Putting the Pieces Together Programs of the MAA : Putting the Pieces Together Programs of the MAA A Presentation to PIs of the NSF/DUE Program
Susan L. Ganter
Clemson University
March 15, 2002
MAA Programs : MAA Programs Professional Enhancement Program (PREP)
Preparing Mathematicians to Educate Teachers (PMET)
Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics (SAUM)
Project NExT
Curriculum Foundations (CF) Project
CUPM Curriculum Guidelines
Professional Enhancement Program (PREP) : Professional Enhancement Program (PREP) 6 workshops completed in 2001 9-11 more completed/planned for 2002 applications being accepted for 2003
Workshops are free and open to mathematicians and others
Wide variety of topics, including
*teaching college-level statistics and QL *being a department chair
*mathematics for non-science students
*preparing future secondary teachers
Preparing Mathematicians to Educate Teachers (PMET) : Preparing Mathematicians to Educate Teachers (PMET) Initiative to increase the capacity of college and university mathematical sciences faculties to support enhanced education of teachers
Guided by the recommendations of The Mathematical Education of Teachers (CBMS, 2001)
Oversubscribed workshops *ASU: May 2001 (Foley) *2002 Math Meeting (Ball, Bass, Dubinsky) *Summers 2002—2003 (Dubinsky, Ball, et al)
Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics : Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics Project supports faculty members and departments in efforts to assess student learning *within “blocks” of courses *within programs and departments
MAA Notes #49 (1999) is being sent to 3,100 mathematics departments
Workshop series at sectional and national meetings
Case studies on assessment
Project NExT : Project NExT Professional development of beginning college faculty; funded by ExxonMobil
NExT Fellows now number over 550
Network can serve as a resource for *intensely interested young faculty *dissemination of new curricula *advice about the needs of beginning college faculty
Curriculum Foundations Project : Curriculum Foundations Project MAA Subcommittee on Curriculum Renewal Across the First Two Years (CRAFTY)
significant input from partner/client disciplines
series of invitational workshops (Fall 1999-Spring 2001)
interdisciplinary curriculum conference (November 2001)
CUPM Curriculum Guidelines : CUPM Curriculum Guidelines Analysis and recommendations for the undergraduate mathematics curriculum
MAA Report Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences in 2010:What should students know
Inclusion of introductory mathematics courses, as well as programs for the major
Writing team funded by NSF
First draft: Summer 2002 Focus groups: Mathfest 2002 Second draft: Fall 2002 Open discussions: 2003 Math Meetings Final draft: Summer 2003 Public release: Fall 2003
Select Publications : Select Publications Baxter-Hastings, N., S. Gordon and J. Narayan (Eds.), Rethinking Precalculus, MAA (2002, in prep).
DeLong, M. and D. Winter, Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn Mathematics: Resources for professional development, MAA (2001).
Friedberg, S. Teaching Mathematics in Colleges and Universities: Case studies for today's classroom, CBMS (2001).
Ganter, S.L. and Barker, W. (Eds.), A Collective Vision: Voices of the partner disciplines, MAA (2002, in prep).
Ganter, S.L., Changing Calculus: A report on evaluation efforts and national impact from 1988 to 1998, MAA (2001).
Gold, B., S. Keith, and W. Marion (Eds.), Assessment Practices in Undergraduate Mathematics, MAA (1999).
Moore, T. Teaching Resources for Undergraduate Statistics, MAA (2000).
Rogers, E.C. et al (Eds.), Cooperative Learning in Undergraduate Mathematics: Issues that matter and strategies that work, MAA (2001).
Steen, L.A. (Ed.), Mathematics and Democracy: The case for quantitative literacy, NCED (2001).
Tucker, A. (Ed.), The Mathematical Education of Teachers, CBMS (2001).