High School Mathematics Instructional Improvement by and forTeachers

该项目的主要目标是让优秀的教师在一个旨在提高缺乏数学准备的教师数学能力的项目中主持研讨会。将有两个为期七周的讲习班，有25名参与者；每个研讨会将由一位在其所领导的研讨会主题方面具有重要专业知识的大师教师领导。计划选用这7位中专教师作为工作坊的主要教学人员。每周由一位主讲老师讲授中学数学的一个主要题目。一些课程材料也准备好供学员上课使用。当前的主题讨论，如解决问题的活动，概率，统计和数据解释，在数学课堂上使用计算机，和几何。此外，大师教师花时间展示和讨论有效的教学技巧和课堂组织。后续活动包括课堂观察、与参与者、主管和学生的访谈。传播活动包括分发讲习班编制的课程材料、一份载有课堂上使用材料和方法的报告的通讯，以及可能在今后的讲习班中使用参与者作为导师。

The main goal of the project is to have outstanding teachers lead seminars in a program designed to upgrade the mathematics competence of less prepared teachers. There are to be two seven-week workshops with 25 participants; each workshop will be lead by a master teacher with significant expertise in the topic of the seminar which they lead. The plan is to use these seven master secondary school teachers as the main instructional staff of the workshop. Each week a major topic in secondary school mathematics is addressed by one of the master teachers. Some curriculum materials are also prepared for use in the participants' classes. Current topics are discussed, such as problem solving activities, probability, statistics and data interpretation, use of computers in the mathematics classroom, and geometry. Also, the master teachers devote time demonstrating and discussing effective instructional techniques and classroom organization. The follow-up activities include classroom observations, interviews with participants, supervisors and students. The dissemination activities include distribution of curriculum materials developed at the workshop, a newsletter containing reports of classroom use of materials and methods in their classes, and possible use of participants as mentors in future workshops.