FERMAT - Fellows Engaged as Resources in Mathematics to Assist Teachers

这个轨道1 FERMAT GK-12项目团结了来自联邦指定的西班牙裔服务机构的数学教师与来自一个拥有大量西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生人口的学区的教育工作者的努力，将12名研究生数学学生作为该地区三对高中和支线中学的研究员。Fermat的重点是提供给数学研究生的教育质量，使他们成为能够熟练交流数学知识的专业人士。该计划的另一个目的是提高参与学校的教师素质。它的设计促进了一个学习社区的创建，其中研究员与教师，中学数学协调员，模范教师和CSUN数学和中学教育教师合作，所有合作作为我们项目的四个基本特征的专业同事：招聘，培训，互动和指导。因此，将向来自不同人群的学习风格不同的学生提供优质代数I和几何教学。我们的项目的其他特点是合格的少数民族本科生，研究员活动的投资组合，研究生研讨会，研究生通讯通知和跟踪研究员的程序，和一个网站进行传播。最后，该项目的成果将由外部评估员进行持续和仔细的评估，以在资助期间和之后改进FERMAT模型，促进制度化。智力优势：FERMAT项目是伙伴关系驱动的，建立在以前的CSUNLAUSD合作和CSUN努力的基础上，涉及研究生在教育项目中，并使用证明有效的方法。研究员和GK-12教师寻找教学方法，解决与年龄相关的能力来处理抽象问题，同时让学生参与挑战性的问题，将他们与更大的世界联系起来。我们的研究员协助教师建立教学具有挑战性的课程的能力，并通过数学的应用和计算机的创造性使用，研究员和教师提高他们的课堂学习。使用发现和直接教学之间的平衡方法，学生逐步推进他们的逻辑和抽象思维，在数学上取得成功。最后，FERMAT项目全面发展了研究员的沟通和团队合作能力，同时也提高和拓宽了每位研究员的数学视野。更广泛的影响：除了丰富参与学校的数学教学质量，FERMAT的经验还提高了研究员和GK- 12教师的教学能力，将项目的好处扩展到未来的学生。通过研究生研讨会，研究生通讯，和一个网站，这个项目对教师和学生在数学谁没有直接参与FERMAT的影响。通过招收合格的少数民族学生，特别是西班牙裔学生，并将他们培养成高素质的研究员，该项目培养和培训与项目学校学生有着相同文化和种族背景的研究生。这些模范研究员组织和领导中学生的学术充实活动，鼓励他们在数学或相关领域寻求职业，该项目得到数学和物理科学局的部分支持。

This Track 1 FERMAT GK-12 project unites the efforts of mathematics faculty from a federally designated Hispanic-serving institution with educators from a school district with a large Hispanic/Latino student population to place 12 graduate mathematics students as Fellows in three pairs of high schools and feeder middle schools in the district. FERMAT's focus is the quality of the education provided to mathematics graduate students so they become competent professionals who are skilled in communicating mathematical knowledge. It is also aimed at improving teacher quality in the participating schools. Its design fosters the creation of a learning community in which Fellows, partnered with teachers, secondary mathematics coordinator, exemplary teachers, and CSUN mathematics and secondary education faculty, all collaborate as professional colleagues in the four fundamental features of our project: recruitment, training, interaction, and mentoring. As a result, honors-quality Algebra I and Geometry instruction will be offered to pupils with different learning styles from diverse populations. Other special features of our project are a program for qualifiable minority undergraduates, portfolios of Fellows activities, a graduate seminar, a graduate newsletter to inform and track Fellows, and a website for dissemination. Finally, the outcomes of the project will be continuously and carefully evaluated by an external evaluator to improve the FERMAT model during and following the grant period, fostering institutionalization.Intellectual Merit: The FERMAT project is partnership-driven, builds on previous CSUNLAUSD collaborations and CSUN efforts involving graduate students in educational projects, and uses methods of demonstrated efficacy. Fellows and GK-12 Teachers search for pedagogical methods that address age-related abilities to deal with abstractions, while engaging pupils in challenging problems that connect them to their larger world. Our Fellows assist teachers to build capacity for teaching challenging courses and through applications of mathematics and creative use of computers, Fellows and teachers improve learning in their classrooms. Using a balanced approach between discovery and direct instruction, their pupils progressively advance their logical and abstract thinking to succeed in mathematics. Finally, the FERMAT projectl comprehensively develops Fellows communication and teamwork skills, in addition to sharpening and broadening each Fellow's vision of mathematics.Broader Impact: In addition to enriching the quality of mathematics taught in the participating schools, FERMAT experiences enhances the teaching competency of both Fellows and GK- 12 Teachers, extending the project's benefits to future students. Via the graduate seminar, graduate newsletter, and a website, this project has an impact on faculty and students in mathematics who are not directly involved in FERMAT. By recruiting qualifiable minority students, in particular Hispanic students, and turning them into highly qualified Fellows, the project develops and trains graduate students who share the cultural and ethnic backgrounds of the pupils in the project's schools. These role-model Fellows organize and lead academic enrichment activities for secondary pupils, inspiring them to seek careers in mathematics or related fields.This project is receiving partial support from the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences.