ScienceTutor: On-Line Tutoring to Aid Retention in Gateway Science

该项目正在开发ScienceTutor，这是一种新的在线辅导模式，旨在提高学生在入门科学课程中的表现。ScienceTutor为城市通勤学生提供全天候急需的辅导支持。该学院正在为生物学、数学和计算机科学三门入门课程开发ScienceTutor资源。ScienceTutor包括互动的、以图形为导向的内容，包括关键概念的摘要、概述和问题的解决方案、ScienceFAQ、学生经常问的问题的答案、TutorTips、如何处理作业的建议、给你的导师发电子邮件、学生可以讨论问题的实时聊天室。ScienceTutor与传统的远程学习不同，它旨在供学生在课外使用，它响应学生最紧迫的学习问题，并进行了修订，使其真正满足用户的需求。为期两年的项目的形成性评估聘请了来自布鲁克林学院教师的专家评审员，他们熟悉网站设计，学生对问卷调查的回答，焦点小组和实地测试。总结性评估检查学生是否继续选择使用ScienceTutor，以及它是否支持他们的表现。学院对该项目的支持包括其三位主任的工作，他们是协作学习和计算机科学方面的专家，他们与科学教师一起设计和完善在线程序，以便为学生服务。通过网络和在专门讨论技术和科学教育的会议上的发言进行传播。

This project is developing ScienceTutor, a new on-line tutoring model designed to improve student performance in gateway science courses. ScienceTutor offers urban commuter students access to much-needed tutoring support around the clock. The college is developing ScienceTutor resources for three gateway courses in biology, mathematics, and computer science. ScienceTutor includes interactive, graphics-oriented content, including summaries of key concepts, overviews, and solutions to problems, ScienceFAQ, answers to questions often asked by students, TutorTips, advice on how to handle assignments, and e-mail your tutor, real-time chat rooms where students can discuss issues. ScienceTutor differs from conventional distance learning in that it is designed to be used by students outside of class, it responds to students most pressing learning issues, and revised so that it truly serves the needs of users. Formative evaluation of the two-year project employs expert reviewers from Brooklyn College faculty knowledgeable in website design, student responses to questionnaires, focus groups, and field tests. Summative evaluation examines whether students continually choose to use ScienceTutor and whether it supports their performance. College support for the project includes the work of its three directors, experts in collaborative learning and computer science, who work with science faculty designing and perfecting the on-line program so that it serves students. Dissemination is taking place on the web and through presentations at conferences devoted to technology and science education.