Texas Middle and Secondary Mathematics Project

Information

• NSF Award
• 0227128

Owner

• Stephen F. Austin State University

• Award Id

  0227128

• Award Effective Date

  10/1/2002 - 21 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  9/30/2013 - 10 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 3,691,275.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

Stephen F. Austin State University and twelve independent school districts establish the Texas Middle and Secondary Mathematics Project as an effort to positively impact student achievement in mathematics through better preparation of teachers to teach mathematics. The partner school districts serve over 40,000 students, with variable percentages of minority students (non-white students range from 9% to 64% of student population in the different districts) and high percentages of economically disadvantaged students (28% to 67% of student population). As is true in Texas as a whole, the teacher workforce in partner districts does not match the diversity within the student population, and many new teachers of mathematics are not certified in the discipline and have not majored in mathematics.<br/><br/>The Texas Middle and Secondary Mathematics Project expects to improve the capacity of mathematics teachers in grades 4-12 to impact student performance within the partner districts by:<br/>* increasing the number of qualified and certified mathematics teachers directly as sixty middle school and thirty high school mathematics teacher will be produced; <br/>* preparing teachers to become Texas Master Mathematics teachers who will, in turn, provide leadership and mentoring for other teachers; and <br/>* increasing student performance at higher levels in mathematics through classroom experience and summer institutes for students. <br/>In addition, an underlying premise of the partnership is that higher education mathematics faculty are not generally accustomed to thinking about the pedagogical needs of the middle or high school teacher. Therefore, the Project will improve the awareness and involvement of mathematics higher education faculty regarding preparation and professional development of teachers by involving mathematics faculty from a variety of higher education institutions across Texas in the effort, and noting evidence within college/university mathematics departments of curricular and programmatic changes designed to better meet the needs of grades 4-12 mathematics teachers.

• Program Officer

  James E. Hamos

• Min Amd Letter Date

  9/30/2002 - 21 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  9/11/2008 - 15 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Stephen F. Austin State University

• City

  Nacogdoches

• State

  TX

• Country

  United States

• Address

  Box 6078

• Postal Code

  759653940

• Phone Number

  9364682201

• First Name

  Jasper

• Last Name

  Adams

• Email Address

  adams@math.sfasu.edu

• Start Date

  9/30/2002 12:00:00 AM

• End Date

  01/07/2008

• First Name

  Kimberly

• Last Name

  Childs

• Email Address

  kchilds@sfasu.edu

• Start Date

  9/30/2002 12:00:00 AM

• End Date

  01/07/2008

• First Name

  Kimberly

• Last Name

  Childs

• Email Address

  kchilds@sfasu.edu

• Start Date

  9/11/2008 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Deborah

• Last Name

  Pace

• Email Address

  Pace@math.sfasu.edu

• Start Date

  9/30/2002 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Lesa

• Last Name

  Beverly

• Email Address

  beverlyll@sfasu.edu

• Start Date

  1/7/2008 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Other Applications NEC

• Code

  99

• Name

  Human Subjects

• Code

  116000

• Text

  MSP-TARGETED AWARDS

• Code

  1792

• Text

  Teaching & Mstr Tchng Fellows

• Code

  7908

• Text

  MSP-Targeted Awards

• Code

  1792

• Text

  ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY EDUCATION

• Code

  9177

• Text

  UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

• Code

  9178

• Text

  SCIENCE, MATH, ENG & TECH EDUCATION