EQUALS in Mathematics and Technology

该项目计划与116名教师合作，其中包括来自加州6个学区的96名教师和来自其他10个州的2名教师。加州以外的20名教师将依次与所在州或学区的100名其他教师合作。这些是初中水平的老师，3-8年级。拟议的三年项目的第一年强调改编由拟议的工作人员及其同事多年来编写的课程材料。该项目第一年的目标是评估这些材料对参与的教师及其学区的价值。第二年的重点是制定一项计划，培训培训人员使用和适应这些材料，以增加该计划的效果。第三年继续发展领导活动，并向目标地区以外传播课程材料和教学策略。每年都有一个积极的后续组成部分。每学年有8天集中教学，每年夏季有12天集中教学。这个建议有几个很好的特点。它将在一个优秀的学术机构进行；作为拟议活动背后的指导力量的PI是一位世界知名的科学家；被提议的工作人员已经形成了一个学者社区，并完全致力于项目目标；多年来，一套非常有效的材料被开发和改进；工作人员最成功的是为中学及以上级别的教师举办使用这些材料的讲习班；作为过去努力的延伸，该小组现在打算在较低的年级水平上应用这些材料和策略。考虑到外界的贡献，除了NSF要求的之外，有迹象表明该项目将得到教育界和科学界的支持和关注，因此值得按照要求提供资金。

The project proposes to work with 116 teachers, including 96 teachers from six school districts in California and 2 each from ten other states. Each of the 20 teachers outside of California will in turn work with 100 other teachers in their states or districts. These are teachers at the middle school level, grades 3-8. The first year of the proposed three year project emphasizes the adaptation of curriculum materials which were developed over the years by the proposed staff and their colleagues. The goal of the first year of the project is to assess the value of the materials to the participating teachers and their school districts. The second year focuses on developing a program to train trainers to use and adapt the materials in order to multiply the effect of the program. The third year continues with the development of the leadership activities and disseminates the course materials and instructional strategies beyond the targeted districts. There is an active follow-up component in each of the years. There is to be eight days of concentrated instruction during each academic year and twelve days of instruction each summer. This proposal contains several excellent attributes. It is to be conducted at an excellent academic institution; the PI, as the guiding force behind the proposed activities, is a world renown scientist; the proposed staff have formed a community of scholars and are totally committed to the project goals; a very effective set of materials have been developed and improved over the years; the staff has been most successful in conducting workshops with the materials for teachers at the middle school level and above; as an extension of past efforts the team now intends to apply the materials and strategies at lower grade levels. Considering the outside contributions, beyond what is requested from the NSF, there is every indication that the project will receive support and attention from the educational and scientific communities and hence is worthy of funding as requested.