The AMSP program seeks to demonstrate improved student achievement in mathematics and science through the support of partnerships that unite the efforts of teachers, administrators, guidance counselors and parents in local schools with administrators and faculty at area colleges and universities.
AMSP's goals are to eliminate the achievement gap in science and mathematics in the Central Appalachian region and to build an integrated elementary, secondary and higher education system in this underserved region.
Project Contributions
"The Marshall University AMSP began by investing NSF funds in five school district Partnership Enhancement Projects (PEPs), encouraging each school district to plan how Marshall University could advance sustainable improvements…
"Magnetism is a topic frequently studied in elementary schools. Since magnetism is a popular topic and is included in national science education standards, it might be assumed that elementary teachers…
Posted by: Kim Zeidler-Watters . The Appalachian Mathematics and Science Partnership (AMSP) was awarded supplemental funding to support the AMSP Master Teacher Project, a three-year program of mentored professional and leadership development for 6-12 mathematics…
This paper addresses the following claim(s): "We hypothesize that teacher participation in an AMSP (or MSP more generally) activity leads to higher student outcomes for that teacher's students relative to…
At first glance, it looks like an activity from a typical high school chemistry book. But what's different about this experiment is the follow-up assignment, which Voiers calls "Making Meaning."…
The Appalachian Math Science Partnership (AMSP) is a project within NSF's Math Science Partnerships (MSP) initiative...
This document contains four brief reports that illuminate key strategies employed in the Appalachian Math Science Partnership (AMSP). They are intended to be read along with the main report, The...
Posted by: Donald Long . The AMSP has funded more than 50 Partnership Enhancement Program grants as a means of initiating and furthering partnerships between K-12 and higher education institutions working to address local mathematics...
Posted by: Sarah Cole . "Dr. Arden Bement, Director of American National Science Foundation , visited the Appalachian Mathematics and Science Partnership (AMSP) Program September 19th and 20th, 2007 to learn more about the region,...
Posted by: Donald Long . The Appalachian Mathematics and Science Partnership (AMSP) organized a 2-day Research Conference that was held on June 6-7, 2007 in Lexington, Kentucky. This conference provided a forum for researchers,...
"Advocates for rural education today are seeking to cultivate and sustain their schools' workforce by following a strategy they believe is tailored to the needs of small, often insular communities....
"As more science departments answer the call to provide special programming through courses serving preservice elementary teachers (McDermott, 1991; McDermott, Heron, Shaffer & Stetzer, 2006; Trundle,...
"Magnets are commonly used around the home to hold children's school work, family photographs and decorative items to the refrigerator door. And, exploration with magnets commonly occurs in school by...
Jeffrey L. Osborn , University of Kentucky, Professor of Biological Sciences and Science Outreach Professor of the Appalachian Math Science Partnership (AMSP), was awarded the 2007 Arthur C. Guyton Teacher...
"As more science departments answer the call to provide special programming through courses serving preservice elementary teachers (McDermott, 1991; Trundle, Atwood & Christopher, 2002) priorities have...
"In K-16 partnerships, the National Science Foundation Math Science Partnerships provide substantial support to improve of teaching and learning in K-16 and higher education, highlighting evidence-based...
"The Appalachian Mathematics and Science Partnership (AMSP), an integrated initiative of nine institutions of higher education (IHE), fifty-one school districts, the Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation,...
"The Appalachian Mathematics and Science Partnership (AMSP) is an integrated initiative of nine institutions of higher education (IHE), fifty-one* school districts, the Kentucky Science and Technology...
For the last quarter century, the focus on education reform has been directed at the K-12 sector. With the 1998 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act and the 2002 reauthorization...
The Appalachian Mathematics and Science partnership (AMSP) has developed and implemented over the past two years a grant-supported, peer reviewed program of partnerships between district school teachers...
A descriptive study conducted to investigate how the pre-instruction and post-instruction conceptual understanding of inservice elementary teachers compare on: 1) light travels in a straight line until...
Posted by: Donald Long . The Appalachian Mathematics and Science Partnership (AMSP) engages in several initiatives designed to improve mathematics and science education in the Central Appalachian region. The partnership utilizes...
Posted by: Mark St. John , Wimberly Royster . "One of the roles of evaluation is to help conceptualize the project as an investment in educational improvement. This conceptualization must, of course, be congruent with the overall design characteristics...
Posted by: Mark St. John , Wimberly Royster . "One of the roles of evaluation is to help conceptualize the project as an investment in educational improvement. This conceptualization must, of course, be congruent with the overall design characteristics...
"There is, then, a very important paradox to be understood here: The goal of investments in educational capacity building is always to increase student learning, but the effectiveness of the...
Announcing Largest Single Grant in UK's History: Appalachian Mathematics and Science Partnership