ExCELS: Expansion of Computer Education in Learning the Sciences

这一项目将提供约60%的资金，用于先前资助的教师发展项目的第三年和第四年的延长，该项目名为“计算机教育在学习科学中的扩展”，(EXCELS)。该项目的剩余资金将由宾夕法尼亚印第安纳大学和参与教师的学区提供。在1988年和1989年夏季，将分别为两组60名科学和数学教师/协调员提供教学内容和教学方法方面的领导能力培训。暑期工作坊结束后，学员将在自己的教室里开展项目开发的活动，并随后为同龄人提供在职课程，使同龄人能够在其学科教学中使用计算机。科学参与者将从生物、化学、物理和地球科学学科中挑选出来，而数学参与者将代表整个K-12年级的教师。各学区将提供必要的硬件和软件采购，以及为学员开展的暑期后在职计划提供支持。电子邮件网络将为参与者在课堂上开展活动提供相互支持，并为他们的同龄人提供服务。这项建议是值得资助的，因为在已获资助的各个阶段所做的工作质量很高，有深思熟虑的计划通过在职向同行推广参与者的专业知识，强调在相关的科学教学中使用技术，以及在有关的学校系统中将科学和数学联系起来的跨学科主旨。编制所涉活动资料手册的计划将进一步传播和采用项目成果。

This project will provide about 60% of the funding for a third and fourth year extension of a previously funded teacher development project entitled "Expansion of Computer Education in Learning the Sciences", (ExCELS). The remaining funds for the project will be provided by Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the school districts of the participating teachers. Leadership training in both content and pedagogy will be provided for two separate groups of 60 science and mathematics teachers/coordinators during the summers of 1988 and 1989. Following the summer workshop, participants will implement project developed activities in their own classrooms, and subsequently provide inservice programs for their peers which will enable the peers to implement computer use into the teaching of their academic disciplines. Science participants will be selected from the disciplines of biology, chemistry, physics, and earth science, while mathematics participants will represent teachers of the entire grade range, K-12. The acquisition of the necessary hardware and software, as well as support for the post summer inservice programs conducted by the participants will be provided by the school districts. An electronic mail network will provide mutual support for the participants as they implement the activities in their classrooms and provide inservice to their peers. This proposal is meritorious for funding because of the quality of work produced in the phases already funded, the well-thought out plan for extending the expertise of the participants to their peers through inservice, the emphasis on the use of technology in relevant science instruction and the interdisciplinary thrust of relating science and mathematics in school systems involved. The plan for production of a resource book of the activities involved will provide further dissemination and adoption of the project results.