The Center for Educational Change in Mathematics and Science at the
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7090 publishes a newsletter
called Many Waters devoted to equity issues in mathematics education.
For information about subscriptions and back issues, contact Julian Weissglass
by e-mail at weissgla@math.ucsb.edu, by telephone at
805-893-3355, or by fax at 805-893-3026.
The Curriculum
Assessment Service is an undergraduate curriculum database that
contains transcript information from over 42,000 students from a random
sample of 100 U.S. colleges and universities. The database, which is
available through the World Wide Web, is a project of the Institute for
Research on Higher Education at the University of Pennsylvania and the
Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAUC). A comprehensive
report with detailed statistical tables is available from Susan Shaman,
Institute for Research on Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania,
4200 Pine Steet, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Telephone: 215-898-5897. For
further information about the Curriculum Assessment Service database,
contact Nancy Conlon, S&E Indicators Program, Division of Science
resources Studies, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Suite 965, Arlington, VA 22230; Telephone: 703-306-1777 ext. 6911;
E-mail: nconlon@nsf.gov.
CyberMath provides on-line
interactive mathematics facilities, including symbolic software packages
as well as live, editable mathematical examples. Even without any prior
experience in symbolic software, individuals can access and use the site
at the high school, college, and professional levels. The site is part of
the Waterloo Maple mathematical
online empire. For additional information, contact Scott Blue of Connors
Communications at scott@connors.com or 612-359-0990.
The Exxon Education Foundation supports, in cooperation
with the National Council of Mathematics Teachers a project to support the
teaching of mathematics in the primary grades. This Exxon K-3
Mathematics Education Program operates in several dozen cities,
supporting teachers in developing their mathematical understanding and
pedagogical repetoire. Contact: Jean Moon; E-mail:
mbb321@ultranet.com.
The Humanistic Mathematics Network publishes an occasional
Journal intended "to transform and beautify" the landscape of
mathematics. Editor: Alvin White, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont CA 91711;
Telephone: 909-621-8867; Fax: 909-621-8366; E-mail:
awhite@hms.edu.
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC). Judith Gueron,
President. Produced a recent report on Career Academies, following the
graduates of ten programs. Address: Three Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016,
Telephone: 212-532-3200.
The National Center for Science Teaching and Learning, a project
of The Ohio State University directed by Arthur L. White and Michael H.
Klapper, publishes a quarterly newsletter entitled Cognosis.
Address: 1929 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210. Telephone: 614-292-3339;
Fax: 614-292-1595; Email: ncstl@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu.
The National Center on the Educational Quality of the Workforce
(EQW) examines the interaction of employers, schools, and public
policy to improve the educational quality of the workforce and bolster the
nation's competitiveness in the emerging global economy. The Center's
research agenda focuses on four broad questions: (1) What do employers
need to know to better use the education workers bring with them and
acquire in the workplace? (2) How could schools become more effective
suppliers of skilled and disciplined workers? (3) How can workers continue
to add to their portfolio of skills and knowledge on which a productive
economy depends? (4) What is the best role for public policy in the
development of a market for work-related education that efficiently links
consuming firms, supplying schools, and educated workers?
Located at the University of Pennsylvania, the Center is co-directed by
Robert Zemsky and Peter Cappelli. Address: National Center on the
Educational Quality of the Workforce (EQW), University of Pennsylvania;
4200 Pine Street, 5A; Philadelphia, PA 19104-4090. Telephone: 215/898-4585;
Fax: 215/898-9876; E-Mail: eqw-requests@irhe.upenn.edu.
The National Center for
Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE) is the nation's largest
center for research and development in work-related education. An
eight-site consortium headquartered at the University of California at
Berkeley since 1988, NCRVE has played a key role in developing a new
concept of vocational education: to prepare all individuals for lasting
and rewarding employment and lifelong learning. Address: 2150 Shattuck
Ave., Suite 1250, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1674. Phone: 800-762-4093. Email:
askncrve@vocserve.berkeley.edu.
NCRVE's >
University of Wisconsin site is examining efforts to integrate
mathematics and vocational education in schools that have adopted the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards.
The Pew Charitable Trusts support several regional consortia of liberal
arts colleges and research universities focused on strengthening
undergraduate science. One example is the Pew Midstates Science and
Mathematics Consortium.
Quantitative Curriculum for Life Science Students is an
NSF-supported project designed to develop a flexible curriculum of
quantitative courses for undergraduate life science students that is able
to be integrated with the biological courses these students take and that
utilizes examples from recent biological research. The project is directed
by Lou Gross at the
University of Tennessee in Knoxville. E-mail:
gross@tiem.utk.edu.
The Quantitative Literacy (QL) Project comprises a series of
special NSF-supported projects undertaken during the past decade by the American Statistical Association in
collaboration with the National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics. The QL programs have developed materials and
a workshop format that instruct teachers in the elementary, middle and
high schools about QL by presenting fun, hands-on ways to teach. The
current project, Science Education and Quantitative Literacy, focuses on
ways to incorporate data analysis into the science curriculum. Teachers
from grades 6-12 participate in a four-week workshop during the summer
learning new ideas which they then share with colleagues during the school
year. For further information about bringing a QL Workshop to your school
or district, please contact either Cathy Crocker at cathyc@amstat.org or
Veronica Chambers at veronica@amstat.org. Resource materials developed by
the QL Project are available from Dale Seymour Publications at 415-324-2800.
The Statistics Teacher Network is a newsletter published three
times a year by the Joint Committee on the Curriculum in Statistics and
Probability of the American Statistical
Association and the National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics. Begun in 1982, the Statistics Teacher
Network is mailed to over 7000 teachers throughout the world. It
contains reports on new developments in statistics education (for example,
the new Advanced Placement (AP) Statistics Course) book reviews, software
reviews, requests for information, and contributed items to be shared
among statistics teachers.
Contributions (including letters, announcements, articles, and information
about what is happening in statistics education) should be sent to Dr.
Jerry Moreno, Editor, The Statistics Teacher Network, Department of
Mathematics, John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio, 44118.
Contributions should be sent on hard copy, and, if possible, on a disk in
standard ASCII (text) format. E-mail: moreno@jcvaxa.jcu.edu;
Fax: 216-397-3033.
To be added to the mailing list or to make an address change, please send
your name and address to Statistics Teacher Network, American Statistical
Association, 1429 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-3402. Telephone:
703-684-1221; Fax: 703-684-2037; E-mail: veronica@amstat.org.
Texas Prefreshman Engineering Program (PREP) is a sixteen-year-old
partnership of community and senior colleges in Texas whose purpose is to
provide to high achieving middle school and high school students,
especially women and minorities, the reinforcement needed to succeed in
future college science and engineering studies. The program is
coordinated by Manual P. Berriozabal, Professor of Mathematics, University
of Texas at San Antonio.
Workshop Mathematics. Intended to address
the problems of passive learning and disengagement facing many students in
introductory college mathematics courses, Workshop Mathematics and its
parallel Workshop Statistics is a curriculum development project at
Dickinson College that offers materials that impel students to be active,
collaborative learners. Originally funded by the Fund for the Improvement
of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). Address: Department of
Mathematics and Computer Science, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA 17043.
Directors: Nancy Baxter Hastings; E-mail:
baxter@dickinson.edu; Allan Rossman, E-mail:
rossman@dickinson.edu.
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Last Update: 05/10/96