Using Computer Technology to Develop Constructivist-Oriented Classroom Environments

9454341戈德堡这一五年计划将促进小学教师对物理科学的更深入了解，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研讨会来实现，这些研讨会以特别设计的计算机程序为特色。在第一阶段，第一年，将完善四个物理主题(系列I)的计算机程序：光、电路、静电和磁学。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II)将被开发。所有这些都集中在“强有力的想法”的发展上；一套这些想法形成了一个概念框架。在第二阶段，第二年，将举办小学教师工作坊，提供系列I和A；II材料。每个专题5天的强化指导将与其他专题分组，以提供至少15天的培训外加一天的后续工作。同时，除小学教师外，中学科学教师将参加为期12天的单一讲习班，外加两个为期2天的后续会议。这些中学教师工作坊将帮助教师利用计算机材料和低技术材料制定一套学习策略，以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计划。在第三阶段，将在圣地亚哥和全国各地继续对中小学教师进行使用这些材料的培训。对于后者，24个分布在不同地理位置的领导团队：一名大学教员，一名高中物理或物理教师和一名小学教师，将参加SDSU为期六周的培训计划，每年两个夏天。每年夏季将举行两次会议，每次可容纳12支队伍。在第一个夏天的培训之后，每个领导团队将得到资金和高级人员指导的全面支持，以提供为期1周的第一个第二级讲习班。在第四阶段期间，每个领导团队将提供第二级讲习班，其中至少有一名教师有3周的强化。每三年至少参加一次研讨会。对这些项目的部分支持是在偿还的基础上提供的。这些二级学员可以在这些研讨会上获得研究生学分。

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.