Highly Interactive, Fun Internet Virtual Environments in Science (HI-FIVES): Using Web-based Gaming to Improve Student Comprehension of Information Technology in Science

这个问题将给教师使用网络游戏和模拟软件的经验。教师将使用编写系统开发教育游戏，并在课堂上试用这些游戏。在这个过程中，他们将学习内容以及编程和技术技能。教师参与者将从北卡罗莱纳州立大学现有的美国国家科学基金会资助的教师奖学金项目中招募。他们将参加一个暑期项目，与项目工作人员和大学教师合作，发展他们的活动。然后，他们将花一年的时间改进他们的产品，并帮助其他教师在课堂上使用它们。将特别关注有特殊需要的学生的教师和来自不利背景的学生的教师。该项目的成果将是15个基于网络的科学游戏，这些游戏由课堂测试，教师开发，并与州和国家标准相关联。还将制作每个游戏的指导指南。教学指南和游戏本身将在网站上发布。其他传播形式将包括讲习班和在专业会议上的介绍。评估，包括形成性的和总结性的，将由外部组织完成。评估项目主要集中在教师教学方法的改进、辅导员对IT职业道路的认识、学生对技术和基础科学的内容知识。

This problem will give teachers experiences using web-based gaming and simulation software. Teachers will use authoring systems to develop educational games and try the games out in their classrooms. In the process, they will be learning content as well as programming and technology skills.Teacher participants will be recruited from an existing NSF-funded teacher fellowship program at North Carolina State University. They will attend a summer program, working with project staff and university faculty, to develop their activities. They will then spend a year refining their products and helping other teachers use them in their classrooms. A special focus will be on teachers of students with special needs and of students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The outcome of this project will be 15 web-based science games that are classroom-tested, teacher-developed, and linked to state and national standards. An instructional guide for each game will also be produced. The instructional guide, as well as the games themselves, will be made available on websites. Other forms of dissemination will include workshops and presentations at professional meetings. Evaluation, both formative and summative, will be done by an outside organization. Items to be evaluated center on teachers' improvement in pedagogy, guidance counselors' awareness of IT career paths, and students' content knowledge in technology and basic sciences.