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

该项目将研究两个互动的影响， 科学教学信息处理工具. 大学低年级和高中高年级。 这些工具， 这是我们之前对技术和 学术学习策略是：概念图，一种方法， 将信息转换为二维节点链接显示，以及 脚本化合作，一种协调联合 通过对等配对处理信息。 这些工具将 独立和交互地使用，以增强 专家的科学知识， 这些知识的学生，以及随后的处理， 传达的信息。 生物学和 统计概念将在一系列 六个实验旨在评估信息的影响， 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所大学 新生和高中毕业生，也将检查能力倾向X 治疗互动和转移到其他学习情况。 该实验的结果将用于进一步 开发科学教育模式，并将其作为基础 为从业人员编制执行材料。

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.