WEB ADVENTURES to teach about Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism

描述(由申请者提供)：通过以前的资助，已经创建了一个成功的教育模式，利用网络冒险向青少年传授滥用药物的知识。之前关于阿片类药物和俱乐部药物的网络冒险系列的标题是重建者(http://reconstructors.rice.edu).它已被现场测试并被证明具有重大的教育影响。还制作并测试了一个类似的系列，名为MEDMYST(http://medmyst.rice.edu)，)，重点是传染病。这两部电视剧都获得了全国的认可，并正在获得越来越多的用户。在这项提案中，同样的模式将被用来构建一个以酒精为重点的网络冒险系列。NIAAA的研究表明，酒精是青少年最有可能使用和滥用的物质。研究还表明，中学生和他们的科学老师都想更多地了解酒精对人体的影响，但事实并非如此 他们不太可能在酒精的影响上花费指导时间，除非它可以 与当前科学课程内容保持一致。网络冒险系列是一个有效的 有效地教授酒精知识，同时遵守规定的中学课程和 纳入国家科学标准。它还为科学教师提供了一个项目，以 补充其学校正在进行的预防工作。关于酒精滥用和酒精中毒的网络冒险教学有四个主要目标：1)增加学生关于酒精的生物影响的科学知识；2)加强国家科学标准和2010年和2010年健康人的目标；3)通过形成性和终结性评估从参与网络冒险的特定教室收集反馈，以确定其效果；以及4)通过积极的传播和出版物，鼓励广泛使用网络冒险作为科学教育和预防毒品的资源。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Through previous grants, a successful educational model using web adventures to teach adolescents about drugs of abuse has been created. The title of the prior web adventure series on OPIOIDS and CLUB DRUGS is THE RECONSTRUCTORS (http://reconstructors.rice.edu). It has been field tested and proven to have significant educational impact. A similar series, titled MEDMYST (http://medmyst.rice.edu), that focuses on infectious diseases was also produced and tested. Both series have earned national recognition and are increasingly gaining users. In this proposal, the same model will be used to construct a web adventure series focused on ALCOHOL. NIAAA research indicates the prominence of alcohol as the substance adolescents are most likely to use and abuse. Research also indicates that both middle school students and their science teachers want to know more about the impact of alcohol on the human body, but it is unlikely that they will spend instructional time on the impacts of alcohol, unless it can be closely aligned with current science curriculum content. The web adventure series is an effective and efficient way to teach about alcohol, while adhering to the prescribed middle school curriculum and incorporating the National Science Standards. It also provides science teachers with a program to complement the prevention efforts underway in their schools. Web Adventures to Teach about Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has four primary goals: 1) Increase students' science knowledge about the biological effects of alcohol; 2) Reinforce the National Science Standards and the Goals of Healthy People 2OOO and 2010; 3) Gather feedback through formative and summative evaluations from specific classrooms who participate in web adventures to determine their efficacy; and 4) Encourage widespread use of web adventures as a resource for science education and drug prevention through aggressive dissemination and publications.