During the past seven years, mathematics and science faculty from the New York State Consortium (NYSC), directed by Jack Narayan and John Winn, has responded to the call of their professional organizations to actively engage and involve their students in the process of learning.  Cooperative learning strategies have been introduced to increase students’ achievement, create positive relations, and explore alternative learning styles.  SUNY Central Administration and the individual colleges provided significant cost share for three NSF Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Grants (UFE -- DUE9455113, DUE9653446, and DUE9752736) and one NSF Course and Curriculum Development grant (CCD -- DUE9455638).  A recent UFE grant workshop was held in 1997 in Albany, New York, and featured the project directors of seven NSF-funded national Mathematics Across the Curriculum (MATC) projects that focus on promoting interdisciplinary courses in Mathematics, Science and technology (MST).

         We currently have formed a Seven College Collaboration for Integrating Inquiry-Based Learning, Mathematics Modeling and Technology into the Mathematics Curriculum (SCCIMT).  The seven schools which represent a subset of the New York State Coalition (NYSC) of some 30 two- and four-year colleges, will adapt and adopt materials and educational practices developed by the principal investigators of the NSF Mathematics Across the Curriculum (MATC) projects (mentioned in the proposal) as well as other publicly and privately supported Mathematics, Science, and Technology (MST) projects.  The seven schools are SUNY Oswego, SUNY Farmingdale, SUNY Oneonta, SUNY Brockport, Adirondack Community College, St. John Fisher College, and Alfred University.  Faculty and administrators at these institutions are committed to institutional-wide reform and are endorsing the programmatic changes outlined in this proposal. 

 Building upon the previous UFE and CCD grants, SCCIMT is now adequately prepared to adapt and adopt materials and educational practices developed by the MATC and other MST principal investigators.

Past NSF Support