Linking Curriculum Materials to Science Literacy Goals

卢瑟福9553594 《国家科学教育标准》和《科学素养基准》的出版表明，全国对科学的具体学习目标达成了强烈的共识。 然而，开发一个课程，以帮助学生和教师成为科学素养需要一个更多样化，但重点，一套材料比现有的。职前和在职专业发展必须使教师做好充分评估和调整课程材料的准备。 参与材料开发和采用的资助者和决策者必须使其决策过程与科学素养目标保持一致。需要一个程序来评估材料满足标准或基准的程度。 该项目的目的是完善现有的评价材料的程序，提供一个附有实例和案例研究的评价机制，传播这一程序，并培养一批了解这一程序并能倡导使用这一程序的开发人员、教师和师资教育工作者。

Rutherford 9553594 The publication of the National Science Education Standards and the Benchmarks for Science Literacy demonstrates a strong national consensus on specific learning goals in science. However, developing a curriculum to help students and teachers become science literate requires a more diverse, but focused, set of materials than exists. Preservice and inservice professional development must prepare teachers to adequately evaluate and adapt curriculum materials. Funders and policy makers involved with development and adoption of materials must align their decision-making processes with science literacy goals. A procedure is needed for evaluating the extent to which materials address Standards or Benchmarks. This project is to refine an existing process for evaluating materials, provide an evaluation mechanism with examples and case studies, disseminate the process, and develop a cadre of developers, teachers and teacher educators who understand it and can advocate for its use.