Collaborative Research: Data Integration in Undergraduate Mathematics Education

该项目将通过使用以计算为重点的模块，将真实数据注入本科数学课程的前两年，使早期本科生参与真实的世界问题的数学研究。 该项目将侧重于四门课程：微积分一，微积分二，多元微积分，线性代数在罗切斯特理工学院和拿撒勒学院的罗切斯特。领导团队将研究：（一）基于计算机的模块对本科生的数学性格和成就的影响，以及（二）本科数学教师专业发展的有效性。 该项目将有助于研究大学数学教育中的数据和技术整合，并将通过开发高质量的教育工具供教育工作者在课堂上使用，促进新方法的采用。通过这种方式，该项目将支持国家科学基金会的使命，促进科学进步和促进国家繁荣。 该项目将根据真实世界的数据开发课堂模块，使学生有真实的经验，支持和激励数学概念和技术的调查;将研究这些模块对本科生的性格和数学成绩的影响;并将研究专业发展对本科教师的影响。 学生将得到问卷调查，并将参加焦点小组，课程将被录像，和本科教师将得到问卷调查，并要求写反思性期刊。将有大约50名教授接受内部和外部培训，该项目将影响大约1 000名学生，分布在罗切斯特理工学院（一所技术大学）和罗切斯特拿撒勒学院（一所综合性学院）。该项目将提供信息的方式，遇到真实的数据影响学生的态度和他们的意愿，从事计算机，也是本科数学教师的专业发展活动的反应。罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划将为该项目提供共同资助，以表彰其与诺伊斯努力的更广泛的教师准备目标的一致性。

This project will engage early-stage undergraduate students in the mathematical study of real world problems by using computationally-focused modules that infuse authentic data into the first two years of the undergraduate mathematics curriculum. The project will focus on four courses: Calculus I, Calculus II, Multivariate Calculus, and Linear Algebra at Rochester Institute of Technology and Nazareth College of Rochester. The leadership team will study the: (i) impact of computer-based modules on undergraduate students' mathematical disposition and achievement and (ii) effectiveness of professional development on undergraduate mathematics faculty. The project will contribute to the study of data and technology integration in mathematics education at the collegiate level, and will facilitate the uptake of new methods by developing high-quality educational tools for educators to use in their classrooms. In this way, the project will support the National Science Foundation's mission of promoting the progress of science and advancing the national prosperity. This project will develop in-class modules based on real-world data so that students have authentic experiences that support and motivate the investigation of mathematical concepts and techniques; will study the impact of these modules on undergraduate students' disposition towards and achievement in mathematics; and will study the effect of professional development on undergraduate faculty members. Students will be given questionnaires and will participate in focus groups, courses will be videotaped, and undergraduate faculty members will be given questionnaires and asked to write reflective journals. There will be roughly 50 professors trained internally and externally, and the project will impact approximately 1,000 students distributed between Rochester Institute of Technology (a technical university) and Nazareth College of Rochester (a comprehensive college). This project will provide information about the ways that encountering authentic data affects students' attitudes and their willingness to engage with computers, and also undergraduate mathematics faculty members' response to professional development activities. The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program will provide co-funding for this project in recognition of its alignment with the broader teacher preparation goals of the Noyce effort.