界所面临的挑战。报告还将讨论如何应对这些挑战可能会导致更积极和公平的学生成果。这个为期四天的虚拟会议将汇集专业组织和社区领导人分享他们的成功和挑战，以实现三个主要目标：（1）分享成功的部门，机构和专业社会的战略和计划，作为改善现有计划的手段;（2）确定限制现有战略和方案更广泛影响的机构和个人问题;（3）就如何推进解决所确定问题所需的机构和文化变革提出建议。四个研讨会日中的每一天大约相隔两至四周，使与会者能够进行临时讨论和其他工作。第一个研讨会的第一天将侧重于详细介绍成功的部门，机构和专业社会的战略和计划，包括如何解决公平问题。 与会者还将讨论评估方案范围和基准的方法。第一天的剩余时间将集中在扩大计划的挑战和确定阻止有前途的战略和计划产生更广泛影响的力量。研讨会的第二天将有两个关于系统性障碍的工作组会议，一个按计划类型组织，另一个跨计划类型组织。第三天的第一场会议将侧重于在不同环境下可能有效的变革模式，并讨论不同参与群体可能用来克服具体挑战的战略。第二场会议将重点讨论研讨会报告中提出的建议如何应对不同计划类型中确定的挑战。研讨会的最后一天，即第三天后约一个月，将允许与会者讨论公开报告草稿并提出改进建议。 该奖项由NSF IUSE：EHR计划资助，该计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生的STEM教育的有效性。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。