Learning By Doing: A Mathematics Curriculum for Elementary School Children and Their Teachers

这个项目解决了小学数学改进中的两个挑战。首先，它将提供符合国家标准的高质量数学课程，促进学生的理解，并为广大小学教师所接受。其次，它建议在教师教学过程中提高他们对数学的理解，并且在不增加广泛的专业发展成本的情况下实现这一目标。根据马丽萍的观点，正确的课程材料可以帮助提高教师对数学的理解，该项目将在现有的数学工作坊材料的基础上开发一个双重目的的课程，一个提高学生和教师的理解。该项目的评估不仅将评估学生的学习情况，还将包括对教学和专业发展材料如何促进教师理解的广泛分析。

This project addresses two challenges in elementary school mathematics improvement. First, it will provide a high quality mathematics curriculum that is aligned with national standards, promotes student understanding, and is acceptable to a wide range of elementary school teachers. Second, it proposes to advance teachers' mathematical understanding as they teach, and to accomplish this goal without the additional cost of extensive professional development. Following Liping Ma's belief that the right kinds of curriculum materials can help improve teachers' understanding of mathematics, the project will build on the existing Math Workshop materials to develop a dual-purpose curriculum, one that improves the understanding of both students and teachers. The evaluation of the project will assess not only student learning, but will also include extensive analyses of how the instructional and professional development materials promote teacher understanding.