Putting the Pieces Together Programs of the MAA

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Putting the Pieces TogetherPrograms of the MAA

• A Presentation to PIs of the NSF/DUE Program
• Susan L. Ganter
• Clemson University
• March 15, 2002

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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

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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

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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 20022003 (Dubinsky, Ball, et
  al)

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Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics

• Project supports faculty members and departments
  in efforts to assess student learning with
  in 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

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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

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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)

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CUPM Curriculum Guidelines

• Analysis and recommendations for the
  undergraduate mathematics curriculum
• MAA Report Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
  in 2010What 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

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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).