Computational Support for Authentic Science Inquiry

这一努力的目的是提供一个令人信服的证明，即作为公共教育所服务的丰富多样性的代表，一群高中生能够——而且确实会——像美国科学促进会（AAAS）和美国国家科学研究委员会（NRC）所倡导的那样，在一个全面的、支撑的计算机和通信环境的支持下，在良好的真实科学问题的背景下，参与全方位的科学探究活动；这样一来，学生们就能真正理解科学的内容和过程。在这个为期四年的项目中，我们将构建、在课堂上部署和评估调查员工作坊（IWSHop），这是一个计算增强的学习环境，它容纳并集成了支持全方位探究活动所需的许多工具，例如数据和信息收集、规划和管理、建模和可视化、社区辩论。IWShop还将作为会议场所，通过密歇根大学的数字图书馆在互联网上提供。以学习者为中心的设计将用于IWShop的开发；在适当的情况下，将使用3D逼真的界面。安娜堡和奥马哈的两所高中的学生每天都会使用IWShop来解决涵盖10年级综合科学课程的课程项目。将进行多管齐下的全面评估，以评估IWShop对学生对科学的理解和动机的影响。＊＊＊

Soloway 9555719 This effort aims to provide a compelling demonstration that a population of high school students, representative of the rich diversity served by public education, can-and indeed, will-engage, in the context of good authentic science problems, in the full-range of science inquiry activities, as advocated by the AAAS and the NRC, when they area supported by a comprehensive and scaffold computer and communications environment; and, in so doing, the students will develop a genuine understanding of science content and process. In this four year project, we will construct, classroom deploy, and evaluate the Investigators' Workshop (IWSHop), a computationally enhanced learning environment that houses and integrates the many tools needed to support the full-range of inquiry activities, e.g., data and information gathering, planning & Managing, modeling and visualizing, community debating. The IWShop will also serve as meeting place, available on the Internet through the University of Michigan's Digital Library. Learner-Centered Design will be used in the development of the IWShop; where appropriate, 3D photo-realistic interfaces will be used. The IWShop will be used on a routing, daily basis by students in two high schools in Ann Arbor and two in Omaha in addressing curriculum projects that cover a 10th grade year of integrated science. A multi-pronged, thorough evaluation will be carried out to assess the impact of the IWShop on students' understanding of and motivation toward science. ***