Integrating Computation into Science Teaching and Learning in Grades 6-8

将计算融入 6-8 年级的科学教学

• 批准号: 1842359
• 负责人: Susan McKay
• 金额: $ 125万
• 依托单位: University of Maine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1842359&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrating; Computation; into; Science; Teaching

As a result of the powerful innovation and application of computing in STEM disciplines, the STEM+C program addresses an urgent need for real-world, interdisciplinary, and computational preparation of students from the early grades through high school (pre-K-12). This project will advance research and development of new transdisciplinary approaches to computational STEM teaching and learning that will integrate the fields of education at the middle grade levels in earth, life, and physical sciences. This project will address the rural education issue of access to STEM by rural schools. Moreover, both students and teachers will be brought up to speed in computational phenomena applied to middle school youth in one of the most rural locations in the State of Maine. This project will investigate the professional learning experiences and pedagogical content knowledge that teachers need in order to integrate computing in their teaching of science. The research will lead to an evidence-based model of professional development and curricular supports for STEM+C integration at the middle level. A randomized controlled trial will provide knowledge about the impacts of this integration on student learning of computing and STEM. The work will include creation of three vetted modules to integrate computing with middle-school science and a graduate course to help prepare future will teachers for effective integration. Findings and products from this study will be disseminated to researchers and practitioner communities working to understand and implement integration of computing with STEM teaching and learning.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

由于计算在 STEM 学科中的强大创新和应用，STEM+C 项目满足了从低年级到高中（K-12 学前）学生对现实世界、跨学科和计算准备的迫切需求。该项目将推进计算 STEM 教学和学习的新跨学科方法的研究和开发，该方法将整合地球、生命和物理科学等中年级教育领域。该项目将解决农村学校获得 STEM 教育的问题。此外，学生和教师都将加快了解应用于缅因州最农村地区之一的中学生的计算现象。该项目将调查教师将计算融入科学教学所需的专业学习经验和教学内容知识。该研究将为中层 STEM+C 整合建立一个基于证据的专业发展模型和课程支持。随机对照试验将提供有关这种整合对学生计算和 STEM 学习影响的知识。这项工作将包括创建三个经过审查的模块，将计算与中学科学相结合，以及一门研究生课程，以帮助未来的意志教师做好有效整合的准备。这项研究的结果和产品将传播给致力于理解和实施计算与 STEM 教学和学习整合的研究人员和从业者社区。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。