Transforming STEM Learning in Urban Schools Using the SSMV Model

使用 SSMV 模型转变城市学校的 STEM 学习

• 批准号: 8921421
• 负责人: VIRGINIA L SHEPHERD
• 金额: $ 13.45万
• 依托单位: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-07-12 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8921421
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the current proposal is to adapt the interdisciplinary research-based curriculum created at the School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt (SSMV) for implementation of a four-year program in three Metropolitan Nashville Public School (MNPS) high schools. The specific aims of the proposal are to adapt the on-campus (at Vanderbilt) model for implementation in three public high schools with different academic profiles (SSM Academies); to define the variables and features required to sustain the program and to replicate the model in any high school setting; and to define a strategy for disseminating the model to additional schools. Students entering 9th grade in a school in which an SSM Academy has been implemented will be encouraged to apply. Those who are accepted into the program will spend three hours every other day in two courses based on the adapted curriculum. As with the SSMV, rising seniors will have opportunities to enter Vanderbilt laboratories for summer research internships. Teachers from the high school will work with Center for Science Outreach scientists to adapt the SSMV curriculum for implementation. Ongoing, year-long teacher professional development will be conducted to ensure that the curriculum is dynamic and the teachers are well-prepared to engage and guide the students in the curriculum. The anticipated outcomes include enhanced student achievement as measured by GPA, and scores on ACT science reasoning and end of course tests; increased SSM student interest in careers in science; increased district-wide enrollment in SSM programs; increased graduation rates and postsecondary education enrollment by SSM students; development of unique curricular science units that can be adapted for a novel four-year interdisciplinary research- based curriculum; development of a sustainable model built on effective features of each SSM that can be exported to other high schools within and outside Nashville; enhanced community and family involvement in the SSM programs and school community in general; a strengthened partnership between Vanderbilt and MNPS that will serve as a national model of a successful university-K-12 collaboration to enhance science teaching and learning.

描述(由申请者提供)：当前提案的总体目标是调整范德比尔特科学与数学学院(SSMV)创建的跨学科研究型课程，以便在三所大都会纳什维尔公立学校(MNPs)实施四年制课程。该提案的具体目标是调整校内(范德比尔特)模式，以便在三所学术状况不同的公立高中(SSM学院)实施；定义维持该计划所需的变量和特点，并在任何高中环境中复制该模式；以及确定将该模式传播到更多学校的战略。 已实施SSM学院的学校将鼓励进入九年级的学生申请。那些被录取的人将根据调整后的课程，每隔一天花三个小时参加两门课程。与SSMV一样，初出茅庐的高年级学生将有机会进入范德比尔特实验室进行暑期研究实习。高中教师将与科学推广中心科学家合作，调整SSMV课程以实施。将进行持续一年的教师专业发展，以确保课程充满活力，教师做好充分准备，让学生参与并指导课程。 预期的结果包括：以GPA衡量的学生成绩提高，以及ACT科学推理和课程期末测试的分数；SSM学生对科学职业的兴趣增加；SSM方案的全区入学人数增加；SSM学生的毕业率和中学后教育入学率增加；开发独特的课程科学单元，能够适应以研究为基础的新的四年制课程；根据每种SSM的有效特征开发可持续模式，可以输出到纳什维尔内外的其他高中；加强社区和家庭对SSM方案和一般学校社区的参与；范德比尔特大学和MNPS之间加强的伙伴关系，将成为成功的大学--K-12合作的全国典范，以加强科学教学和学习。