Rural Alliance for Improving Science Education - Track 1, GK-12

标题：农村联盟提高科学教育（RAISE）机构：俄克拉荷马州州立大学PI/Co-PI：托马斯A。放大图片作者：Joel W. Helmer和John E. Steinbrink（合作PI）研究员/年：10（研究生）学校合作伙伴：帕金斯/特里翁，莫里森和亨尼西公立学校目标：6至12年级设置：农村学科：跨学科（地球科学，生命科学，普通科学）背景：尽管最近实施了全州范围的科学教育标准，但来自农村俄克拉荷马州社区的学生在数学和科学能力方面落后于全国。 使问题更加复杂的是数学和科学教师的短缺，使得教师有必要在他们的主要科学教学领域之外开设课程。 拟议活动的智力价值：农村改善科学教育联盟（RAISE）将优秀的研究生（研究员）安排在6-12年级的教室里，与三个农村学区的公立学校教师进行一对一的工作。 在俄克拉荷马州州立大学（OSU）科学教师和教师委员会的监督下，RAISE建立在OSU教师和K-12教师之间的现有关系基础上，该关系是通过教育部赞助的改善初中和初中科学教学的项目POLARIS建立的。 地理信息科学（GISci）的跨学科领域作为创新科学课程开发的重点，其目标是：1）加强生态学，生物学，地球科学和环境科学之间的课程联系，2）在国家规定的科学测试中提供学生表现的可衡量的改善。 拟议活动的更广泛影响：“提高土著学生入学率和入学率”针对的是有大量美洲土著学生和高贫困率的农村学区。 来自植物学，动物学，微生物学，地理学，地质学和环境科学系的研究员正在完成他们的OSU学位，具有更强的沟通能力，对科学教学法的更好理解，以及对教师和不同学习者的需求的更高认识。 由研究员/教师小组编写的课程计划和其他材料将通过暑期学院在区域范围内传播，并通过科学教育期刊和教师会议宣传的项目网站在全国范围内传播。 项目成功的主要基准是：1）学生对国家规定的俄克拉荷马州核心课程测试的科学部分的改进，2）全州和全国将RAISE材料纳入6- 10年级科学教学的教师/学校数量。

Title: Rural Alliance for Improving Science Education (RAISE) Institution: Oklahoma State University PI/Co-PIs: Thomas A. Wikle (PI), Joel W. Helmer and John E. Steinbrink (Co-PIs) Fellow/Year: 10 (graduate) School Partners: Perkins/Tryon, Morrison, and Hennessey Public Schools Target: 6 through 12th grades Setting: rural Disciplines: interdisciplinary (Earth sciences, life sciences, general sciences) Background: Despite recent implementation of statewide science education standards, students from rural Oklahoma communities lag behind the nation in math and science ability. Compounding the problem is a shortage of math and science teachers making it necessary for teachers to offer subjects outside of their primary science teaching area. Intellectual Merit of the Proposed Activity: The Rural Alliance for Improving Science Education (RAISE) places outstanding graduate students (fellows) in 6-12 grade classrooms to work one-on-one with public school teachers in three rural school districts. Supervised by a committee of science teachers and faculty from Oklahoma State University (OSU), RAISE builds on existing relationships among OSU faculty and K-12 teachers established through POLARIS, a Department of Education sponsored project for improving middle and junior high science instruction. The interdisciplinary area of Geographic Information Science (GISci) serves as the focus for the development of innovative science curricula with the goals of: 1) strengthening curricular ties among ecology, biology, Earth science and environmental science, and 2) providing measurable improvement in student performance on state-mandated science tests. Broader Impacts of the Proposed Activity: RAISE targets rural school districts with significant numbers of Native American students and high poverty rates. Fellows from the Departments of Botany, Zoology, Microbiology, Geography, Geology, and Environmental Science are completing their OSU degree with stronger communication skills, an improved understanding of science pedagogy, and a greater appreciation for the needs of both teachers and diverse learners. Lesson plans and other materials developed by fellow/teacher teams will be disseminated regionally through summer institutes and nationally through a project web site promoted via science education journals and teacher conferences. The principal benchmarks for project success are: 1) student improvement on science sections of the state-mandated Oklahoma Core Curriculum Test and, 2) the number of teachers/schools throughout the state and nation that integrate RAISE materials into 6-10th grade science instruction.