Discovering the Art of Mathematics: Inquiry Based Learning in Mathematics for Liberal Arts

该项目帮助完成“发现数学的艺术”，这是一个包含10个完整的、独立的文科数学（MLA）和其他相关课程学习指南的图书馆。每卷提供的课程材料足以为一个学期的课程。教育学是一种基于探究的学习形式，它是苏格拉底对话的后裔。数学内容既复杂又易于理解，与艺术、历史、文化、哲学、人文主义和文学有着深刻而自然的联系。在项目的第一阶段，这些独特的课程材料为使用这些材料的1000多名学生带来了可观的学习收益和情感效益。除了完成这些材料外，第2类奖项还将支持教师资源指南、评估材料和在通识教育数学课程中扩大探究使用的资源的开发。它还将支持9个巡回专业发展讲习班，这些讲习班将帮助从通常缺乏支持的最经常教授MLA的教师队伍中发展基于探究的学习实践者社区。它还将支持创建和实施评估工具，进一步评估学生使用我们的材料的学习收益和情感效益。最后，它支持在全国范围内高调传播“发现数学艺术”图书馆及其产生的学术工作，帮助改变数学数学的教学和学习方式。

This project helps complete Discovering the Art of Mathematics, a library of 10 full-length, stand-alone learning guides for Mathematics for Liberal Arts (MLA) and other cognate courses. Each volume provides curriculum materials sufficient for a semester-long course. The pedagogy is a form of inquiry-based learning that is a descendent of the Socratic dialogue. The mathematical content is both sophisticated and accessible, with deep and natural connections to the arts, history, culture, philosophy, humanism, and literature throughout. During Phase 1 of the project, these unique curriculum materials sparked considerable learning gains and affective benefits in the cohort of over 1,000 students who used the materials. In addition to the completion of the materials, the Type 2 award will support the development of teacher resource guides, assessment materials, and resources for the expanded use of inquiry in general education mathematics courses. It will also support nine traveling professional development workshops that will help develop communities of inquiry-based learning practitioners from the generally under-supported cohort of teachers that most often teach MLA. It will also support the creation and implementation of assessment tools that further evaluate the student learning gains and affective benefits of using our materials. Finally, it supports the high-profile, nationwide dissemination of the Discovering the Art of Mathematics library and the scholarly work it generates, helping to transform the way MLA is taught and learned.