Strategic Direction for Mathematics Learning by Inquiry

数学探究学习（MLI）采用主动学习技术，结合数学的有意义的应用，并关注更广泛的学术技能。越来越多的证据表明，MLI可以对学生的学习和本科数学的成功产生积极的影响。该项目的目标是建立一个更大的全国性社区，包括聘用MLI的教师和研究MLI的教育研究人员。为此，本次研讨会项目将邀请MLI教师界的领导和代表与本科数学教育界（RUME）的研究领导和代表一起参加。通过将MLI和RUME社区的领导人和代表聚集在一起，该项目将成为在这两个社区之间建立更正式和共生合作的第一步。具体来说，讲习班将为探究式数学学习倡议制定战略计划。该计划将侧重于建立一个协作循环，通过该循环，MLI倡议激发教育研究项目，而这些项目反过来又用于通知MLI倡议。工作坊本身将采用积极参与和以探究为导向的问题解决方式。预计将有30名参与者，每一位都将积极参与这一进程，每一位都有机会作出重大贡献。参与者将为MLI计划制定国家目标，确定实现这些目标的战略，并在这些社区之间建立强有力的合作，以改善本科数学教育。这一合作努力将加强MLI倡议的能力，以支持有效、可持续和可扩展的本科数学教育改革。

Mathematics learning by inquiry (MLI) employs active learning techniques, incorporation of meaningful applications of mathematics, and attention to broader academic skills. A growing evidence base indicates that MLI can have a positive impact on student learning and success in undergraduate mathematics. The goal of this project is to build a larger national community of instructors who employ MLI and education researchers who study MLI. To this end, this workshop project will bring leaders and representatives from among the MLI instructor community together with leaders and representatives from the research in undergraduate mathematics education community (RUME). By bringing together leaders and representatives from both the MLI and RUME communities, this project will form an initial step to forge a more formal and symbiotic collaboration between these two communities.Specifically, the workshops will produce a strategic plan for the Initiative for Mathematics Learning by Inquiry. This plan will focus on building a collaborative cycle through which the MLI initiative inspires education research projects, which in turn are used to inform the MLI initiative. The workshops themselves will be structured to employ active engagement and inquiry oriented problem solving. Each of an expected thirty participants will be actively engaged in the process with each having an opportunity to make a substantial contribution. Participants will develop national goals for a MLI initiative, identify strategies to reach these goals, and establish a strong collaboration between these communities to improve undergraduate mathematics education. This collaborative effort will strengthen the ability of the MLI initiative to support effective, sustainable, and scalable reforms in undergraduate mathematics education.