Research involving Design, Innovation and Invention Experiences for Teachers (Research DIIET)

该奖项为马里兰大学（UMD）学院公园分校与弗吉尼亚大学（UVA）合作开展的工程现场教师研究经验（RET）项目提供了为期3年的持续资助，该项目名为“教师设计、创新和发明经验研究（研究DIIET）”，由Leigh Abts博士指导。这项工程现场教师研究经验（RET）包括一个严格的为期六周的夏季研究计划，共有39名初中和高中科学教师参加积极学习活动，每年13名，为期三年，分别在UMD和UVA校区。该项目还包括一个学年行动研究项目。这些教师将从马里兰州蒙哥马利县公立学校系统、弗吉尼亚州丹维尔和宾夕法尼亚州公立学校以及华盛顿特区友谊公立特许学校招募。教师们将探索“创新的抽象概念”——从基础科学发现到应用产品开发，并将创建课堂模块。

This award provides funding for a 3 year continuing award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering Site program at the University of Maryland (UMD)College Park in partnership with the University of Virginia (UVA) entitled, "Research involving Design, Innovation and Invention Experiences for Teachers (Research DIIET)," under the direction of Dr. Leigh Abts. This Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering Site involves a rigorous six-week summer research schedule of active learning activities for a total of 39 middle and high school science teachers,13 each year for three years at both the UMD and the UVA campuses. The program also includes an academic year action research project. The teachers will be recruited from the Montgomery County, Maryland Public School System, the Danville and Pittsylvania Public Schools in Virginia and the Washington D.C. Friendship Public Charter School. The teachers will explore the 'abstract notion of innovation'-from basic scientific discovery to applied product development and will create classroom modules.