The 2011-2012 National Network of Sonia Kovalevsky Mathematics Days

目前项目的目标是：(1)吸引初中和高中女生学习数学，培养和支持她们对这一学科的兴趣；(2)让初中和高中女性参与者有机会与攻读科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学位的大学水平的女性、STEM学科的女教员以及来自工业、政府或金融部门的专业女性进行互动；(3)通过向女孩和代表性不足的少数群体教授数学的新想法来帮助教师。这些活动将通过索尼娅·科瓦列夫斯基数学日全国网络的活动和妇女数学协会参加2012年美国科学和工程节来实现。拟议的活动将包括预计总共3,050名初中和高中女孩(索尼娅·科瓦列夫斯基数学日计划将为1,250名初中和高中女孩提供服务，其余的将参加美国科学和工程节)和150名数学教师，这一不断扩大的国家指导网络包括对数学感兴趣的女教员、研究生、本科生、高中生和中学生。这些活动将有助于培养对数学感兴趣的初中和高中女学生对就业机会和可能的职业道路的认识，并将通过为女学生参与者提供称职和吸引人的数学教学，并由处于大学一级科学领导地位的STEM学科的本科生和研究生提供强有力的指导，来吸引女性学习数学。

The goals of the current project are to (1) attract middle school and high school girls to the study of mathematics and to nurture and support their interest in this discipline; (2) give the middle school and high school female participants the chance to interact with college level women pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees, women faculty in STEM disciplines, and professional women from industry, government or the financial sector; and (3) assist teachers by providing new ideas for teaching mathematics to girls and underrepresented minorities. These will be pursued through the activities of the national network of Sonia Kovalevsky Mathematics Days and the participation of the Association for Women in Mathematics at the 2012 USA Science and Engineering Festival.The proposed activities will include a projected total of 3,050 middle school and high school girls (1,250 middle school and high school girls will be served by the Sonia Kovalevsky Days Program and the rest will be the participants at the USA Science and Engineering Festival) and 150 mathematics teachers in the growing national mentoring network involving women faculty, and graduate, undergraduate, high school and middle school women students interested in mathematics. These activities will help develop awareness of job opportunities and possible career paths for middle school and high school women students interested in mathematics and they will attract women to the study of mathematics by providing women student participants with competent and engaging mathematical instruction intertwined with strong mentorship by undergraduate and graduate women students in STEM disciplines who are in position of scientific leadership at the college level.