Macalester College will conduct a three-week, residential Young Scholars project in Mathematics for 35 students entering grade 9. The curriculum includes topics from number theory, probability and statistics, modelling, discrete mathematics, and other areas not commonly taught in high schools. Visits will be made to industrial labs of companies in the Minnesota High Technology Council and to the newly established National Research Center for Geometry at the University of Minnesota.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL)
Application #
9154894
Program Officer
Hyman H. Field
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1992-04-01
Budget End
1994-08-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1991
Total Cost
$114,986
Indirect Cost
Name
Macalester College
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Saint Paul
State
MN
Country
United States
Zip Code
55105