Forensic Web Adventures to Teach about Prescription Drug Abuse

描述（由申请人提供）：莱斯大学教学技术中心，在哥伦比亚广播公司消费品部和内容专家的支持下，将创建两个新的基于网络的法医“案件”处理处方药滥用。拟议的研究涉及NIDA的科学教育重点，即“扩大科学信息的使用，教育公众了解药物滥用和成瘾的真实的本质”。“这也符合“教育创新”运动，促进使用流行媒体，以提高对STEM职业的兴趣。为了方便课堂使用在线材料，并吸引更多的公众，内容将与中学科学课程。最近的一项全国性现场测试显示，玩现有的CSI网络冒险（forensics.rice.edu）可以增加科学知识，促进科学自我认同，并激励玩家考虑STEM职业。因此，新的NIDA资助的网络冒险将是一个强大的工具，教育青少年有关的科学与处方药滥用。CSI-NIDA：教导预防药物滥用的法医网络冒险有四个主要目标：1。创建两个基于网络的案例（CSI-NIDA WEB ADVENTURES），通过直接纳入符合国家科学标准的内容，增加中学生对处方药滥用生物学效应的科学知识。2.模拟科学过程技能，描绘各种各样的科学职业，以增加科学自我认同，并增加从事STEM职业的动力。3.根据严格的实地测试结果评估和修改两个新的CSI-NIDA网络冒险，并在同行评审期刊和会议/专业会议上发表结果。4.鼓励广泛使用CSI-NIDA网络冒险，通过积极传播与其他相关的教育网站/社交媒体，并通过监测网络流量反馈。 公共卫生相关性：该项目将通过制作两个以中学生为对象的网上冒险活动和处理滥用处方药问题来实现国家药物开发署的目标。其目标是教授药物滥用背后的科学，同时通过在法医调查的背景下让玩家接触虚拟学徒来激励STEM职业。大部分内容将致力于神经科学和处方药对其他人体系统的影响的主题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Rice University Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning, with the support of CBS Consumer Products Division and content experts, will create two new web-based forensic "cases" dealing with prescription drug abuse. The proposed research addresses the science education focus of NIDA to "expand the use of scientific information to educate the public about the real nature of drug abuse and addiction." It is also in-line with the "educate to innovate" campaign promoting the use of popular media to heighten interest in STEM careers. To facilitate classroom use of the online materials and to appeal to the larger public, the content will be aligned with middle school science curriculum. A recent nationwide field test revealed that playing the existing CSI WEB ADVENTURES (forensics.rice.edu) increases science knowledge promotes science self-identity and motivates players to consider STEM careers. Thus, the new NIDA-funded web adventures will be a powerful tool to educate adolescents about the science associated with prescription drug abuse. CSI-NIDA: FORENSIC WEB ADVENTURES TO TEACH ABOUT PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE has four primary goals: 1. Create two web-based cases (CSI-NIDA WEB ADVENTURES) that will increase middle school students' science knowledge about the biological effects of prescription drug abuse by directly incorporating content aligned with the National Science Standards. 2. Model science process skills and portray a wide variety of science careers to increase science self-identity and to increase motivation to engage in STEM careers. 3. Evaluate and modify the two new CSI-NIDA WEB ADVENTURES based upon the results of rigorous field tests and publish the results in peer-reviewed journals and at conferences/professional meetings. 4. Encourage widespread use of the CSI-NIDA WEB ADVENTURES through aggressive dissemination in conjunction other related educational websites/social media and by monitoring of the web traffic feedback. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This project will address the goals of NIDA through the production of two online web adventures targeting middle school students and dealing with the abuse of prescription drugs. The objectives are to teach the science behind drug abuse and, simultaneously, inspire STEM careers by exposing players to virtual apprenticeships within the context of a forensic investigation. Much of the content will be devoted to topics in neuroscience and the effects of prescription drugs on other human body systems.