Researching Scaling and Accountability of On-Line Science Curriculum for Maveric and Distributed Populations

研究针对特立独行和分散人群的在线科学课程的规模化和问责制

• 批准号: 9805472
• 负责人: Nancy Songer
• 金额: $ 112.53万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-01-01 至 2002-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9805472&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Researching; Scaling; Accountability; Line; Science

The scope of work presented here is one attempt to work with existing structures (the One Sky, Many Voices program, the Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Schools) to strengthen research and understanding of the value and challenges of reform programs such as ours, as we strive towards widespread adoption of our programs by the most diverse audiences possible through scaling. One Sky, Many Voices is one year old synergy of educators, atmospheric scientists, software developers, interface designers, and curriculum designers who have developed and researched one model of emerging and reliable technology-rich, inquiry-based programs for a very wide assortment of learners, including both in and out of traditional schooling. Our first goal is extensive investigations of the relationships, supports, and models of curriculum adoption necessary for widespread adoption of our programs. In this proposal, we outline a plan for design-experiment research which would allow us to study and evaluate models for curriculum adoption, teacher professional development, and technological tools which change with scaling. To implement widespread adoption, we aim to contrast two effective means of scaling, the Maverick and Distributed models, to be better understand best means of reaching many learning communities. We propose to use the cadre of returning teachers, students and schools who are regular subscribers to our programs (Mavericks), and the Detroit and Chicago Public Schools, through the Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Schools, (Distributed) to scale our work and study scaling research. Our second goal is to directly confront accountability. While programs such as ours are sometimes characterized as "successful", the systemic characterizations of "success" in programs such as ours is far from understood. Continually, schools and others are asked for better definitions of the value of this work, and better justification for the widespread adoption of expensive and difficult techn ology-rich, inquiry-based programs. To confront accountability, we wish to use our many diverse sites, our experience developing accountability measures, and new technological opportunities to design and implement a new system which will provide a range of customized accountability measures which work with and expand ideas of accountability beyond standardized testing. In combining scaling rersearch on better accountability, we hope to simultaneously achieve adoption of our program by the widest possible audiences, as we provide a wider range of accountability measures demanded by the pressures on today's schools.

这里介绍的工作范围是一种尝试，与现有的结构（一个天空，许多声音计划，城市学校学习技术中心）合作，以加强研究和理解的价值和挑战的改革计划，如我们的，因为我们努力通过扩大规模，使我们的计划得到最多样化的受众的广泛采用。 One Sky，Many Voices是教育工作者，大气科学家，软件开发人员，界面设计师和课程设计师的一年历史，他们为各种各样的学习者开发和研究了一种新兴且可靠的技术丰富，基于探究的课程模式，包括传统学校内外的学习者。 我们的第一个目标是广泛调查的关系，支持和课程采用的模式，广泛采用我们的计划。 在这个建议中，我们概述了一个计划，设计实验研究，这将使我们能够研究和评估模型的课程采用，教师专业发展，和技术工具，随着规模的变化。 为了实现广泛的采用，我们的目标是对比两种有效的扩展方式，Maverick和分布式模型，以更好地理解到达许多学习社区的最佳方式。 我们建议通过城市学校学习技术中心（分布式），利用经常订阅我们项目（小牛队）、底特律和芝加哥公立学校的归国教师、学生和学校的骨干力量来扩大我们的工作和研究规模研究。 我们的第二个目标是直接面对问责制。 虽然像我们这样的项目有时被描述为“成功”，但像我们这样的项目中“成功”的系统性特征还远未被理解。 不断地，学校和其他人被要求更好地定义这项工作的价值，并更好地证明广泛采用昂贵而困难的技术丰富，基于调查的程序。 面对问责制，我们希望利用我们的许多不同的网站，我们的经验，制定问责制措施，和新的技术机会，设计和实施一个新的系统，这将提供一系列定制的问责制措施，工作和扩大问责制的想法超越标准化测试。 在结合更好的问责制的规模研究，我们希望同时实现通过尽可能广泛的观众，我们的计划，因为我们提供了更广泛的问责措施，要求对今天的学校的压力。