Collaborative research on the Reacting to the Past Pedagogy for science education

该项目将对过去的成功反应(RTTP)教学法应用于科学课程(STEM)。RTTP由模拟游戏组成，学生们在其中扮演开创性的科学辩论中的角色。在STEM课程中，RTTP提高了学生的参与度，改变了态度，并提高了批判性思维和沟通技能。RTTP需要一种多学科方法来弥合不同学科之间存在的差距。该项目开发了STEM课程材料，以满足非理科专业和理科专业学生的需求。通过让非理科专业的学生参与科学辩论，该项目提高了对科学的理解和感知。这一方法造就了见多识广的公民和称职的决策者。课程材料通过网站www.barnard.edu/Reaction分发，并由培生教育出版。该项目通过暑期RTTP学院和区域和国家专业会议的讲习班培训一批新的RTTP教员。正在进行特别努力，从两年制大学招聘教育工作者，这些大学服务于大量少数族裔人口和英语第二语言人口。教师们学习将RTTP的优势带到他们传统的科学课程中。该项目正在对RTTP进行形成性和终结性评估，以获取内容知识以及对科学的理解和态度。评估的结果正在公布并提交给科学教育工作者，以鼓励广泛采用RTTP科学游戏。这个项目开发的评估过程正在与其他RTTP游戏的开发者共享。

This project adapts the successful Reacting to the Past (RTTP) pedagogy to science courses (STEM). RTTP consists of simulation games in which students adopt roles in seminal scientific debates. RTTP increases student engagement, shifts attitudes, and improves critical thinking and communication skills in STEM courses. RTTP necessitates a multidisciplinary approach that bridges gaps existing between different disciplines. This project develops STEM curricular materials to meet the needs of both non-science majors as well as science majors. By engaging non-science majors in scientific debates, the project improves the understanding and perception of science. This approach leads to well informed citizens and competent decision-makers. Course materials are disseminated through a web site at www.barnard.edu/reacting and publication by Pearson Education. The project trains a cohort of new RTTP faculty through summer RTTP Institutes and workshops at regional and national professional conferences. Special efforts are underway to recruit educators from two-year colleges, those serving large minority populations and ESL populations. Faculty learn to bring the advantages of RTTP to their traditional science courses. The project is conducting formative and summative assessment of RTTP for the acquisition of content knowledge and on the understanding of and attitudes toward science. The results of the assessment are being published and presented to science educators to encourage the widespread adoption of RTTP science games. The evaluation process developed by this project is being shared with developers of other RTTP games.