Analyzing and Building Science Inquiry Skills through Evidence-based Technology Integration

这个概念验证项目的目的是通过开发探究技能分析器（iSA）来帮助教师分析他们自己的科学探究技能以及学生的科学探究技能；并协助教师选择、设计、开发、实施和评估技术支持的学习活动，以发展科学探究技能，特别是通过开发探究活动门户（iAP）在已确定的薄弱领域。iSA是一个无威胁的、对学习者友好的环境，用于诊断科学探究（学生和教师）的优势和劣势。教师可以使用该分析来选择和调整iAP中发现的技术增强的探究活动，以针对特定技能的发展。iSA将允许教师跟踪学生在探究技能方面的进步，并评估所选活动的效果，以指导他们未来的实践。iAP将为教师提供针对特定探究技能的易于识别的资源，还将为科学教师提供一个平台，分享他们的经验和学生使用这些资源的结果的证据，从而在对提高探究技能感兴趣的初中科学教师中建立一个实践社区。

The purposes of this proof-of-concept project are to assist teachers in analyzing their own science inquiry skills as well as those of their students via the development of an inquiry skill analyzer (iSA); and to assist teachers in selecting, designing, developing, implementing and evaluating technology-supported learning activities to develop science inquiry skills, especially in identified weak areas through the development of an inquiry activity portal (iAP). The iSA is a non-threatening, learner-friendly environment to diagnose strengths and weaknesses in science as inquiry (both student and teacher). Teachers can use that analysis to select and adapt technology-enhanced inquiry activities found in the iAP to target specific skills development. The iSA will allow teachers to track student progress in inquiry skills and to evaluate the effects of the chosen activities to guide their future practice. The iAP will provide teachers with easily identifiable resources that target specific inquiry skills and it will also provide science teachers with a platform to share their experiences and evidence of student results from using the resources, thus building a community of practice among middle grade science teachers interested in improving inquiry skills.