Cooperative Learning in Undergraduate Mathematics Education: Developing a Comprehensive Program for College Faculty

合作学习在本科数学教育（CLUME）是一个国家计划，提供教师的知识，技能和经验，实施合作学习在本科数学课程。许多报告都记录了数学教育中的不足之处，并呼吁改变国家学院和大学采用的教学方法。这个项目的重点是合作学习作为一种策略适用于所有大学水平的课程，从补救专业。它是一种可以在任何规模的班级中使用的教学方法，体现了一种可能对教师的教与学观念产生深远影响的思维。CLUME活动将为具有不同兴趣和专业知识水平的教师提供探索和评估合作学习有效性的机会。基本活动是为期12天的暑期讲习班，提供合作学习理论和实践方面的强化培训，一学年的学徒期，包括辅导和电子网络，以及随后夏季为期3天的后续讲习班。除了讲习班周期外，该项目还包括较短的介绍性经验：国家AMS/MAA会议上的小型课程、MAA部门会议上的短期课程和小组讨论以及国家会议。CLUME的影响将超出融资期。它将培养一批有经验的合作学习实践者，能够为其他人提供培训。作为讲习班经验的一部分开发的材料将提供给广大数学界。特别感兴趣的是CLUME活动，针对教师和部门谁有很大的职前教师准备的责任。在招聘阶段特别注意确保这些教师的参与，讲习班活动的具体组成部分将侧重于K-12环境中的合作学习。评价部分将记录合作学习的成功和局限性。CLUME将促进专业组织（AMS/MAA/AMATYC）的合作学习，并将增加两年制和四年制大学教师之间的合作。

Cooperative Learning in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (CLUME) is a national program to provide faculty with the knowledge, skills, and experience to implement cooperative learning in undergraduate mathematics courses. Numerous reports document deficiencies in mathematics education and call for change in the pedagogical methods employed in the nation's colleges and universities. This project focuses on cooperative learning as a strategy applicable to courses at all collegiate levels from remedial to majors. It is a pedagogical approach that can be used in classes of any size, and embodies a kind of thinking which may have profound impact on a faculty member's ideas about teaching and learning. CLUME activities will provide faculty who have differing levels of interest and expertise an opportunity to explore and evaluate the effectiveness of cooperative learning. The cornerstone activities are a 12-day summer workshop providing intensive training in the theory and practice of cooperative learning, an academic year apprenticeship period with mentoring and electronic networking, and a 3-day follow-up workshop during the succeeding summer. In addition to the workshop cycle, the project includes shorter introductory experiences: mini-courses at national AMS/MAA meetings, short courses and panels at MAA sectional meetings, and national conferences. CLUME will have impact beyond the funding period. It will develop a cadre of experienced practitioners of cooperative learning capable of providing training for others. Materials developed as part of the workshop experience will be available to the mathematics community at large. Of particular interest are the CLUME activities targeting faculty and departments who have large responsibilities for pre-service teacher preparation. Special attention is paid during the recruitment phase to securing the participation of those faculty, and specific components of the workshop activities will focus on cooperative learning in the K-12 setting. An evaluation comp onent will document successes and limitations of cooperative learning. CLUME will promote cooperative learning in the professional organizations (AMS/MAA/AMATYC) and will increase collaboration between two- and four-year college faculty.