Enhancing Teacher Professionalism Through Collaborative Curriculum Development in Mathematics

这个为期四年的项目将丰富密苏里州24名小学教师的数学内容和教学知识。该项目包括教师提升、课程开发、教师作为研究者、教师发展研究等要素。在整个项目过程中，教师将与数学教育专家密切合作，设计、测试、改进和传播几何、解决问题、估计、测量和统计等领域的教学材料。教学重点将放在使用小组和以活动为基础的方法上。增强活动将在密苏里大学进行，并在与教师参与者的工作人员的现场会议中进行。来自学校、大学和个人捐款的费用共占NSF奖金的20%。

This four year program will enrich the mathematical content and pedagogical knowledge of a group of 24 elementary teachers in Missouri. The project includes elements of teacher enhancement, curriculum development, teachers as researchers, and research on teacher development. Over the course of the project teachers will collaborate closely amongst themselves, and with experts in mathematics education, to design, test, refine, and disseminate instructional materials in the areas of geometry, problem solving, estimation, measurement, and statistics. Pedagogical emphasis will be on the use of small groups and activity-based approaches. Enhancement activities will occur both at the University of Missouri, and in site-based meetings of the staff with the teacher participants. Cost sharing from schools, the university, and individual contributions amounts to 20% of the NSF award.