Tools for Scientific Thinking: Microcomputer-Based Laboratories for Teaching Science Teachers

科学思维工具：用于科学教师教学的微机实验室

• 批准号: 8751481
• 负责人: Ronald Thornton
• 金额: $ 25.66万
• 依托单位: Tufts University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-02-01 至 1994-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8751481&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Tools; Scientific; Thinking; Microcomputer; Based

This project will be designed to educate participants to become aware of how different teaching methods affect student understanding of selected science concepts. Building on teacher interest in doing classroom research, the STAR model will bring teachers to a summer workshop where they will become part of a classroom research team. In order to study how teaching methodology effects learning, the middle school teachers in this project will need to acquire a deep understanding of the science topics to be investigated, strategies for teaching for conceptual change, and methods for determining levels of student understanding. The first year's inservice and academic year follow up will deal with selected physics topics and the conceptual change teaching model. During the second year, leaders from twenty-five school systems will receive instruction so that they can conduct similar projects in their own systems. Years three and four will involve expanding the model to the life and earth sciences. During year five, a guide for developing such inservice programs will be produced and disseminated.

该项目旨在教育参与者了解不同的教学方法如何影响学生对选定科学概念的理解。 基于教师对课堂研究的兴趣，STAR 模型将带领教师参加夏季研讨会，在那里他们将成为课堂研究团队的一部分。 为了研究教学方法如何影响学习，该项目的中学教师需要深入了解要研究的科学主题、概念转变的教学策略以及确定学生理解水平的方法。 第一年的在职和学年后续活动将涉及选定的物理主题和概念转变教学模式。 第二年，来自二十五个学校系统的领导者将接受指导，以便他们能够在自己的系统中开展类似的项目。 第三年和第四年将把模型扩展到生命和地球科学。 第五年，将制定并传播制定此类在职计划的指南。