Nationwide Dissemination of Inside Cancer, a SEPA-Funded Internet Site for Teache

描述（由申请人提供）：2006年1月，多兰DNA学习中心启动了SEPA一期项目：Inside Cancer，这是一个媒体丰富的网站，研究癌症的分子遗传学基础。我们现在提出一个第二期项目，该项目将采用一项由六部分组成的战略，广泛传播该网站，并评估其作为高中生物和健康教育资源的用途。a)伙伴关系将在全国20个地点举行的为期一天的讲习班上向800名中学科学教师宣传该地点。这个具有成本效益的项目将重点关注关键概念和相关教学标准，并为开展第二轮培训和评估活动提供专门的基地。b)在线教师中心将允许教师根据Inside Cancer材料开发定制的多媒体课程。主要功能将是概念矩阵、课程交换和Atomizer，它将使内容与教学标准相匹配，促进社区方法来制定课程计划，并提供一个包含3000多个多媒体内容“原子”的可搜索界面。c)奖学金将允许三名主要教师直接与dalc工作人员合作开发教师中心和模型课程计划（dalc研究员）。80名讲习班校友将担任区域研究员，并获得津贴，以开展第二轮培训活动，增加640名教师。d)年度审查将评估对项目目标的忠实程度，并分析现场日志以发现使用模式。一项每年对1500名Inside Cancer用户进行的在线调查将评估教师、学生、科学和医学专业人员以及普通公众在网站使用方面的差异。e)对研讨会和第二轮活动的1440名参与者进行纵向评估，以衡量教师如何使用Inside Cancer和Teacher Center，以及他们的教学行为如何随时间变化。f)一项对照研究将比较280名高中生的态度和学习效果，其中一半在课堂上使用Inside Cancer，一半不使用。生物和健康课程将从反映美国人口族裔和种族分布的单一学区中选择。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In January 2006, the Dolan DNA Learning Center launched its SEPA Phase I project: Inside Cancer, a media-rich internet site that examines the molecular genetic basis of cancer. We now propose a Phase II Project, which will employ a six-part strategy to broadly disseminate the site and evaluate its use as a resource in high school biology and health education. a) A partnership will disseminate the site to 800 secondary science teachers at one-day workshop held at 20 sites nationwide. This cost-effective program will focus on key concepts and relevant teaching standards, and also provide a dedicated base for conducting second-round training and evaluation activities. b) An online Teacher Center will allow teachers to develop custom multimedia lessons based on Inside Cancer materials. Key features will be a Concept Matrix, Lesson Exchange, and Atomizer, which will match content with teaching standards, facilitate a community approach to lesson plan development, and provide a searchable interface of over 3,000 multimedia content "atoms." c) Fellowships will allow three lead faculty to work directly with DNALC staff to develop the Teacher Center and model lesson plans (DNALC Fellows). Eighty workshop alumni will serve as Regional Fellows and receive stipends to conduct second-round training activities reaching 640 additional teachers. d) An annual review will assess fidelity to project objectives and analyze site logs to detect patterns of use. An online survey of 1,500 Inside Cancer users annually will assess differences in site use among teachers, students, science and medical professionals, and the general public. e) A longitudinal evaluation of 1,440 participants in workshops and second-round activities will gauge how teachers use Inside Cancer and the Teacher Center, and how their teaching behavior changes over time. f) A controlled study will compare attitudinal and learning effects among 280 high school students - half of whom use Inside Cancer in their classes and half who don't. Biology and health classes will be selected from a single school district that reflects the ethnic and racial distribution of the U.S. population.