Second SIAM-NSF Workshop: Modeling Across the Curriculum

该项目支持为期两天半的STEM教育工作会议，特别是与应用和计算数学社区以及贯穿K-16课程的数学建模有关。会议的目标是为设计该课程的社区开发一种协调的方法。这是关于跨课程建模的第二次SIAM研讨会，基于第一次研讨会的一些主要建议，比第一次研讨会的关注范围更窄。特别是，开发更丰富的K-12课程的建模，具有分层内容的高中建模课程和基于建模的本科课程。我们观察到需要以一种更协调的方式来处理STEM教育，而不是简单地开发不同的教育项目流，很少或根本不关注相互作用和相互联系。应用数学和计算数学，包括统计学，（ACMS）是这种协调的自然载体。该项目的一个目标是考虑开发本科STEM学位课程，作为传统学科专业的替代方案。其目的是，这将经历类似于过去5到10年计算科学与工程项目的增长。协调基础数学，计算，统计和科学内容，以支持在广泛的STEM领域的应用，可能对潜在的学生和他们的最终雇主具有强烈的吸引力。STEM学位课程将保留选择，同时不限制研究生、专业或职业机会的选择。在K-12教育中，《共同核心州标准倡议》（Common Core State Standards Initiative）关于数学和科学教育的15%的自由支配权，将为开发以协调方式增强整个STEM教育范围的材料提供机会。在较高的层次上，可以建立应用数学和计算数学的替代课程，并提供综合的STEM教育经验，以加强先前的经验，从而为STEM大学专业和职业培养更多更好的学生。

This project supports a two and a half day working conference, on STEM Education, specifically as it relates to the applied and computational mathematics community and the infusion of mathematical modeling throughout the K-16 curriculum. The goal of the conference is to develop a coordinated approach for the community designing this curriculum. This, the second SIAM workshop pertaining to Modeling across the curriculum, is more narrowly focused than the first, based on some of the principal recommendations from the first workshop. In particular, the development of a richer curriculum for modeling in K-12, a High School modeling course with a stratified content and a modeling-based undergraduate curricula.There is an observed need to approach STEM Education in a more coordinated fashion, rather than simply developing distinct educational program streams that pay little or no attention to interactions and interconnections. Applied and computational mathematics, including statistics, (ACMS) represents a natural vehicle for this coordination. A goal of this project is consdiering the development of undergraduate STEM degree programs as alternatives to traditional discipline majors. The intention is that this would experience growth similar to that of Computational Science and Engineering programs over the past 5 to 10 years. Coordinating the fundamental mathematics, computation, statistics and science content to support application in a wide range of STEM fields may have strong appeal to potential students and their eventual employers. STEM degree programs would preserve options while not restricting choices for graduate, professional or career opportunities.Within the K-12 education, the discretionary 15% of the Common Core State Standards Initiative recommendations for math and science education will provide an opportunity to develop material that enhances the whole STEM educational spectrum in a coordinated fashion. At the upper level, an alternative curriculum in applied and computational mathematics could be established, and an integrated STEM educational experience that would reinforce prior experience in a way that would yield more and better prepared students for STEM college majors and careers would result.