Educational Outreach Activities in Mathematics

PI正在努力吸引更多有才华的初中和高中学生以及本科生从事数学和科学职业，让他们参与使用尖端研究作为教学工具的活动。他的活动在他和他的研究小组获得的更深层次的成果中有其基础，并在K-12推广和创新本科教育中放大了这些努力。他每年为大约15名高中生和本科生举办暑期学校。这些学生积极参与他过去成功使用的综合结构化研究环境。PI还指导美国数学学会和科学服务之间的全国性合作计划，包括对美国各地社区的外展访问。在这些访问中，他沿着一些国家最杰出的科学家，如诺贝尔奖和国家科学奖章的获得者，在创新的实践课堂活动中向初中和高中学生讲课。每次参观还设有一个游戏节目，松散的基础上著名的“谁想成为百万富翁”电视节目（恰如其分地命名为“谁想成为一个数学家？").学生们争夺奖品和奖学金（由美国数学学会提供），当地的获奖者参加在华盛顿举行的年终“冠军锦标赛”。

The PI is working to attract more talented middle and high school students and undergraduates to careers in math and science by involving them in activities that use the integration of cutting edge research as a pedagogical tool. His activities have their foundation in the deeper results obtained by him and his research group and amplify these efforts in K-12 outreach and innovative undergraduate education. He is directing annual Summer Institutes for approximately fifteen high school students and undergraduate students. These students are actively engaged in an integrated structured research environment that he has successfully employed in the past. The PI also is directing a nationwide collaborative initiative between the American Mathematical Society and Science Service consisting of outreach visits to communities across America. On these visits, he lectures along side some of the nation's most distinguished scientists, such as winners of the Nobel Prize and the National Medal of Science, to middle school and high school students in innovative hands-on classroom activities. Each visit also features a game show, loosely based on the famous "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" TV program (aptly named "Who Wants to Be a Mathematician?"). Students compete for prizes and scholarships (provided by the American Mathematical Society), with local winners competing in a year end "Tournament of Champions" in Washington D.C.