Mid-Atlantic Curriculum Showcase Conference

中大西洋课程展示会议

• 批准号: 9806933
• 负责人: William Geppert
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Research For Better Schools Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-05-01 至 1999-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9806933&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Mid; Atlantic; Curriculum; Showcase; Conference

98-06933 Geppert Project Description This conference grant requests NSF support for a two-day Curriculum Showcase Conference, targeted to the Mid-Atlantic States, focused on recent NSF K-12 curriculum development programs in matheamtics and science. The target audience is approximately 500 local district math and science teachers, preservice and inservice professional developers, teacher educators, district and state curriculum supervisors, district and state education policymakers, and professional organizations such as NSTA, NCTM and AFT. Conference participants will be able to attend workshops that provide direct, hands-on experience with the materials, and receive information about additional resources that facilitate implementation of these materials at the school level. Conference proceedings will be distributed to attendees and placed on the web. Review Process The proposal was mail reviewed by three reviewers with expertise in science, science education and mathematics. Two were outside independent reviewers. The third was a program officer from the Division of Education System Reform. One reviewer gave the proposal a rating of Excellent, and two gave it a rating of Very Good. Program Officer Review Analysis and Recommendation Reviewers found several strengths in this proposal. It responds to a pressing need by local districts and states to evaluate and select high quality, standards-based materials in matheamtics and science. The PIs have excellent qualifications to carry out the work. The conference appears to be well organized and will appeal to both newcomers and experienced reformers. The project appears to have strong commitment and support from those in the region. Reviewers also offered some suggestions to strengthen the proposal. These include: * Invite representatives from the Implementation Centers so participants can learn about their services in the implementation process. * Provide a variety of structures for discussion, such as exhibit s for informal discussion, and breakout sessions by level of schooling and/or subject areas so that focused discussions about best practice and barriers to implementation are discussed. * Provide additional detail on the follow-up state conferences. * Have developers include research evidence (e.g., student achievement data), if available. * Explore providing more support for developers to attend. Reviewers agreed that this is needed and potentially helpful project to the participants. The project is well conceived and shows evidence of thoughtful planning and support. The Program Officer requested a revised budget that reflected attention to reviewer concern that developers be provided with sufficient funds to participate in the conference. The Program Officer recommends that the project be funded for $80,000. The cost share is $80,029.

本次会议拨款要求NSF支持为期两天的课程展示会议，目标是大西洋中部各州，重点关注最近的NSF K-12数学和科学课程开发计划。目标受众约为500名当地地区数学和科学教师、职前和在职专业开发人员、教师教育工作者、地区和州课程主管、地区和州教育政策制定者，以及NSTA、NCTM和AFT等专业组织。会议参与者将能够参加研讨会，提供直接的实践经验。并接收有关促进在学校层面实施这些材料的额外资源的信息。会议记录将分发给与会者并放在网上。该提案由三位具有科学、科学教育和数学专业知识的审稿人通过邮件审查。其中两名是外部独立审稿人。第三位是教育体制改革司的项目官员。一位评论者给了这个建议“优秀”的评价，另外两位给了“非常好”的评价。项目官员审查分析和建议审查人员在该提案中发现了几个优点。它回应了当地地区和州评估和选择高质量、基于标准的数学和科学材料的迫切需求。pi具有出色的资格来开展这项工作。这次会议似乎组织得很好，将吸引新来者和有经验的改革者。该项目似乎得到了该地区国家的坚定承诺和支持。审稿人还提出了一些加强提案的建议。这些措施包括：*邀请实施中心的代表，以便参与者在实施过程中了解他们的服务。*提供各种讨论结构，例如非正式讨论的展览，以及按教育水平和/或学科领域分组讨论，以便讨论最佳实践和实施障碍。*提供关于后续国家会议的更多细节。*让开发人员包括研究证据（如学生成绩数据），如果有的话。*探索为开发者出席提供更多支持。审稿人一致认为这是必要的，对参与者有潜在帮助的项目。该项目构思周密，显示出周到的规划和支持。项目官员要求修改预算，以反映审稿人对开发人员参与会议所需资金的关注。计划官员建议为该计划提供8万美元的资助。费用分担额为80,029美元。