System-wide Change: An Experimental Study of Teacher Development and Student Achievement in Elementary Science

全系统变革：基础科学教师发展和学生成绩的实验研究

• 批准号: 0554566
• 负责人: Adam Gamoran
• 金额: $ 250万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-05-01 至 2012-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0554566&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: System; wide; Change; Experimental; Study

"System-wide Change: An Experimental Study of Teacher Development and Student Achievement in Elementary Science" tests the impact on student achievement of a content-rich, systemic intervention in teacher development for elementary school science in a large, urban school district. "System-wide Change" is a broad-based approach to science teaching and learning that involves a partnership among university scientists, science educators, and K to 12 practitioners. It addresses preservice and in-service teacher education and curricular development and is supported by a comprehensive NSF Math and Science Partnership (MSP) known as SCALE (System-wide Change for All Learners and Educators). The study will test the achievement benefits of the System-wide Change elementary science component, which provides fourth- and fifth-grade teachers with professional development in summer institutes and ongoing coaching and mentoring in the use of detailed instructional guides for elementary science. The instructional guides contain conceptual lessons coupled with science immersion units that bring teachers and students through a full cycle of inquiry in core problems of scientific investigation. This should lead to deeper understanding of science, higher scores on science achievement tests, and reduced inequality of science achievement. The experiment contrasts (a) schools with lead teachers who attended a summer institute and all of whose fourth- and fifth-grade teachers receive coaching and mentoring to implement the instructional guides, with (b) control schools whose teachers received the instructional guides but not the associated professional development. This research will reveal the causal impact of the teacher development activities on student learning of standards-based science. It will take place in Los Angeles, the largest district in the SCALE partnership and a context in which raising test scores in science is a great need and high priority.

“全系统变革：小学科学教师发展和学生成绩的实验研究”在一个大的城市学区测试内容丰富的、系统的小学科学教师发展干预对学生成绩的影响。“全系统变革”是一种基础广泛的科学教学方法，涉及大学科学家，科学教育工作者和K到12从业者之间的伙伴关系。 它解决了在职教师教育和课程开发，并得到了全面的NSF数学和科学伙伴关系（MSP）的支持，称为SCALE（面向所有学习者和教育工作者的全系统变革）。 这项研究将测试全系统变革小学科学部分的成就效益，该部分为四年级和五年级教师提供暑期学院的专业发展，并在使用详细的小学科学教学指南方面提供持续的辅导和指导。 教学指南包含概念课程，再加上科学沉浸单元，使教师和学生通过一个完整的科学调查核心问题的调查周期。 这将导致对科学的更深入理解，科学成就测试的更高分数，以及科学成就的不平等减少。 实验对比（a）学校的主要教师参加了暑期研究所，所有的四年级和五年级的教师接受辅导和指导，以执行教学指南，与（B）控制学校的教师接受了教学指南，但没有相关的专业发展。 本研究将揭示教师发展活动对学生标准科学学习的因果影响。 它将在洛杉矶举行，这是SCALE合作伙伴关系中最大的地区，也是提高科学考试成绩的迫切需要和高度优先事项。