Monarch Monitoring: A Teacher/Student/Scientist Collaborative Research Project

ESI 97-31429 Oberhauser 这是一项为期三年的推广活动，将使教师和学生参与长期的研究伙伴关系，并将NRC标准纳入其中。 它旨在提高初中和高中教师的能力，将正式的研究实践纳入他们的科学课堂。 项目活动包括实验设计，数据收集，数据分析和科学合作，整个美国东部的团队。 研究重点将是帝王蝶。 对帝王蝶的研究结果将提供基线知识，帮助和指导保护工作。 这也将丰富目前对帝王蝶体的研究资料。 共有60名教师和120名学生参与该项目（即，三年）。 教师和学生将在团队中工作（即，一名教师和两名学生）。 将特别重视招聘具有领导素质的教师，并代表城市，郊区和农村学校，以及各种文化社会经济背景。 项目评估将由明尼苏达大学应用研究和教育改进中心（CAREI）进行。 将通过在地方和国家会议上的介绍、“教师最佳做法圈”、编制Monarch监测资源包和光盘、在线资源和收费研究所来传播该项目的工作。

ESI 97-31429 Oberhauser This is a proposed three-year outreach that will engage teachers and students in long-term research partnerships incorporating NRC Standards. It is designed to enhance the capability of both middle and high school teachers incorporate formal research practices into their science classrooms. Project activities include experimental design, data collecting, data analysis, and science collaboration as teams throughout the eastern United States. The research focus will be the monarch butterfly. Results of the research into the monarch butterfly will provide baseline knowledge that will help and guide conservation efforts. It will also enrich the body of monarch butterfly research data currently available. There will be a total of 60 teachers and 120 students involved over the term of the project (i.e., three years). Teachers and students will work in teams (i.e., one teacher and two students). Special emphasis will be given to recruiting teachers with leadership qualities and in representation of urban, suburban, and rural schools, as well as a variety of cultural socioeconomic backgrounds. Project evaluation will be undertaken by the University of Minnesota Center for Applied research and Educational Improvement (CAREI). Dissemination of the project's work will be disseminated through presentations at local and national meetings, "teacher best practices circles," development of a Monarch Monitoring Resource packet and CD-ROM, on-line resources, and a fee-based institute.