Enhancement of Minority Student Achievement in the Science Classroom

该提案规定， 学生在科学课堂上的成绩。 这是一个 继续夏季和学年部分的 多文化科学教育研究所两年， 30名新教师和30名返回教师轮换 老师们每年夏天 来自麦迪逊的科学教师和 密尔沃基学区将在麦迪逊与 研究所工作人员和教师在夏季为期四周 在三个领域发展教学， 改善少数族裔的科学课堂环境 学生 该研究所旨在促进以下方面的变革： 教师的态度（对少数民族，教师的作用， 组织课堂），并授权教师 培养必要的技能，把这些态度， 实践 教师工作的三个领域是： (1)更好地了解我们的优势， 少数民族学生的需求;并调查 （2）合作学习方法的适用性; (3)解决问题的方法来丰富 多元文化科学教室。 在整个研究所， 教师将在合作社中学习 学习/解决问题模式，并持续关注 少数民族学生的需求。 主要任务是 开发新的教学单元来教授他们的科学 第二年，我们将利用这些模式。 费用分摊相当于NSF奖励的52%。

This proposal provides for the enhancement of minority student achievement in the science classroom. It is a continuation of the summer and academic year portion of the Institute for Multicultural Science Education for two years, rotating a cycle of 30 new teachers and 30 returning teachers each summer. Science teachers from the Madison and Milwaukee school districts will meet in Madison with Institute staff and faculty for four weeks during the summer to develop instruction in three areas that are predicted to enhance the science classroom environment for minority students. The Institute is designed to foster changes in teachers' attitudes (toward minorities, role of teachers, organization of classroom), and empower the teachers to develop the skills necessary to put those attitudes into practice. The three areas in which teachers will work are: (1) developing greater understanding of the strengths and needs of minority students; and investigating the applicability of (2) the cooperative learning approach and (3) the problem solving approach to enrichment of multicultural science classrooms. Throughout the Institute, teachers will themselves learn in the cooperative learning/problem solving mode, with continuing attention to the needs of minority students. The major task will be to develop new instructional units for teaching their science classes the following year utilizing those modes. Cost sharing is equivalent to 52% of the NSF award.