Project Accelerate: University - High School AP Physics Partnerships

项目加速：大学-高中 AP 物理合作伙伴关系

• 批准号: 1720914
• 负责人: Andrew Duffy
• 金额: $ 44.99万
• 依托单位: Trustees of Boston University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-08-01 至 2021-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1720914&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Project; Accelerate; University; AP; Physics

The Discovery Research K-12 program (DRK-12) seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of innovative resources, models and tools (RMTs). Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects. Project Accelerate brings AP Physics 1 and, eventually, AP Physics 2 to students attending schools that do not offer AP Physics. The project will enable 249 students (mostly under-served, i.e., economically disadvantaged, ethnic minorities and racial minorities) to enroll in AP Physics - the students would otherwise not have access. These students either prepare for the AP Physics 1 exam by completing a highly interactive, conceptually rich, rigorous online course, complete with virtual lab experiments, or participate in an accredited AP course that also includes weekly hands-on labs. In this project, the model will be tested and perfected with more students and expanded to AP Physics 2. Further, model replication will be tested at an additional site, beyond the two pilot sites. In the first pilot year in Massachusetts at Boston University, results indicated that students fully engaged in Project Accelerate are (1) at least as well prepared as peer groups in traditional classrooms to succeed on the AP Physics 1 exam and (2) more inclined to engage in additional STEM programs and to pursue STEM fields and programs than they were prior to participating. In the second year of the pilot study, Project Accelerate doubled in size and expanded in partnership with West Virginia University. From lessons learned in the pilot years, key changes are being made, which are expected to increase success. Project Accelerate provides a potential solution to a significant national problem of too few under-served young people having access to high quality physics education, often resulting in these students being ill prepared to enter STEM careers and programs in college. Project Accelerate is a scalable model to empower these students to achieve STEM success, replicable at sites across the country (not only in physics, but potentially across fourteen AP subjects). The project could potentially lead to the success of tens of thousands of motivated but under-served students who attend schools where the opportunity to engage in a rigorous STEM curriculum is not available. Project Accelerate blends the supportive structures of a student's home school, a private online course designed specifically with the needs of under-served populations in mind, and hands-on laboratory experiences, to make AP Physics accessible to under-served students. The goals of the project are: 1) have an additional 249 students, over three years, complete the College Board-accredited AP Physics 1 course or the AP Physics 1 Preparatory course; 2) add an additional replication site, with a total of three universities participating by the end of the project; 3) develop formal protocols so Project Accelerate can be replicated easily and with fidelity at sites across the nation; 4) develop formal protocols so the project can be self-sustaining at a reasonable cost (about $500 per student participant); 5) build an AP Physics 2 course, giving students who come through AP Physics 1 a second year of rigorous experience to help further prepare them for college and career success; 6) create additional rich interactive content, such as simulations and video-based experiments, to add to what is already in the AP Physics 1 prep course and to build the AP Physics 2 prep course - the key is to actively engage students with the material and include scaffolding to support the targeted population; 7) carry out qualitative and quantitative education research, identifying features of the program that work for the target population, as well as identifying areas for improvement. This project will support the growing body of research on the effectiveness of online and blended (combining online and in-person components) courses, and investigate the use of such courses with under-represented high school students.

探索研究K-12计划(DRK-12)旨在通过研究和开发创新资源、模型和工具(RMT)，显著提高K-12学龄前学生和教师在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)方面的学习和教学。DRK-12计划中的项目建立在STEM教育的基础研究和先前的研究和开发努力的基础上，这些研究和开发工作为拟议的项目提供了理论和经验证明。Accelerate项目将AP物理1和最终的AP物理2带给就读于不提供AP物理课程的学校的学生。该项目将使249名学生(主要是服务不足的，即经济上处于不利地位的少数族裔和少数族裔)能够报读AP物理-否则这些学生将无法进入。这些学生要么通过完成互动性强、概念丰富、严谨的在线课程和虚拟实验室实验来准备AP物理1考试，要么参加认可的AP课程，该课程还包括每周的动手实验。在这个项目中，模型将在更多的学生中进行测试和完善，并扩展到AP物理2。此外，模型复制将在两个试验站点之外的另一个站点进行测试。在波士顿大学马萨诸塞州的第一个试点年，结果表明，完全参与Project Accelerate的学生：(1)至少与传统课堂上的同龄人一样，为在AP物理1考试中取得成功做好了准备；(2)与参加之前相比，他们更倾向于参与额外的STEM项目，并追求STEM领域和项目。在试点研究的第二年，Project Accelerate的规模翻了一番，并与西弗吉尼亚大学合作扩大了规模。从试点年吸取的经验教训中，正在进行重大变革，预计这些变革将取得更大的成功。Accelerate项目为一个重要的全国性问题提供了潜在的解决方案，这个问题是服务不足的年轻人接受高质量物理教育的人数太少，往往导致这些学生对进入STEM职业生涯和大学课程准备不足。Project Accelerate是一种可扩展的模式，使这些学生能够取得STEM成功，可在全国各地的地点复制(不仅在物理方面，而且可能在14个AP科目上复制)。该项目可能会导致数万名有动力但服务不足的学生取得成功，他们所在的学校没有机会参与严格的STEM课程。Project Accelerate融合了学生家庭学校的支持结构，这是一种专门针对服务不足人群的需求而设计的私立在线课程，以及实践实验室体验，使服务不足的学生能够接触到AP物理。该项目的目标是：1)增加249名学生，在三年内完成大学理事会认可的AP物理1课程或AP物理1预备课程；2)增加一个复制站点，到项目结束时总共有3所大学参与；3)开发正式协议，以便Project Accelerate可以在全国范围内复制，并保持真实性；4)开发正式协议，以便项目能够以合理的成本自我维持(每个学生参与者约500美元)；5)创建AP物理2课程，为通过AP物理1的学生提供第二年的严格经验，帮助他们为大学和职业生涯的成功做好进一步准备；6)创建更多丰富的互动内容，如模拟和基于视频的实验，以补充AP物理1预科课程中已有的内容，并构建AP物理2预科课程-关键是积极让学生参与材料，并包括支持目标人群的脚手架；7)开展定性和定量教育研究，确定该计划适用于目标人群的特点，以及确定需要改进的领域。该项目将支持越来越多的关于在线课程和混合课程(结合在线课程和面授课程)的有效性的研究，并调查这类课程在代表性不足的高中生中的使用情况。

项目成果

Project Accelerate: Bringing AP ® Physics 1 to Underserved Students

项目加速：将 AP® 物理 1 带给服务不足的学生

• DOI: 10.1119/1.5080583
• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: The Physics Teacher
• 作者: Greenman, Mark D.;Duffy, Andrew
• 通讯作者: Duffy, Andrew

Project Accelerate (3-Year Review): Closing the Access Gap to Physical Science Careers and Academic Programs

项目加速（三年审查）：缩小物理科学职业和学术项目的准入差距

• DOI: 10.29007/g3pg
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: EPiC Series in Education Science
• 作者: Greenman, Mark;Duffy, Andrew
• 通讯作者: Duffy, Andrew

Project Accelerate: Increasing STEM Opportunities for Underserved High School Students

项目加速：为服务不足的高中生增加 STEM 机会

• DOI: 10.1119/perc.2018.pr.duffy
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: Physics Education Research Conference 2019
• 作者: Duffy, Andrew;Greenman, Mark
• 通讯作者: Greenman, Mark