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

描述(申请人提供)：2006年1月，Dolan DNA学习中心启动了SEPA第一阶段项目：癌症内幕，这是一个富媒体的互联网网站，研究癌症的分子遗传学基础。我们现在提出一个第二阶段项目，它将采用六个部分的战略来广泛传播该网站，并评估其作为高中生物和健康教育资源的使用情况。A)一个伙伴关系将在全国20个地点举办为期一天的讲习班，向800名中学科学教师传播该网站。这一具有成本效益的项目将专注于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)一个在线教师中心将允许教师根据癌症内部材料开发定制的多媒体课程。主要功能将是一个概念矩阵、课程交换和原子化器，它将使内容与教学标准相匹配，促进社区方法来制定教案，并提供一个可搜索的界面，包含3000多个多媒体内容“原子”。C)奖学金将允许三名带头教员与DNALC工作人员直接合作，开发教师中心和示范教学计划(DNALC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)年度审查将评估项目目标的忠诚度，并分析现场日志以检测使用模式。每年对1500名Inside Cancer用户进行的在线调查将评估教师、学生、科学和医疗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中的1,440名参与者进行纵向评估，以衡量教师如何使用Inside癌症和教师中心，以及他们的教学行为随着时间的推移发生了怎样的变化。F)一项对照研究将比较280名高中生的态度和学习效果--其中一半的学生在课堂上使用Inside癌症，另一半不使用。生物和健康课程将从反映美国人口种族和种族分布的单一学区中挑选出来。

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.