Grant for a Conference to Plan Directions for Improving Physical Science Instruction in the Elementary Classroom

本次会议的主题是“改善小学课堂物理科学教学”，由美国化学会化学教育部通过其学前科学委员会和美国物理教师协会组织。会议将以批判性的眼光审视目前在初级阶段使用的物理科学内容和活动。会议的两部分设计将允许参与者回顾学习理论的关键方面，因为它适用于初级科学概念的教学，制定一个有效的模型来获取当前使用的物理科学内容和活动，审查这些材料，并制定未来的发展方向。参与者是根据他们的基础物理教育知识来选择的。会议将包括在1990年1月举行为期一天的会前会议；1990年5月举行为期四天的会议；1991年2月举行为期三天的会议。为了实现具体的会议目标和目的，会议参与者将被组织成任务小组，在会议之间独立工作。当这些工作队完成其工作并将其个别报告与较大工作组的工作协调后，会议将发表一份会议报告，其中将包括：最初的目标和目的、程序、调查结果和建议。在许多学区正在考虑改变他们的基础科学课程的时候，对他们来说，从科学界获得这类建议是至关重要的。会议的费用分摊将是国家科学基金会部分的百分之三百。

Improving Physical Science Instruction in the Elementary Classroom is the theme of this conference organized by the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society, through its committee of Pre-High School science and by the American Association of Physics Teachers. The conference will take a critical look at the physical science content and activities presently used at the elementary level. The conference's two-part design will allow participants to review the key aspects of learning theory as it applies to the teaching of scientific concepts at the elementary levels, formulate an effective model for obtaining physical science content and activities currently in use, reviewing these materials, and formulating directions for future development. Participants have been chosen based on their knowledge of physical science education at the elementary level. The conference will consist of a one-day pre-conference meeting, in January, l990; a four- day session in May, l990; and a three-day session in February, l991. To achieve the specific conference goals and objectives, conference participants will be organized into Task Groups that will work independently between the conferences. When these task groups have finished their work and have coordinated their individual reports with the work of the larger group, the conference will issue a conference report which will include: the original goals and objectives, procedures, findings and recommendations. At a time when so many school districts are considering changing their elementary science curriculum it is critical for them to have this type of advice from the scientific community. The cost sharing for the conference will be three hundred percent of the National Science Foundation portion.