Quantitative Literacy: Leadership Training for Master Teachers and Mainstream Educators

由美国统计协会赞助的量化扫盲项目将通过提供详细的课程框架，培训240名初中和高中教师，使其使用在地方一级得到支持的精心规划的战略，以及使用参与者收集和测试的材料和方法，促进在K-12数学课程中教授统计学。将从一组数学导师、地区数学协调员和经验丰富的统计学教师那里获得咨询意见。该小组将在为期三天的导师会议上开会，以确定专题的范围和顺序，并解决教师培训材料编制的相关需求。有了这一框架，将在一个毗连的地理区域制定一个为期五天的示范教学方案，在该区域内可以发展一个支助网络。这个由国家督导员支持的网络将包括20名中学数学“大师”教师，20名高中数学“大师”教师，来自大学和行业的地方统计学家，以及数学教育教授。每名教师将从一所学校挑选，该学校将确保在秋季学期教授一个统计单元，并允许大师教师每两周参加六个两小时的后续讨论小组。在该项目的第二年，将由资源统计员主办另外五个有40名教师的机构。在第三年结束时，当后续行动和评价完成时，该项目应产生：一份咨询人员名单，包括统计学教师、大学和工业界的统计学家以及数学教育工作者；进行统计在职培训的材料；如何教授统计学基本专题的手册；所有基本专题的计算机软件；数量扫盲材料未涵盖的专题的参考资料；涵盖所有基本主题的课程材料；从K年级到12年级的统计教学的详细范围和顺序文件。

The Quantitative Literacy Project, sponsored by the American Statistical Association will promote the teaching of statistics in the K-12 mathematics curriculum by providing detailed curriculum frameworks; by training 240 middle school and high school teachers to implement these frameworks using carefully planned strategies which are supported at the local level; and by using materials and methods collected and tested by the participants. Advice will be obtained from a group of mathematics supervisors, district mathematics coordinators and experienced teachers of statistics. This group will meet at a Supervisors Conference for three days in order to define the scope and sequence of topics and address the related needs of materials development for teacher training. With the framework in place a five-day model teaching program will be developed in one contiguous geographic region in which a support network can be developed. This network, supported by the state supervisor will include 20 "master" teachers of middle school mathematics, 20 "master" teachers of high-school mathematics, local statisticians from universities and industries, and mathematics education professors. Each teacher will be selected from a school which will assure that a unit on statistics can be taught in the fall term, and will allow the master teacher to attend six follow-up two hour discussion groups every two weeks. In the second year of the project five additional institutes of 40 teachers will be hosted by resource statisticians. At the end of the third year, when the follow-up and evaluation are completed, the project should produce: A list of resource persons, including teachers of statistics, statisticians at universities and in industry, and mathematics educators; materials to conduct in-service training in statistics; a manual on how to teach basic topics in statistics; computer software for all basic topics; references for topics not covered by Quantitative Literacy materials; curriculum materials that cover all basic topics; a detailed scope and sequence document for teaching statistics, grade K through 12.