CRESMET's largest current initiative, Project Pathways is a $12.5 million, five-year research effort funded by the National Science Foundation to produce and test a new model for enhancing instruction of precalculus mathematics and science in grades 9-12.

Pathways model key features

  • Four graduate-level integrated mathematics/science courses for teachers that CRESMET faculty have designed based on current research
  • Professional learning communities for teachers that center on the content the teachers learn in these courses

 Pathways partners

  • ASU-CRESMET faculty and professional development staff
  • Four school districts in the Phoenix metropolitan area
  • One rural distict in Arizona mining country
  • Corporations Intel and Resolution Copper

Pathways researchers are investigating ways to

  • Deepen teachers' understanding of mathematical and science concepts
  • Improve their skill in exploring mathematics in science contexts
  • Build their skill in using mathematics in scientific investigations
  • Shift their classroom practice to inquiry and project-based methods

Other Pathways initiatives

  • College Algebra Reform, a pilot project representing ASU's commitment to excellence in first-year undergraduate mathematics
  • Virtual Counseling Center, the nation's most comprehensive source of interactive, online counseling for math, science and engineering studies and careers
  • Competing in a 'Flat World' Economy: Getting & Keeping Arizona Students in the Math & Science They Need to Succeed, a statewide conference for school counselors

Pathways on MSPNet

http://pp.mspnet.org/index.cfm/showcase

 

Principal Investigator:

Marilyn Carlson, professor, ASU Department of Mathematics & Statistics,

center director, CRESMET

Co-Principal Investigators:

Veronica Burrows, associate professor, ASU Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering,

associate director, CRESMET

Carlos Contreras, education manager, Intel

Micheal Oehrtman, assistant professor, ASU Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Melinda Romero, executive director, Staff Development & Instructional Services,
Chandler Unified School District

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