The Alcohol Pharmacology Education Partnership

酒精药理学教育合作伙伴

• 批准号: 7098807
• 负责人: Rochelle D. Schwartz-Bloom
• 金额: $ 26.32万
• 依托单位: DUKE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-08-01 至 2010-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7098807
• 关键词: Internet; adolescence (12-20); alcoholic beverage consumption; alcoholism /alcohol abuse education; biology; chemistry; clinical research; computer assisted instruction; curriculum; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; human subject; interactive multimedia; mathematics; pharmacology; science education; teacher; training; workshop

Currently, US high school students rank low in science and math compared to their peers in other nations. The Alcohol Pharmacology Education Partnership (A-PEP) is designed to help high school students learn biology, chemistry, and math better by presenting basic concepts within the context of alcohol pharmacology. The basis for pursuing this project results from outstanding effectiveness of our previous program that focuses on drugs of abuse. Here we present a research plan to produce and deliver a new instructional program to high school biology and chemistry students using high quality materials (hard copy and web-based) and current distance learning technologies. We will develop instructional modules for high school teachers to reinforce basic biology, chemistry, and math concepts using the science of alcohol use and abuse as a relevant context. The specific objectives are: 1) Develop a series of 6 modules that use principles of biology, chemistry, and math to describe the actions of alcohol in the body. 2) Build an interactive website for teachers and students to access the alcohol pharmacology modules during the fieldtesting. 3) Recruit approximately 300 high school biology and chemistry teachers nationwide to field-test the modules (teachers serve as their own controls). 4) Conduct 2 types of teacher training workshops; a 6-hour on-site workshop at the annual NSTA and NCSTA meetings and a 6-hour two-way video workshop with simultaneous broadcast between the NC School of Science and Math (NCSSM) and school districts throughout the US. In the workshops, high school biology and chemistry teachers will obtain background for the science content and work with scientists to design supplemental activities. 5) Field-test the modules. After participating in the workshops, teachers use the modules in biology and chemistry classes. 6) Determine the program's outcomes. Students (in control and experimental groups) will be given end-of-course tests containing questions of basic biology and chemistry knowledge, as well as advanced knowledge about alcohol pharmacology. About 15,000 students will be tested; analysis will use hierarchichal linear modeling. Teachers will be tested on pharmacology knowledge before and after the workshop, and again 1 year later. 7) Publish results and release the curriculum on the A-PEP website. The application of biology, chemistry, and math to alcohol use should stimulate thinking about the importance of these sciences in "every day life" and help students understand how alcohol actually works and affects their bodies. Based on our previous study, the students learn science better too.

目前，与其他国家的同龄人相比，美国高中生在科学和数学方面的排名较低。酒精药理学教育伙伴关系(A-PEP)旨在通过在酒精药理学的背景下介绍基本概念来帮助高中生更好地学习生物、化学和数学。开展这一项目的基础是我们先前关注药物滥用的方案取得了显著成效。 在这里，我们提出了一项研究计划，利用高质量的材料(硬拷贝和基于网络的)和当前的远程学习技术，为高中生物和化学学生制作和提供一个新的教学计划。 我们将为高中教师开发教学模块，以加强基本的生物、化学和数学概念，并将酒精使用和滥用的科学作为相关背景。具体目标是：1)开发一系列6个模块，使用生物、化学和数学原理来描述酒精在体内的作用。2)建立互动网站，供教师和学生在现场测试期间访问酒精药理模块。 3)在全国范围内招募约300名高中生物和化学教师对模块进行实地测试(教师作为自己的对照)。4)举办两种类型的教师培训研讨会；在NSTA和NCSTA年会上举办6小时的现场研讨会，以及在NC科学与数学学院(NCSSM)和美国各地的学区之间同步播放6小时的双向视频研讨会。在车间里，高中 生物和化学教师将获得科学内容的背景知识，并与科学家一起设计补充活动。5)对模块进行现场测试。在参加了研讨会后，老师们在生物和化学课堂上使用这些模块。6)确定计划的结果。学生(控制组和试验组)将接受包括基础生物和化学知识以及高级课程的期末考试。 酒精药理学知识。大约15,000名学生将接受测试；分析将使用分层线性建模。教师将在研讨会之前和之后接受药理学知识测试，并在一年后再次进行测试。7)在A-PEP网站上发布成绩和课程。将生物、化学和数学应用到酒精使用中，应该会激发人们对这些科学在“日常生活”中的重要性的思考，并帮助学生了解酒精实际上是如何起作用的，以及如何影响他们的身体。在我们以前学习的基础上，学生们也学得更好了。