MODERN GENETICS--A HANDS ON SCIENCE IMPLEMENTATION MODEL

现代遗传学——科学实践模型

• 批准号: 2865318
• 负责人: CYNTHIA J MOORE
• 金额: $ 7.34万
• 依托单位: ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-09-30 至 2000-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2865318
• 关键词: curriculum; education evaluation /planning; genetics; handbook; information dissemination; science education; secondary schools

This project is designed to nationally disseminate a successful hands-on science implementation model which has been developed and field-tested in St. Louis area high schools for seven years. Modern Genetics For All Students is a fourteen week activity-intensive, investigative curriculum unit combining strong scientific content with hands-on investigations and human health applications. The curriculum materials were created and implemented by a partnership of Washington University faculty, learning specialists, and teachers at four St. Louis area high schools. This unit, aimed at enhancing scientific literacy among high school students of all learning levels and socioeconomic environments, represents a significantly higher level of hands-on involvement for students than is found in traditional biology classrooms. It provides hands-on activities, student problem solving, and group projects allowing students to explore modern genetic concepts as well as the relevance of current biotechnology and medical research to human health issues. Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of student knowledge gains and improvements in student attitudes towards science and personal health show the curriculum to be effective with all student levels, and also with females and underrepresented minorities. Evaluation of our field-testing model has identified three factors which are essential for the success of hands-on intensive science in the classroom: teacher content training, provision of materials in classroom-ready form, and strong implementation support during the first year of new curriculum use. Teachers at the local high schools indicate that this model has not only enabled them to improve their current teaching strategies, but also to establish an internal support network which will sustain itself after the current grant period. Our continuing evaluation results indicate that this project provides a model which could be used to implement any hands-on, investigative science curriculum in a way that creates sustainable change within schools. The development of a replication manual which carefully describes the key factors responsible for the continuing success of this project will allow science education partnerships nationwide to replicate an efficient and sustainable implementation model for the use of hands-on, investigative curriculum in a variety of classroom environments.

该项目旨在向全国传播一个成功的 科学实施模式，该模式已经开发并经过实地测试 在圣路易斯地区的高中呆了七年 现代遗传学为所有 学生是一个为期十四周的活动密集，调查 课程单元结合强有力的科学内容与实践 研究和人类健康应用。 课程材料 是由华盛顿大学 圣路易斯地区四所高中的教师、学习专家和教师 学校 本单元旨在提高高中学生的科学素养， 所有学习水平和社会经济环境的学生， 代表了更高水平的动手参与， 学生人数比传统生物课堂上的学生人数要多。 它提供 实践活动、学生问题解决和小组项目 让学生探索现代遗传学概念，以及 当前生物技术和医学研究与人类健康的相关性 问题.学生知识的定量和定性评价 学生对科学和个人生活态度的提高和改善 健康显示课程对所有学生水平都有效， 还有女性和代表性不足的少数民族。 评估我们的 现场测试模型确定了三个重要因素， 教师：课堂上动手强化科学的成功 内容培训，以课堂可用的形式提供材料，以及 在新课程实施的第一年， 使用. 当地高中的教师表示，这种模式已经 不仅使他们能够改进现有的教学策略， 并建立一个内部支持网络， 在当前的授权期之后。 我们的持续评估结果 表示该项目提供了一个模式，可用于 实施任何动手，调查科学课程的方式， 在学校内部创造可持续的变化。 的发展 复制手册，其中详细描述了关键因素 因为这个项目的持续成功将使科学教育 在全国范围内建立伙伴关系， 使用实践调查课程的实施模式 in a variety品种of classroom课堂environments环境.