Integrating Methods for Universal Design for Learning in Introductory Undergraduate Mathematics Courses

本科数学入门课程中通用学习设计的整合方法

• 批准号: 2142315
• 负责人: Elliott Bertrand
• 金额: $ 29.99万
• 依托单位: Sacred Heart University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-06-01 至 2025-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2142315&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrating; Methods; Universal; Design; Learning

This project aims to serve the national interest by improving student learning outcomes in introductory level college mathematics courses by providing professional development for faculty in the use of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Through UDL-focused professional development, college faculty will learn how to implement multiple effective teaching strategies that are aligned with students’ diverse learning needs. College students often find introductory level mathematics courses to be very challenging, and these courses can create barriers that slow down the progress of STEM majors in their degree programs. Mathematics education researchers have argued for significant revisions to undergraduate course structure and faculty development to improve student learning outcomes in these foundational courses. This project will create and assess the effectiveness of a new faculty professional development program that will help mathematics faculty implement UDL in introductory mathematics courses. UDL provides guidelines for using teaching strategies that account for the diversity of learners and seek to improve student accessibility to course content. The research team aims to develop and test a new instrument to assess the degree to which UDL is being used in courses. The project will create two faculty workshops to prepare mathematics faculty to implement UDL in their courses. Improving student learning outcomes in foundational mathematics courses should help students improve their progress towards graduation in STEM majors. The overall goal of this project is to train mathematics faculty so that they can implement teaching strategies that lead to improvements in student learning outcomes. The specific goals of the project are: (1) to develop and validate an assessment instrument that can be used to assess the extent to which UDL is being used in a course; (2) to train mathematics faculty to use UDL guidelines to re-design their courses; and (3) to use UDL to improve student learning in introductory mathematics courses. The research plan addresses research gaps in understanding the effectiveness of faculty professional development in increasing the use of UDL in undergraduate courses, how UDL implementations are assessed, and how variability in faculty implementation of the UDL framework impacts instruction. The new assessment instrument, faculty development programs, and research results will be disseminated to the mathematics education community through national conferences and mathematics education publications so that other mathematics educators will have the opportunity to adapt this approach to their institutions. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through the Engaged Student Learning track, the program supports the creation, exploration, and implementation of promising practices and tools.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.

该项目旨在通过在简介的大学数学课程中改善学生学习成果来实现国家利益，通过为使用通用设计的教师提供专业发展（UDL），以提供专业发展。通过以UDL为重点的专业发展，大学教师将学习如何实施与学生不同学习需求保持一致的多种有效的教学策略。大学生经常发现引入水平的数学课程受到挑战，这些课程可以造成障碍，从而减慢STEM专业的学位课程进度。数学教育研究人员主张对本科课程结构和教师发展的重大修改，以改善这些基础课程中的学生学习成果。该项目将创建并评估新的教师专业发展计划的有效性，该计划将帮助数学学院在入门数学课程中实施UDL。 UDL提供了使用教学策略来说明学习者多样性并寻求提高学生对课程内容的可访问性的指南。研究小组旨在开发和测试一种新工具，以评估UDL在课程中使用的程度。该项目将创建两个教师研讨会，以准备数学学院以在其课程中实施UDL。改善基础数学课程中的学生学习成果应有助于学生改善STEM专业毕业的进步。该项目的总体目标是培训数学学院，以便他们可以实施教学策略，从而改善学生学习成果。该项目的具体目标是：（1）开发和验证一种可用于评估UDL在课程中使用的程度的评估工具； （2）培训数学学院，使用UDL指南来重新设计其课程； （3）使用UDL在简介数学课程中改善学生学习。该研究计划解决了研究差距，了解教师专业发展在增加UDL在本科课程中使用，如何评估UDL的实施以及UDL框架的教师实施方面的可变性如何影响指导的有效性。新的评估工具，教师发展计划和研究结果将通过国家会议和数学教育出版物传播到数学教育社区，以便其他数学教育出版物将有机会将这种方法适应其机构。 NSF IUSE：EHR计划支持研发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。通过订婚的学生学习轨道，该计划支持了承诺实践和工具的创建，探索和实施。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准来评估诚实的支持。