Concept Maps and Scripted Cooperation: Interactive Tools for Improving Science Education

本项目将研究两种交互式信息处理工具对本科和高中阶段科学教学的影响。这些工具是从我们之前对技术和学术学习策略的研究中得出的：概念映射（Concept Mapping）是一种将信息转换为二维节点链接显示的方法，而脚本化合作（Scripted Cooperation）是一种编排对等体对信息的联合处理的方法。这些工具将被独立地和互动地使用，以加强从专家那里提取科学知识，向学生展示这些知识，并对所传递的信息进行后续处理。将开发生物和统计概念的专家地图，并在一系列六个实验中使用，旨在评估信息处理工具对各种科学教育成果的影响。这些实验将涉及大约660名大学新生和高中毕业生，也将检查Aptitude X治疗的相互作用和转移到其他学习情境。这项实验的结果将用于进一步发展一种科学教育模式，并将作为为实践者编写实施材料的基础。

This project will examine the impact of two interactive information processing tools on science teaching and learning at lower undergraduate and upper high school levels. These tools, which have emerged from our prior research on technical and academic learning strategies are: Concept Mapping, a method of converting information to two-dimensional node-link displays, and Scripted Cooperation, an approach to orchestrating the joint processing of information by peer dyads. These tools will be used independently and interactively to enhance the extraction of scientific knowledge from experts, the presentation of this knowledge to students, and the subsequent processing of the communicated information. Expert maps of biological and statistical concepts will be developed and used in a series of six experiments designed to assess the impact of the information processing tools on a variety of science education outcomes. These experiments, which will involve approximately 660 college freshmen and high school seniors, will also examine Aptitude X Treatment interactions and transfer to other learning situations. The results of this experimentation will be used to further develop a model of science education and will be used as a basis for developing implementation materials for practitioners.