Leadership Program in Discrete Mathematics--Phase II

罗格斯大学将进行为期三年半的 通过12名数学教师提高340 K的项目， 离散数学及其应用 此外，本发明还提供了一种方法， 大约3400名第二波教师将获得 在职参与者，总数超过3700人 通过这个项目，教师得到了提升。 三个周期的教师将参加为期三周的夏季 研究所，在学年期间举办四次后续会议 和第二个暑期学院 高中和初中 学校数学教师，第二暑期研究所 将是两个星期的长度;为中间和小学 数学专家，第二个夏季学院将是 一周 约115名教师参加 每两年一个周期。 此外，20名参与者 每年都会被选中参加一个为期七天的 培训计划，然后将有望在团队中工作 在学校提供四个在职讲习班 区，次年。 离散数学专题 将包括图表的应用;图表和算法; 组合学、概率和统计学;数学 公式和公平性;离散动态系统;以及 迭代和分形。 参与者最多可获得6 研究生学分 该项目是由离散中心共同赞助的。 数学与理论计算机科学（DIMACS） 美国国家科学基金会科学技术中心由一个财团组成， 罗格斯大学和普林斯顿大学，AT T贝尔实验室， 贝尔通信研究公司Bell Communications Research 这个小组在 离散数学的前沿，提供 该领域杰出研究人员的兴奋，许多 他们也很擅长交流他们的数学 非研究人员。 罗格斯大学、蒙特克莱尔州立学院、贝尔科尔和 贝尔实验室的成本分摊占NSF预算的28%。

Rutgers University will conduct a three-and-one-half-year project to enhance 340 K through 12 mathematics teachers in discrete mathematics and its applications. In addition, approximately 3400 second-wave teachers will receive inservice from participants, for a total of over 3700 teachers enhanced through this project. Three cycles of teachers will attend a three-week summer institute, four follow-up sessions during the school year and a second summer institute. For high school and middle school mathematics teachers, the second summer institute will be two weeks in length; for middle and elementary mathematics specialists, the second summer institute will be one week long. Approximately 115 teachers will participate in each two-year cycle. In addition twenty participants will be selected each year to attend a seven-day leadership training program and will then be expected to work in teams of two to provide four inservice workshops in their school districts the following year. Discrete mathematics topics will include applications of graphs; graphs and algorithms; combinatorics, probability and statistics; mathematical formulations and fairness; discrete dynamical systems; and iteration and fractals. Participants may earn up to six graduate credits. This project is co-sponsored by the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS), an NSF Science and Technology Center made up of a consortium of Rutgers and Princeton Universities, AT&T Bell Laboratories, and Bell Communications Research. This group is at the cutting edge of discrete mathematics, offering the excitement of prominent researchers in the field, many of whom are also excellent at communicating their mathematics to non-researchers. Rutgers University, Montclair State College, Bellcore and Bell Labs cost-sharing accounts for 28% of the NSF budget.