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The Truman Noyce Scholar Program

  • Year 2016
  • NSF Noyce Award # 1340082
  • First Name Ian
  • Last Name Lindevald
  • Discipline Mathematics, Physics
  • Co-PI(s)

    Susan Scheurer, Truman State University,scheurer@truman.edu
    Paul Yoder, Truman State University,pyoder@truman.edu

  • Presenters

    Ian Lindevald, Truman State University, lindy@truman.edu

Need

The Truman Noyce Scholars Program for Secondary Mathematics and Physics Teaching will improve the quality of physics teaching by producing teachers with extensive content knowledge in both physics and mathematics. A current trend in secondary schools is to fill physics classes with teachers with available science teachers, many of whom have little physics background. We believe a dual math/physics undergraduate degree paired with our strong Master of Arts in Education (MAE) program will produce excellent teachers who possess a unique combination of content and pedagogical knowledge.

Goals

The Truman Noyce Scholars Program for Secondary Mathematics and Physics Teaching will improve the quality of physics teaching by producing teachers with extensive content knowledge in both physics and mathematics. A current trend in secondary schools is to fill physics classes with teachers with available science teachers, many of whom have little physics background. We believe a dual math/physics undergraduate degree paired with our strong Master of Arts in Education (MAE) program will produce excellent teachers who possess a unique combination of content and pedagogical knowledge.

Approach

Our grant PIs (representing physics, mathematics, and education) are working closely to recruit and train future mathematics and physics educators. They have used existing course overlap in the math and physics majors to create a plan for a four year undergraduate degree and additional two year master’s degree. Our PIs promote the Truman Noyce Scholars Program to current students in the classroom as well as speaking to incoming students at recruitment events. Our faculty has also identified and cultivated promising underclassmen in mathematics and physics for recruitment.

Outcomes

We are about to start year three of our program, having recruited one scholar in our first year and two scholars in our second year.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant Numbers DUE-2041597 and DUE-1548986. Any opinions, findings, interpretations, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of its authors and do not represent the views of the AAAS Board of Directors, the Council of AAAS, AAAS’ membership or the National Science Foundation.

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