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进行改革的伙伴关系（PRISM）中开发的第1轨道项目。这是一项开创性的倡议，将改善为夏威夷农村和种族多样化学生提供服务的K-8学校的科学和数学教育。该提案指出了四个主要目标：1。提高“棱镜”项目成员的交流、教学和学习水平。提高PRISM教师的数学、科学、技术教学内容知识。3 .提高K-8学生对科学和内容知识的态度。将现有的HIDOE和UHH合作伙伴关系转变为可持续的学习社区。该项目旨在开发基于标准和国家科学基金会支持的材料（如自由/开源软件）的教学方法和课程，并通过促进对与当地兴趣主题相关的科学和数学的发现和理解，与当地相关。该方法将UHH热带对话生物学和环境科学硕士课程的教师和研究生的专业知识与K-8学校首席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.