Track 1, GK-12: National Science Foundation GK-12 Fellows Program at Louisiana State University

第 1 轨，GK-12：路易斯安那州立大学国家科学基金会 GK-12 研究员计划

• 批准号: 0440490
• 负责人: Frank Neubrander
• 金额: $ 155.85万
• 依托单位: Louisiana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-05-15 至 2010-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0440490&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Track; GK; 12; National; Science

0440490The project aims are (1) to better prepare students from the large and mostly underserved EBRPSS school system to meet high academic standards in collegiate STEM disciplines, (2) to foster the appreciation and capability of college students for high quality STEM teaching methods, and (3) to graduate high-caliber U.S. research doctorates who are well-prepared for content-oriented training of prospective secondary math and science teachers at colleges and universities in the U.S. Supported by NSF's STEM Teacher Preparation and R. Noyce Scholarship Programs, LSU's newly redesigned secondary STEM certification program features extensive field based preparation and broad-based collaboration among university faculty and a cadre of highly qualified STEM mentor teachers from EBRPSS. In this project, the mentor teachers help to identify each year eight pairs of math and science teachers who welcome the support of GK-12 Fellows and the professional development opportunities provided. Each teacher pair works with a Graduate Fellow and two Undergraduate Fellows throughout the academic year. Graduate Fellows spend ten hours a week providing direct assistance to the two teachers, with time given off for assignments for other GK-12 Tasks, such as presentations of .Discovery Kits within the LSU Science on Wheels Program. Undergraduate Fellows provide a wide range of instructional support in Math Labs they organize. The intellectual merit of the proposal is based upon the extensive experience of the participating STEM investigators in the project, the breadth and depth of leadership and infrastructure provided by LSU, and the strong partnership among the university faculty and a corps of dedicated middle and high school mentor teachers. The project allows the testing of a model to enhance the scope and quality of undergraduate and graduate education at a large state university by helping to improve mathematics and science education in a school district that embodies all of the challenges that are faced by many districts nationwide, including low performing schools, a large minority population, and schools with a high proportion of economically disadvantaged students.The broader impacts include an increased interest of faculty in academic STEM departments in K-12 math and science education, an increase in recruitment rates of high school students into STEM disciplines, especially among minorities and/or women, and an increase in the number of strong research-doctorates in STEM disciplines that are better prepared to provide content-based instruction to prospective secondary teachers as well as to in-service secondary teachers. Through careful documentation and dissemination of the project results, this project will have applications across the country, particularly in research universities that are in close proximity to school systems plagued by low student performance and a dearth of students being offered challenging STEM curricula.

该项目的目标是(1)更好地培养EBRPSS学校系统中的学生，以满足大学STEM学科的高学术标准；(2)培养大学生对高质量STEM教学方法的欣赏和能力；(3)为美国高校未来中学数学和科学教师的内容导向培训做好充分准备的高素质美国研究型博士。由NSF的STEM教师培训和R.Noyce奖学金项目支持，路易斯安那州立大学重新设计的二级STEM认证计划具有广泛的实地准备和大学教职员工之间的广泛合作，以及来自EBRPSS的一批高素质的STEM指导教师。在这个项目中，指导教师每年帮助确定八对数学和科学教师，他们欢迎GK-12研究员的支持和提供的专业发展机会。每对教师在整个学年都与一名研究生研究员和两名本科生研究员一起工作。研究生每周花10个小时直接帮助这两位教师，并抽出时间完成其他GK-12任务的作业，例如路易斯安那州立大学车轮科学项目中的.Discovery工具包的演示。本科生在他们组织的数学实验室中提供广泛的教学支持。该提案的学术价值基于参与该项目的STEM调查人员的丰富经验，路易斯安那州立大学提供的领导和基础设施的广度和深度，以及大学教职员工和一支敬业的初中和高中导师团队之间的牢固合作伙伴关系。该项目允许测试一种模型，通过帮助改善一个学区的数学和科学教育，从而提高一所大型州立大学的本科生和研究生教育的范围和质量。该学区体现了全国许多学区面临的所有挑战，包括表现不佳的学校、大量少数族裔人口以及经济困难学生比例较高的学校。更广泛的影响包括，学术STEM系的教职员工对K-12数学和科学教育的兴趣增加，高中生进入STEM学科的招生率增加，特别是在少数族裔和/或女性中。STEM学科中更好地准备为未来的中学教师和在职中学教师提供以内容为基础的教学的强大研究博士学位的数量有所增加。通过仔细记录和传播项目成果，该项目将在全国各地得到应用，特别是在靠近学校系统的研究型大学，这些学校系统受到学生表现不佳和缺乏学生提供具有挑战性的STEM课程的困扰。