Partnerships for Reform through Investigative Science and Mathematics

该提案描述了夏威夷大学在通过调查科学和数学促进改革伙伴关系(PRISM)中制定的第一轨道项目。这是一项开创性的举措，将改善K-8学校的科学和数学教育，为夏威夷农村和种族多元化的学生群体服务。该提案提出了四个主要目标：1.提高PRISM研究员的沟通、教学和学习能力。提高PRISM教师的数学、科学、技术教学内容知识。提高K-8学生对科学和内容知识的态度。将现有的HIDOE和UHH伙伴关系转变为一个可持续的学习社区。该项目旨在根据标准和NSF支持的材料(如自由/开源软件)开发教学方法和课程，并通过促进对与当地感兴趣的主题相关的科学和数学的发现和理解，开发与当地地区相关的教学方法和课程。该方法将UHH热带对话生物学和环境科学硕士课程的教职员工和研究生的专业知识与K-8学校带头教师的教学技能结合在一起。

This proposal describes a Track 1 project developed by the University of Hawaii in partnerships for Reform through Investigative Science and Mathematics(PRISM). This is a pioneering initiative that will improve science and mathematics education in K-8 schools serving a rural and ethnically diverse student population in Hawaii. There are four major goals noted in the proposal: 1. Enhance PRISM Fellows' communication, teaching, and learning proficiency.2. Improve PRISM Teachers' mathematics, science, and technology pedagogical content knowledge.3. Improve K-8 Students' attitudes towards science and content knowledge.4. Transform the existing HIDOE and UHH partnership into a sustainable learning community.This project is designed to develop teaching methods and curriculum based on the standards and NSF supported materials like FOSS and that are relevant to the local regions through the advancement of discovery and understanding of science and mathematics related to local interest topics. The approach brings together the expertise of faculty and graduate students from the UHH Tropical Conversation Biology and Environmental Science Masters' program with the teaching skills of lead teachers in K-8 Schools.