Using Computer Technology to Develop Constructivist-Oriented Classroom Environments

9454341 Goldberg这个为期五年的国家项目将促进小学教师对物理科学的深入理解，并提高中学物理和物理科学教师的教学和计算机技术技能。这将通过一系列以建构主义为导向的讲习班来完成，这些讲习班以特别设计的计算机程序为特色。在第一阶段，第一年，将改进四个物理主题（系列一）的计算机程序：光，电路，静电和磁力。另外五个主题：物质的小粒子模型，颜色和视觉，热和温度，力和粒子运动和波动（系列二）将被开发。这些都侧重于发展“强大的想法”；一个概念框架的集合。在第二阶段，二年级，将举办小学教师工作坊，使用系列一和系列二的教材。每个工作坊针对一个主题进行为期5天的强化指导，并与其他工作坊分组，提供至少15天的时间加上一天的随访。与此同时，但与小学教师分开，中学科学教师将参加一个为期12天的研讨会，外加两个为期2天的后续会议。这些中学教师研讨会将帮助教师开发一套学习策略，使用计算机材料和低技术材料来创建一个以建构主义为导向的课堂。共有72名教师将参加这些培训项目。在第三阶段，将继续在圣地亚哥基地和全国各地的基地对中小学教师进行使用这些材料的培训。对于后者，24个地理分布的领导团队：一名大学教师，一名高中物理或物理科学教师和一名小学教师，将在两个夏天的每一年参加SDSU为期六周的培训计划。每年夏天将举行两届比赛，每届有12支球队参加。在第一个夏天的培训后，每个领导团队将得到资金和高级人员指导的全力支持，进行为期一周的第二次培训。在第四阶段，每个领导团队将为一名教师提供至少三周的第二级讲习班。每三年最少举办一次工作坊。这方面的部分支助是在偿还的基础上提供的。这些第二梯队的参与者可以通过这些研讨会获得研究生学分。

9454341 Goldberg This five year national project will promote a deeper understanding of physical science among elementary school teachers and enhance the pedagogical and computer technology skills of secondary school physics and physical science teachers. This will be accomplished through a set of constructivist-oriented workshops that feature specially designed computer programs. In Phase I, year-one, computer programs for four physics topics (SERIES I): Light, Electric Circuits, Static Electricity and Magnetism will be refined. Five additional topics: Small Particle Model of Matter, Color and Vision, Heat and Temperature, Force and Particle Motion and Wave Motion (SERIES II) will be developed. These all focus on the development of "powerful ideas"; a set of which form a conceptual framework. In Phase II, Year-2, elementary school teacher workshops with SERIES I & II materials will be held. Each workshop with 5-days of intensive instruction for one topic will be grouped with others to provide a minimum of 15-days plus one day of follow-up. Concurrently, but separate from the elementary school teachers, secondary school science teachers will attend a single workshop of 12-days plus a two 2-day follow-up session. These secondary school teacher workshops will help teachers develop a set of learning strategies using the computer materials and low-tech materials to create a constructivist-oriented classroom . A total of 72-teachers will participate in these training programs. In Phase III the training of the elementary and secondary school teachers in the use of these materials will continue both at the San Diego site and sites across the nation. For the latter, 24 geographically distributed leadership teams: a university faculty member, a high school physics or physical science teacher and an elementary teacher, will participate in a six-week training program at SDSU during each of two summers. Two sessions will be held each summer, each accommodating 12-teams. After the first summer of training each leadership team will be fully supported, with monies and senior personnel guidance, to deliver their first second tier workshop of 1-week duration. During Phase IV each leadership team will provide second tier workshops which have a minimum of 3-weeks enhancement for a teacher. A minimum of 1-workshop for each of three years is required. Partial support for these is provided on a reimbursement basis. These second tier participants may earn graduate credit for these workshops.