Examining the Effects of Highly Rated Science Curricula on Diverse Student Populations

这项计划拨款是乔治华盛顿大学、蒙哥马利县公共学校、AAAS 2061项目和应用语言学中心共同合作的成果。该项目的目标是研究如何改进科学课程教材及其实施。该项目将对学生的成绩、动机和参与度进行试点研究，以备受好评的8年级课程单元(应用的化学-CTA)。该单位是在美国科学促进会2061项目制定的评估程序中获得高度评价的为数不多的单位之一。这项研究的目的是确定高评级的课程材料是否有不同的影响，并确定可以对高评级的材料进行哪些修改，以使其对不同学习者的亚群更有效。

This planning grant is a collaboration between George Washington University, Montgomery County Pubic Schools, AAAS Project 2061, and the Center for Applied Linguistics. The project's goal is to study how science curriculum materials and their implementation can be improved. The project will conduct a pilot study of student achievement, motivation, and engagement for a highly rated 8th grade curriculum unit (Chemistry that Applies-CTA). This unit was one of the few that rated highly in the evaluation procedure developed by AAAS' Project 2061. The study's purpose is to determine if there are different effects of highly rated curriculum materials and to identify the modifications that can be made for the highly rated materials to be more effective for subgroups of diverse learners.