Extended Physics Community: Modeling and Web-based Professional Development Program

9911848 MEISNER这个项目由位于格林斯伯勒的北卡罗来纳州大学赞助，将开展一个项目，向北卡罗来纳州的教师讲授Hestenes等人在亚利桑那州立大学开创的建模方法。 该机构与邻近的州立机构（阿巴拉契亚州立大学和北卡罗来纳州A T）、北卡罗来纳州公共教育部和当地学区建立了合作关系。 该计划将教授建模方法的物理教师，物理科学教师和技术教师。 共有356名教师将参与建模研讨会，每名教师将在两个夏天的项目。 一组硕士教师，在夏季研讨会期间接受培训，预计将在他们的课堂上实施建模方法，并在专门为该项目开发的网络资源的帮助下，将帮助同行教师也在他们的课堂上实施建模方法。 在为教师制定现场方案的同时，还将开发一个在线资源，供全国教师使用。 这一互动网站将成为全国教师“随时随地”的信息来源，也将为满足适当要求的教师提供毕业学分。 这个网站将展示Hestenes的建模方法，并向教师展示如何通过他们对简单物理原理的误解来打动学生。 据估计，将有150名教师利用这一学分选择。匹配资金占NSF奖金的27%。

9911848MEISNERThis project, sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will carry out a project to teach teachers in North Carolina the modeling method pioneered by Hestenes et al at Arizona State University. The institution has created a collaboration with neighboring state institutions (Appalachian State University and North Carolina A&T), the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and local school districts. The program will teach the modeling method to physics teachers, physical science teachers and technology teachers. Altogether 356 teachers will be involved in modeling workshops and each teacher will be in the project for two summers. A group of Master Teachers, trained during in the summer workshops, will be expected to implement the modeling method in their classrooms and, with the help of the resources on the web specifically developed for the project, will help peer teachers also implement the modeling method in their classrooms. At the same time as the development of the on-site program for teachers, an on-line resource will be developed which will be available to teachers at the national level. This interactive web-site will be an "anytime, anywhere" source of information for teachers throughout the country and will also be available to provide graduate credit for those teachers who fulfill appropriate requirements. This site will demonstrate the modeling approach of Hestenes and demonstrate to teachers how to move students through their misconceptions of simple physics principles. It is estimated that 150 teachers will take advantage of the credit option. Matching funds amount to 27% of the NSF award.