Summer Institute for Precollege Teachers of Hearing Impaired Students

这个为期三年的项目以美国国家科学基金会（NSF）目前资助的一个项目为基础，旨在通过提高聋人学生的大学预科教师的数学知识和教学技能，解决聋人在数学和科学领域代表性不足的问题。每年夏天，来自K-12年级的50名教师将参加为期六周的暑期课程，以提高他们对数学内容的理解，增强他们的教学知识和实践（特别是适用于聋哑学生），并熟悉微型计算机的使用。参与者将是全国聋哑人寄宿学校和走读学校的教师，或聋哑人独立教室的教师。后续活动包括区域会议和项目工作人员对参与学校的访问。评估将包括对参与者的技能和知识进行问卷调查和前后测试。加劳德特大学的费用分摊额相当于国家科学基金会奖金的7%。

Building upon a currently funded NSF project, this three-year project seeks to address the underrepresentation of deaf persons in mathematics and science by improving the mathematical knowledge and pedagogical skills of pre-college teachers of deaf students. Each summer, fifty teachers from grades K-12 will participate in a six-week summer session that will improve their understanding of mathematics content, enhance their pedagogical knowledge and practice (especially as applied to deaf students), and familiarize them with the use of microcomputers. Participants will be teachers in residential and day schools for the deaf or in self-contained classrooms for the deaf throughout the nation. Follow-up activities include regional conferences and visits to the participants' schools by project staff. Evaluation will include questionnaires and pre- and post-tests of participants' skills and knowledge. Gallaudet University is contributing as cost-sharing an amount equal to 7% of the NSF award.