Effective Use of Mathematical Instructional Materials

这个EDC项目将实施一项景观研究，旨在了解数学课程领导者对研究的需求，从而为他们的决策提供信息。拟议的项目旨在确定和组织对K-12数学课程决策者最有用的研究，并开发改进的机制，使他们能够很好地利用这些研究。产品将包括研究报告和年度研讨会。目标是创建一个基础设施，旨在支持K-12数学领导者更好地利用研究来为课程决策过程提供信息。该项目将针对三个主要受众。第一个也是最广泛的是负责设计和管理数学教学材料的选择和实施的地区、地区和州课程负责人。这些人包括数学主管、课程协调员、课程和教学助理主管、州数学主任以及为当地地区提供课程支持的地区联盟的领导人。第二个受众是研究生和本科数学教育项目的教师教育工作者，他们与发展中的教师和管理人员一起工作。该项目的第三个受众是数学教育研究界，特别是那些从事数学课程及其使用和有效性研究的人。该项目将举办年度研究研讨会，讨论课程变化和相关研究的挑战。

This EDC project will implement a landscape study designed to understand mathematics curriculum leaders' needs for research that informs their decision making. The proposed project aims to identify and organize research that is most useful to K-12 mathematics curriculum decision makers and to develop improved mechanisms for them to make good use of such research. Products will include research reports and an annual seminar. The goal is to create an infrastructure designed to support K-12 mathematics leaders in their efforts to better use research to inform curricular decision-making processes. The project will address three primary audiences. The first and broadest is district, regional and state curriculum leaders responsible for designing and managing the selection and implementation of mathematics instructional materials. These include people in positions such as mathematics supervisors, curriculum coordinators, assistant superintendents of curriculum and instruction, state mathematics directors and leaders of regional consortia providing curriculum support to local districts. The second audience is teacher educators in graduate and undergraduate mathematics education programs who work with developing teachers and administrators. The project's third audience is the mathematics educational research community, particularly those conducting studies of mathematics curriculum, its use and its effectiveness. The project will host an annual research seminar to discuss the challenges of curricular change and related research.