The Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction
in Mathematics (ACCLAIM) would bring together mathematics and teacher education
faculty from teacher education programs across Appalachia to identify course and
program needs. The Center would then sponsor and organize the development of
undergraduate courses that would be available through on-line or telelink
networks to pre-service teachers in the programs. ACCLAIM also would establish a
professional organization that brings together post-secondary faculty and
classroom teachers interested in mathematics teacher education (Appalachian
Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators). Through this organization,
faculty and teachers would come together through regional conferences and focus
groups to discuss and identify needs, concerns, weaknesses, and strengths of the
mathematics teacher education programs. Finally, ACCLAIM would support and offer
short courses and other professional development activities to assist faculty
across the region.
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