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Purpose.
The purpose of the SIGMAA on RUME Mentoring Mini-Grants is to
promote quality research by fostering mentoring relationships which
will benefit the professional development of new (and newer)
researchers in the field of undergraduate mathematics education.
These one year grants will typically be from $500-$2,000. Some
exceptional research projects, possibly with larger groups, may
receive up to $4,000. Recipients can apply for additional grant
funding in subsequent years provided they write a new proposal and
have submitted all status reports for previous grants. The
continuation of this grant program is dependent upon existing
external funding.
Requirements.
Research. Research must be in
undergraduate mathematics education. The specific research project
must be described. It must be connected to existing research
literature in undergraduate mathematics education or there must be
an explanation why no such connection exists. The proposal must
describe: the specific research question and its significance, the
proposed theoretical framework to be used in answering the research
question, and other methodological issues involved in the study.
Personnel.
The research group must include
at least one established or experienced researcher in undergraduate
mathematics education. Recent Ph.D.s in mathematics education could
be considered experienced, especially if they are mentoring
colleagues or other mathematical professionals who are new to
mathematics education research. The experienced researcher or
researchers must be full participants in the research project.
The research group must also
include at least one new or newer researcher in undergraduate
mathematics education. Certainly those with no formal training in
RUME and little experience in this area would qualify. Those with a
Ph.D. in mathematics education could qualify if there are explicit
reasons given that additional mentoring is appropriate and
necessary. Graduate students in RUME may also be supported if it is
clear that mentoring beyond what is available at their graduate
institution is appropriate and necessary. These grants should not
take the place of reasonable institutional support for graduate
work in RUME. The newer researcher or researchers must be full
participants in the research project. The proposal must indicate
how the newer researcher(s) will benefit from this mentoring
relationship.
One member of the research team must be a current member in
good standing of the SIGMAA on RUME. (Note: Although all members of
the team are not required to be current members of the SIGMAA on
RUME, it is highly encouraged that all members join. In the future,
additional funding for this team will be considered only if
everyone is a member of the SIGMAA on RUME at that time.)
Use of Money.
Travel will be supported for the
purposes of bringing this collaborative group of researchers
together in order to further the research project and enhance the
mentoring relationship. This support may include travel for the
purposes of data collection, data analysis, or writing. Money can be
used to support airfare (train fare, bus fare) and hotel only.
Reimbursement will not cover automobile mileage, travel to or from
the airport (train station, bus terminal), or food expenses. Money
cannot be used for travel to conferences, meetings, or related
professional activity unless explicit and generous time is set aside
at the meeting for productive research work. Applicants are
encouraged, but not required, to use this support to leverage
institutional or other support for travel.
Research expenses such as audio or
video tapes or transcribing costs will be supported. Equipment
purchases will not be supported. Institutional reimbursement for
phone, fax, postage, and the like will also not be supported.
Money cannot be used for course release, summer pay, research
stipend, or research participant stipend.
Only expenses approved during the proposal process will be
reimbursed, unless a request for revision of the way grant money is
to be used is made and approved prior to it being spent.
Reporting.
Brief status reports should be given to the SIGMAA on RUME at the
time of each request for reimbursement. A final status report should
be given to the SIGMAA on RUME at the end of the grant period (one
year). Participants who do not provide such reports may have their
reimbursements withheld; they will not be eligible for additional
support through this RUME Mentoring Mini-Grant program.
Application Process.
Applicants should submit a complete proposal to Barbara Edwards
via email at edwards@math.orst.edu.
Plain email text or an attached MS Word document are the preferred
formats.
For early 2003: application deadline for the next round of
applications is February 28th, 2003 with notification of awards by March 15, 2003.
The proposal itself should be 3-5 pages of standard text and
should address the purpose and requirements listed above in as much
detail as possible. A time-table for the research project and details
of the requested funding should be presented. Brief (no more than one
page each) CV's should be attached for each person who is part of the
proposal. These CV's, as well as the body of the proposal, should
indicate the level of each individual's experience in RUME.
Evaluation Criteria:
Quality and reasonableness of the
research proposal and the likelihood for completion and publication
(or other presentation) of the results.
Strength of the mentoring
relationship and the benefit of this relationship to the newer
researcher(s) in the field of undergraduate mathematics education.
Qualifications of the individuals, especially the mentor(s),
to undertake the research project.
Review Committee: The review committee will be chaired by Barbara
Edwards. The Executive Committee will appoint two additional members
to this review committee.
Timeline: anticipated grant cycles (dates subject to change; changes
announced at this site and through the SIGMAA on RUME listserv).
September and March* -- Request for proposals;
November 1st and May 1st --
Deadline for completed applications
December and June --
Final notification of acceptances and rejections.
*Note change for 2003: January announcement, February 28th deadline for proposals,
and March notification.
The review committee may choose to support the proposal in full or
in part, may ask the applicants to rewrite the proposal by a given
date for reconsideration during this particular grant cycle, or may
choose not to support the proposal during this grant cycle.
Previous Recipients.
Fall 2002: Dubinsky (mentor) and da Rosa
$3,250 for "Teaching the
Concept of Recursive Programs."
Spring 2002: Trigueros (mentor) and Hernandez
$2,100 for "On Students
Conceptual Development When using Research Based
Instructional Materials:
Transformation of Functions."
Fall 2001:
Rasmussen (mentor) and Keynes and Marrongelle
$2200 for "Resources that Help University
Professors Adapt Research-Based Instructional Materials."
Krussel (mentor) and Bedros
$1750
for "Students' Epistemological Views and Their Relationship to
Understanding Indirect Proof."
Czarnocha and Prabhu (mentors) and Giraldo
$2200 for "Visual-Numerical Coordination in
Calculus One."
DeVries (mentor) and Arnon
$1850 for "Research on the Development of the Concept
Solution by Linear Algebra Students."
Summer 2001:
Ed Dubinsky, Rafael Martìnez-Planell, Gladys DiCristina,
Ana C. Gonzalez, Daniel McGee
$4000
for two projects: "Understanding Infinite Series" and
"From Linearity in 2D to Linearity in 3D."
Summer 2000:
Marilyn Carlson, Eric Hsu, Mike Oehrtman
$2400
for "Calculus Learning."
Art Clemons, Pao-sheng Hsu, Victoria
Boller LaBerge, Richard D. West
$1800
for "Negotiations in Learning and Teaching in Collegiate Mathematics"
Anne Marie Murray, James Cottrill
$800 for
"The Notion of Function Involved in the Product Rule for
Differentiation."
Keith Schwingendorf, Aaron Montgomery
$1400 "Motivation of the Limit Concept"
Michelle Zandieh, Manya Raman
$1600
for "Exploring the Relationship Between Proving and Understanding:
The Concept of Derivative as an Example."
Winter 2000:
Carl Lee & Aklilu Zeleke
$1000 for
"Learning Statistical Concepts & Attitude Changes Using
Collaborative Learning."
Pam Crawford & Nell Rayburn
$1500 for "Modeling Understanding of Cartesian
Coordinate Graphs."
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