Building High School Students' Understanding of Evolution--Both Common Ancestry and Natural Selection--Through Mathematical Arguments, Evidence-Based Explanations, and an Understan

犹他大学将制定一项模范课程和相关评估项目计划，通过数学与科学的整合和适当教育技术的应用，将科学实践、横切概念和核心学科思想整合在一起。单元计划和原型课程将示范如何在生物学课程中处理定量素养和数学共同核心标准。这个为期两年的探索性研究项目将在犹他州、马里兰州和华盛顿特区的普通生物学课堂上进行。该项目将制定以下内容：一份为期5周的高中生物学新课程替代单元的详细计划，帮助学生建立对进化的连贯理解；一套有效和可靠的测试项目，以评估学生对2061计划单元学习目标的理解，并通过开发、测试、专家评审和修订的迭代过程来完善这些指标；计划单元中五个进化课程的原型。此外，研究人员将对不同学生群体的原型课程进行小规模的试点测试。单元计划和原型课程将使用学习目标驱动的设计模型进行开发，该模型包括迭代开发，使用美国科学促进会（AAAS） 2061计划的有效和可靠的分析程序分析内容一致性，科学家和教师的审查以及修订。

The University of Utah will develop a plan for a model curriculum and associated assessments project that integrates science practices, crosscutting concepts, and core disciplinary ideas through the integration of mathematics and science and the application of appropriate educational technologies. The unit plan and prototype lessons will model ways in which quantitative literacy and the Common Core Standards of Mathematics can be addressed in the biology curriculum. This two-year exploratory research project will take place in the general biology classrooms of teachers in Utah, Maryland and Washington, DC. The project will develop the following: a detailed plan for a new, 5-week curriculum replacement unit for high school biology that helps students build a coherent understanding of evolution; a valid and reliable set of test items to assess students' understanding of the unit's learning goals using Project 2061 and to refine these measures using an iterative process of development, testing, expert review and revision; prototypes of five evolution lessons from the planned unit. In addition a the researchers will conduct a small-scale pilot test of the prototype lessons with diverse student populations. The unit plan and prototype lessons will be developed using a learning-goals-driven design model that includes iterative rounds of development, analysis for content coherence using American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Project 2061's valid and reliable analysis procedure, reviews by scientists and teachers, and revision.