A National Teacher Enhancement/Implementation and Evaluation Project for Grades 9-10 Scope, Sequence, and Coordination in Science

摘要 ESI-9354085 国家高中课程开发与评估项目 科学中的学校范围、顺序与协调 国家科学教师协会（NSTA）将领导一个精心集中的项目，在高中水平开发和评估（SS C）计划。13所拥有不同人口和资源的高中将参与这一项目，沿着的还有适当确定的使用传统课程的对照班。这些学校来自加州、爱荷华州、蒙大拿州、纽约、北卡罗来纳州、得克萨斯州和华盛顿特区。140名参与的教师将参加在职讲习班，提供SS C科学教育改革的理念，并准备他们使用与SS C方法一致的教学材料。对该项目的评价是全面的，既考虑到教师的提高部分，也考虑到学生的成果。 该项目将侧重于：（1）自然科学，即生物学、化学、地球科学和物理学;（2）高中9年级至12年级;（3）在所有地点具体说明和纳入社会科学和文化的基本原则&;（4）协调科学科目的教学，旨在实现学生综合科学;（5）在开始广泛实施之前，回答关于SS C方法的有效性的重要评估问题&。 所有网站将：遵循SS C原则，每年提供每一个科学科目，明确考虑到学生的先验知识;提供一系列内容，从具体的经验和描述性表达到抽象的象征和定量表达;重温概念， 原则和理论的抽象层次依次提高;协调学习的四个科学科目，以便相互联系的基本概念和原则。 该项目将与NRC的国家科学教育标准开发过程密切合作。9-12年级的SS C框架将进行修订，以满足这些标准的要求，同时符合SS C材料的原则将以适当阅读和核心实验室实验的选集的形式编写，这些实验室实验是从现有来源改编的。项目评估将通过以学生成绩为形式的证据来确定，基于SS C原则的项目将实现SS C改革的基本目标：使自然科学为所有学生的生活所理解，可访问和有用。

ABSTRACT ESI-9354085 A National Curriculum Development and Evaluation Project for High School Scope, Sequence, and Coordination in Science The National Science Teachers Association(NSTA) will lead a carefully focused project in developing and evaluating an (SS&C) program at the high school level. Thirteen high schools having diverse populations and resources will participate in this project, along with suitably identified control classes that utilize traditional curricula. These schools are from California, Iowa, Montana, New York, North Carolina, Texas and Washington, DC. The 140 participating teachers will attend inservice workshops which provide the philosophical constructs of the SS&C science education reform and prepare them to use instructional materials which are congruent with the SS&C approach. The evaluation of the project is comprehensive considering both the teacher enhancement component and student outcomes. The project will focus on: (1) the natural science, i.e. biology, chemistry, earth sciences, and physics; (2) the high school level from grade 9 through grade 12; (3) the specification and incorporation of the basic tenets of SS&C at all sites; (4) coordination of teaching the science subjects, designed so as to achieve integration of the sciences by students; (5) answering important evaluation questions, regarding the efficacy of the SS&C approach, before embarking on widespread implementation. All sites will: follow the SS&C principles of providing every science subject every year, explicitly taking into account student's prior knowledge; provide a sequence of content from concrete experiences and descriptive expression to abstract symbolism and quantitative expression; revisit concepts, principles, and theories at successively higher levels of abstraction; coordinate learning in the four science subjects so as to interrelate basic concepts and principles. The project will work closely wit h the National Science Education Standards Development process at the NRC. The SS&C Framework for grades 9-12 will be revised to meet the requirements of those standards, while conforming to the tenets of SS&C Materials will be prepared in the form of Anthologies of appropriate readings and core laboratory experiments adapted from extant sources. Project evaluation will establish, through evidence in the form of student achievement, that a program based on SS&C tenets will achieve the fundamental goal of the SS&C reform: to make the natural science understandable by, accessible to, and useful in, the lives of all students.