The Effects of Teacher Participation in a Scientific Work Experience Program on Student Attitudes and Achievement: A Collaborative Multi-site Study

教师科学工作经验计划(SCRPTS)是在工业、大学或政府研发环境中运行的基于实验室的培训计划。目前有72个彩票存在于34个州，估计每年的支出在1100万至1500万美元之间。然而，关于SCRAPS的影响的评估数据有限，几乎没有学生结果数据。该项目将在4年内跟踪8个SCRAPE项目的参与者和他们的学生(大约70名教师和140个班级)。来自同一学校的一组类似的教师和他们的学生也将被同样地研究。学生的表现将通过从国家教育进步评估工具中专门为这项研究创建的一套通用的成绩衡量标准来确定。学生的态度和课堂体验数据也将被收集。教师数据将包括传记信息和课堂实践。每年都会从教师和学生那里收集研究前的数据。这项研究将由哥伦比亚大学的西尔弗斯坦博士监督进行，但这项研究将由Westat公司进行。这项为期四年的研究的第一年将致力于完成实施安排。

Scientific Work Experience Programs for Teachers (SWEPTs) are laboratory-based training programs run in industry, university or government R&D settings. There are 72 SWEPTs currently existing in 34 states, with estimated annual expenditures between $11-15 million. However, there is limited evaluation data on the impact of SWEPTs and virtually no student outcome data.This project will follow the participants and their students of 8 SWEPT programs over 4 years (approximately 70 teacher and 140 classes). A comparable set of teachers and their students from the same schools will similarly be studied. Student performance will be determined through a common set of achievement measures created specifically for this study from the National Assessment of Education Progress instruments. Student attitude and classroom experience data will also be collected. Teacher data will include biographical information and classroom practices. Pre-post data will be collected each year of the study from both teachers and students. The study will be overseen by Dr. Silverstein at Columbia University for the 8 SWEPTs but the study will be carried out by Westat, Inc. The first year of this four-year study will be devoted to completing implementation arrangements.