Modeling Instruction in High School Physics

9353423黑斯滕尼这个国家领导项目将直接服务于168名物理教师。该项目基于一种新的物理教学范式--建模方法。在第一阶段，为期六周的暑期工作坊各招收二十四名物理教师。第二年夏天，所有教师都回来参加另一个为期6周的工作坊。这48名教师中的10名将被选为第二阶段的工作坊负责人。在第二阶段，从第三个夏天开始，将由10名工作坊负责人中的两个人小组主持五个为期5周的工作坊。每个学校将招收24名物理教师。第二批教师将在第二年夏天参加第二次为期5周的研讨会。从这120名教师中，将选出50名教师担任新的讲习班负责人。在第三阶段，60名工作坊负责人将分别为24名物理教师举办为期6周的工作坊，涵盖整个课程，使用建模方法。参加者在参加暑期工作坊后，必须至少教授一节物理，这样他们才能在下一学年的课堂上使用建模方法。第一阶段的研讨会在亚利桑那州立大学和芝加哥举行。在第一阶段和第二阶段，参与者都可以获得研究生学分。费用分摊相当于NSF奖励的120%。***

9353423 Hestenes This national leadership project will directly serve 168 physics teachers. The project is based on a new paradigm for physics instruction, the Modeling Method. In Phase I, each of two 6-week summer workshops will enroll 24 physics teachers. The following summer all teachers return for another 6-week workshop. Ten of these 48 teachers will be selected as Workshop Leaders for Phase II. In Phase II, beginning in the third summer, five 5-week workshops will be conducted by two person teams from the ten Workshop Leaders. Each will enroll 24 physics teachers. This second wave of teachers will attend a second 5-week workshop the following summer. From these 120 teachers 50 will be selected as new Workshop Leaders. In Phase III, the 60 Workshop Leaders will each conduct a 6-week workshop for 24 physics teachers covering the entire curriculum, using the modeling method. Participants must teach at least one section of physics following their participation in the summer workshops so they can use the modeling method in their classroom the following academic year. The workshops in Phase I are at Arizona State University and Chicago. In both Phase I and Phase II participants can earn graduate credits. Cost sharing equals 120% of the NSF award. ***