Summer Program in Mathematics and Computer Science for Academically Oriented

摘要

The purpose of this project is to implement an intensive pre-college interventionprogram for academically talented students, mainly ninth and tenth grade students from the District of Columbia area, that is designed to increase their representation in mathematics-based careers. By offering the program at this grade level, the students are able to take more rigorous math courses while in high school. The goals of the project are to strengthen the students' backgrounds in mathematics, computer science, and statistics and operations research; to improve their academic skills with an emphasis on reasoning competencies, to increase their awareness of careers in mathematics-based fields and of the preparation needed for these fields, and to encourage and motivate these students to enroll in calculus track courses while in high school.