Comparing Two Multimedia Science of Addiction Courses

比较两种多媒体成瘾科学课程

• 批准号: 6668077
• 负责人: Joel Epstein
• 金额: $ 27万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-07-01 至 2007-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6668077
• 关键词: African American; adolescence (12-20); clinical research; curriculum; drug abuse education; drug addiction; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; human subject; interactive multimedia; middle childhood (6-11); religion; science education

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): One of NIDA's long-standing goals has been to provide children and adolescents with accurate and up-to-date information about the scientific bases of substance abuse and the role the brain plays in addiction. However, many of the currently available substance abuse education programs for children and adolescents focus not on science education, but on prevention using life-skills development and drug-refusal skills. Moreover, the effectiveness of many of these programs has not been adequately tested. In terms of science education, African-American students generally do not score as well as their Caucasian peers on standardized tests of science proficiency. However, multimedia programs which include both visual and verbal information, animation, and interactive sequences may be an excellent adjunct to traditional instruction. Although multimedia programs may be designed in many different ways, embedding information within a narrative structure may be more effective than using more traditional didactic approaches. This project seeks to develop a "science of addiction" education curriculum for fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students who will be recruited from a dozen local African American churches. We will create two sets of interactive CD-ROM and supporting workbooks based on the curriculum. One set of materials will present the educational objectives in a fairly straight-forward didactic approach. The other set will embed the lessons within a narrative story-line. We will then deliver the curriculum to children at the participating churches via a three session weekend "camp." We will conduct pre-test, post-test, and four and nine-month follow-ups to evaluate the curriculum's ability to increase students' knowledge of the scientific bases for substance abuse. Additionally, we will examine the relative effectiveness of presenting the material via either a didactic or narrative approach.

描述（由申请人提供）： NIDA的长期目标之一是为儿童和青少年提供有关药物滥用的科学基础和大脑在成瘾中所起作用的准确和最新信息。然而，目前许多针对儿童和青少年的药物滥用教育方案并不注重科学教育，而是注重利用生活技能发展和拒绝毒品技能进行预防。此外，许多这些方案的有效性还没有得到充分的检验。 在科学教育方面，非裔美国学生在科学能力标准化测试中的得分通常不如白人学生。然而，包括视觉和语言信息、动画和交互序列的多媒体程序可能是传统教学的极好辅助手段。虽然多媒体节目可以用许多不同的方式设计，但在叙事结构中嵌入信息可能比使用更传统的教学方法更有效。 该项目旨在为四年级、五年级和六年级的学生制定一个“成瘾科学”教育课程，这些学生将从十几个当地的非洲裔美国人教堂招募。我们将根据课程内容制作两套互动光盘和配套练习册。其中一套材料将以相当直接的教学方法提出教育目标。另一套将嵌入一个叙事故事线的教训。然后，我们将通过一个三节的周末“夏令营”向参与教会的孩子们提供课程。“我们会进行前测、后测，以及为期四个月和九个月的跟进，以评估课程能否增加学生对滥用药物的科学基础的认识。此外，我们将检查通过说教或叙事方法呈现材料的相对有效性。