TEEMSS: Technology Enhanced Elementary and Middle School Science

通过创建使用易于实现的电子技术的科学材料，将教育技术的力量引入5-8年级的科学教育中。该项目旨在加深我们对中学教师如何结合电子技术以及学生是否通过使用技术更有效地学习数学和科学概念的理解。这些材料涉及中学阶段的两个重要科学标准：力和运动，以及能量的传递。这些单元的建立是为了加强或取代其他课程中的单元。它们支持数据收集和分析、数学整合、理解变化和建模。测量使用廉价但敏感的防盗器连接到手持电脑。教育学软件增加了脚手架，引导询问和学生评估的备考。学生对复杂关系的学习可以通过使用举证法来促进。模型和模拟使学生能够探索传统方法难以理解的行为。教师支持材料鼓励教师在几周内改变练习。

9986419TINKERThe power of educational technologies is brought into science education for grades 5-8 by creating science materials that use easily implemented electronic technology. The project is structured to increase our understanding of how teachers at the middle school level can incorporate electronic technology and whether their students learn mathematics and science concepts more effectively through the use of the technology. The materials address two important science standards at the middle school level: force and motion, and transfer of energy. The units are constructed to enhance or replace modules in other curricula. They support data collection and analysis, integration of mathematics, understanding changes and modeling. Measurements are made using inexpensive, but sensitive, probeware connected to handheld computers. The Pedagogica software adds scaffolding, guided inquiry and student assessment to the probeware. Student learning of complex relationships can be facilitated by the use of probeware. Models and simulations allow students to explore behavior that is difficult to understand by traditional means. Teacher support materials encourage teachers change practice for a few weeks.