Investigating Life

这个项目将支持一个新的高中生物课程的发展，暂定名为“探索生命”。该课程以国家科学教育标准为基础，强调积极的、建构主义的学习计划，整合了互动的、基于网络的教学媒体。NSF的资金将支持课程的形成性和总结性评估，并将衡量它在多大程度上帮助学生达到标准，影响学生对科学的态度，并吸引学生对科学问题进行批判性的探究和对话。新课程将利用万维网的互动性、简短教科书的讲故事能力，以及以“湿”实验和实地考察为基础的探究项目。教科书将以叙述的方式呈现生物学的持久概念，通过广泛多样的生物学主题确定主题课程，并将这些主题与学生的生活联系起来。该项目将包括对教师和家长的课程支持。评估项目将侧重于将网络教学整合到生物课程中的有效性，无论是在帮助学生学习还是帮助教师教学方面。

This project will support the development of a new high school biology curriculum tentatively titled "Investigating Life". The curriculum is based on the National Science Education Standards and emphasizes an active, constructivist learning program that integrates interactive, Web-based instructional media. NSF funding will support the formative and summative evaluation of the curriculum, and will measure how well it helps students meet the Standards, impact student attitudes toward science and engage students in critical inquiry and dialog on scientific issues. The new curriculum will utilize the interactivity of the World Wide Web, the storytelling abilities of a short textbook, and an inquiry-based program of "wet" labs and fieldwork. The textbook will present the enduring concepts of biology in a narrative that identifies themes coursing through the broad diversity of biological topics and relates these themes to students' lives. The program will include curriculum support for teachers and parents. The evaluation program will focus on the effectiveness of integrating Web-based instruction into the biology curriculum, both in terms of helping students learn and helping teachers teach.