WEB ADVENTURES to teach about Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism

描述（由申请人提供）：通过以前的资助，一个成功的教育模式，利用网络冒险教育青少年滥用药物。之前关于阿片类药物和俱乐部毒品的网络冒险系列的标题是The RECONSTRUCTORS （http://reconstructors.rice.edu）。它已经过实地测试，并证明具有显著的教育影响。还制作并测试了一个类似的系列，名为“MEDMYST”（http://medmyst.rice.edu），重点关注传染病。这两个系列都赢得了全国的认可，并越来越多地获得用户。在这个提议中，同样的模型将被用于构建一个专注于酒精的网络冒险系列。NIAAA的研究表明，酒精是青少年最容易使用和滥用的物质。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

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.