Evaluation of K-12 Outreach from the NSF Science and Technology Center for Environmentally Responsible Solvents and Processes (CERSP)

我们建议的目的是衡量与一个大型STEM研究中心相联系的K-12科学教育项目的附加值。我们提出了一项多方面的研究，以记录CERSP K-12课程对大学前教师和学生的影响。这项研究将包括对教师书面数据的分析，以及来自访谈和观察的数据。将研究CERSP K-12网站、学习单元和教师讲习班的效果。这项研究的重点是一个以中心为基础的教育项目，该项目严格遵循了教育最佳实践，可以在7年的时间里记录许多活动。这项研究的结果将在科学教育研究文献中报告，并传播给科学研究中心社区。研究结果将对其他以中心为基础的教育项目和科学政策制定者有用。科学研究界已投资于广泛的K-12教育推广活动。CERSP计划就是这样一个倡议的例子，它影响了几个州的大量学生和教师。尽管有大量关于K-12推广的最佳做法的文献，但关于这些做法在STC环境中的应用和影响的指南很少。中心领导人和构建中心建议书的人将能够使用我们的结果来设计、管理和评估中心K-12计划。建议书将能够使用我们的结果来设计、管理和评估中心K-12计划。

The purpose of our proposal is to measure the value-added of a K-12 scienceeducation program linked to a large-scale STEM research center. We propose a multifaceted study to document the impact of CERSP K-12 programs on pre-college teachers and students. This study will include analysis of written data from teachers, as well as data from interviews and observations. The effects of the CERSP K-12 website, learning modules, and teacher workshops will be studied. This study focuses on a center-based education program that has meticulously followed education best practices and can document many activities over a 7-year duration. The results of the study will be reported in the science education research literature as well as disseminated to the science research center community.The results will be of use to other Center-based education programs and to science policy makers. The science research community has invested in a broad range of K-12 education outreach initiatives. The CERSP program is an example of such an initiative that impacts large populations of students and teachers in several states. Although there is significant literature about best practices in K-12 outreach, there are few guides as to the applications and impacts of these practices in the STC setting. Center leaders and those constructing center proposals will be able to use our results to design, manage and evaluate center K-12 programs.proposals will be able to use our results to design, manage and evaluate center K-12 programs.