Foundation Science: A Comprehensive High School Science Curriculum

基础科学：综合高中科学课程

• 批准号: 0439443
• 负责人: Jacqueline Miller
• 金额: $ 505.13万
• 依托单位: Education Development Center
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-12-15 至 2011-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0439443&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Foundation; Science; Comprehensive; Curriculum

Building on the one-semester module on chemistry completed in Phase I of "Foundation Science," a comprehensive science curriculum for grades 9-11 is developed in Phase II. The completed "Foundation Science" provides high schools with a scientifically-based, modular science curriculum with supporting professional development and outreach materials that accommodate the variety of approaches that school districts take in their secondary science programs. The curriculum responds to challenges faced by high schools in meeting state and national standards, preparing students for high stakes testing, accommodating new understandings about how students learn, updating teacher content and pedagogical knowledge and serving an increasingly diverse student population. The curriculum consists of eight one-semester modules -- two each in biology, chemistry, Earth science, and physics. Each module comprises four units each developing a particular set of concepts through two to four story-driven learning experiences. The first module in each discipline develops introductory conceptual understandings appropriate for grades 9 and 10 and skills in critical thinking, problem solving, communications and laboratory techniques. The second module in each discipline builds on the first to provide deeper, more complex and more extended learning in grade 11. Students complete all four of the first modules and two of the second. Thus, students obtain a challenging, rigorous science education that provides a foundation in scientific understanding and literacy skills and prepares them to pursue higher-level learning in science. The professional development materials support the adoption, implementation and integration of the instructional materials into the classroom and support teachers in the use of multiple assessments to conclusions about the effectiveness of the materials with different populations of students. Professional development includes a self-evaluation of the content knowledge component with resources available for teachers to increase their understanding.

在“基础科学”第一阶段完成的一学期化学模块的基础上，在第二阶段开发了一门面向9-11年级的综合科学课程。完成的“基础科学”为高中提供了以科学为基础的模块化科学课程，以及支持专业发展的外展材料，以适应学区在中学科学课程中采取的各种方法。该课程回应了高中在满足州和国家标准、让学生为高风险测试做好准备、适应对学生学习方式的新理解、更新教师内容和教学知识以及服务于日益多样化的学生群体方面面临的挑战。课程包括八个一学期的模块--生物、化学、地球科学和物理各两个模块。每个单元包括四个单元，每个单元通过两到四个故事驱动的学习经验开发一套特定的概念。每个学科的第一个模块开发适合9年级和10年级的入门概念理解以及批判性思维、解决问题、沟通和实验室技术方面的技能。每门学科的第二个模块都建立在第一个模块的基础上，以便在11年级提供更深入、更复杂和更广泛的学习。学生完成第一个模块的全部四个模块和第二个模块的两个模块。因此，学生获得具有挑战性的、严格的科学教育，为他们提供科学理解和识字技能的基础，并为他们追求更高水平的科学学习做好准备。专业发展材料支持教学材料的采用、实施和融入课堂，并支持教师利用多重评估得出材料对不同学生群体的有效性的结论。专业发展包括对内容知识部分的自我评估，并为教师提供资源以增加他们的理解。