Interactive Program to Reduce Racial Bias: K-3

描述(由调查员提供)：这个项目将开发一个全面的、交互式的光盘和互联网计划，以减少K-3年级儿童中的种族偏见。种族偏见的形成发生在儿童早期，如果不加以解决，将对儿童的社会发展产生严重影响。由于偏见的种族态度在幼儿中尚未牢固确立，小学和家长仍有机会纠正这些偏见。不幸的是，缺乏以经验证明的策略为基础的旨在减少种族偏见的教学计划。将为K-3年级的儿童制定第二阶段综合计划，以解决导致种族偏见的三个因素：肤色偏见、感知歧视不足以及对肤色差异的早期知识。该项目将把经验证明的教学设计原则与交互式多媒体技术相结合，创造个性化的学习体验，减少基本的颜色偏见，教授感知辨别技能，并提高对肤色差异的起源和意义的知识。该计划将把基于计算机的评估与量身定制的补救措施结合起来，以确保对内容的掌握。此外，还将为教师和家长编写一本手册。该计划的效果将在随机试验中进行评估。

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): This project will develop a comprehensive, interactive CD-ROM and Internet program to reduce racial bias among children in grades K-3. The development of racial bias occurs in early childhood and, if left unaddressed, has serious implications for the social development of children. Because biased racial attitudes are not yet firmly established in young children, elementary schools and parents still have an opportunity to correct these biases. Unfortunately, there is a lack of instructional programs designed to reduce racial bias that are based on empirically proven strategies. A Phase II comprehensive program for children in grades K-3 will be developed to address three factors that underpin racial bias: color bias, perceptual discrimination inadequacies, and inchoate knowledge of skin color difference. The program will combine empirically proven instructional design principles with interactive multimedia technology to create a personalized learning experience that will reduce basic color bias, teach perceptual discrimination skills, and improve knowledge of the origins and meaning of skin color difference. The program will incorporate computer-based assessment with tailored remediation to ensure content mastery. Furthermore, a manual for teachers and parents will be developed. The efficacy of the program will be evaluated in a randomized trial.