Mathematics Education and the World Wide Web

Klotz 95-54233数学论坛将是一个虚拟的数学教育和技术转移中心，它汇集了四个必须整合的关键要素，以实现万维网对数学教育的承诺：教师支持和联网、数学资源开发、设计良好的万维网数学教育中心，以及开发必要的万维网工具。数学论坛建立在成功的几何论坛项目中所获得的知识的基础上，将利用WWW的力量将公共论坛、教师教育、有趣的数学和复杂的档案编织成一个富有成效的社区。将采用模仿我们现有软件的新工具来创造协作环境，使公众能够与互联网上的全部资源进行讨论。通过互动项目和促进专题讨论，学生、数学家和数学教育工作者将为彼此的工作做出贡献，并为教师的持续专业发展提供丰富的投入、网络和支持。通过对网络社区和教师群体的活动进行存档和总结的过程，数学论坛将构建一个协同的数学教育素材库。数学论坛将与现有的出版商和课程团体合作，例如那些从事NCTM标准材料工作的出版商和课程团体，以便教育工作者和学生能够有效地参与课程开发过程，产品能够满足真实课堂的需求。在这一努力的过程中，更多完善的课程资源将在网上提供。为了使档案有用，并使数学教育工作者有效地利用WWW，数学论坛必须调整和创建软件工具和网站设计，以满足他们的具体需要。论坛程序员将制作订阅软件、评估工具和结构化资源，使用户能够理解互联网上铺天盖地的信息。这些工具将使参与者有可能过滤和评估资源，并更直接地执行构建他们希望学生探索的环境的任务。此外，数学论坛将开发交互式数学项目，利用WWW展示引人入胜的数学。在这里进行的许多实验将立即广泛适用于其他教育和互联网使用领域。仔细的评估和外展计划将为更广泛的教育界带来定期报告。雇用的网民和在线支助人员将使论坛随时了解新的事态发展，并收集相关资源，同时宣传论坛并确定这一关键项目的足智多谋。

Klotz 95-54233 The Math Forum will be a virtual mathematics education and technology-transfer center that brings together four critical elements that must be integrated in order to realize the promise of the WWW for math education: teacher support and networking, math resource development, a well-designed WWW focal point for math education, and development of necessary WWW tools. Built on knowledge gained in the successful Geometry Forum project, the Math Forum will use the power of the WWW to weave public discussion forums, teacher education, interesting mathematics, and sophisticated archives into a productive community. New tools modeled on our existing software will be employed to create collaborative environments that enable public discussion with the full set of resources available on the Internet. Through interactive projects and facilitation of special topic discussions, students, mathematicians, and math educators will contribute to each other's work and provide the rich input, networking, and support sought by teachers for their ongoing professional development. Through the process of archiving and summarizing the activity of online communities and teacher groups, the Math Forum will build a collaborative math educational materials library. The Math Forum will collaborate with existing publishers and curriculum groups, such as those working on NCTM Standards materials, so that educators and students can participate effectively in the curriculum development process and the products can meet the needs of real classrooms. In the course of this effort many more well-developed curricular resources will become available online. In order for the archives to be useful and for math educators to make effective use of the WWW the Math Forum must adapt and create software tools and web site designs to meet their specific needs. Forum programmers will produce subscription software, evaluation tools, and structured resources that enable users to make sense of the overwhelming informatio n on the Internet. These tools will make it possible for participants to filter and evaluate resources and to move more directly to the task of constructing the environments they wish their students to explore. Furthermore, the Math Forum will develop interactive math projects that take advantage of the WWW for presenting engaging mathematics. Many of the experiments conducted here will have immediate and wide applicability in other areas of education and use of the Internet. A careful program of evaluation and outreach will bring regular reports to the broader educational community. Hired netsurfers and online support staff will keep the Forum on top of new developments and gather relevant resources while publicizing the Forum and establishing the resourcefulness of this pivotal venture.