In-school Internships for Students and Teachers in Under-Served Schools

为服务不足的学校的学生和教师提供校内实习

• 批准号: 8496339
• 负责人: Debra Lynn Yourick
• 金额: $ 24.25万
• 依托单位: WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-05-15 至 2019-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8496339
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This SEPA application from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research seeks to create and implement 20 novel hands-on, inquiry-centered activities, specifically aligned with the curricular indicators, in a General Biology course in higly disadvantaged high schools, beginning with Northwestern High School, in Prince George's County, Maryland. The biology modules will be taught by near-peer mentors, well-trained college students, to comprehensive general biology students, those deemed unprepared in terms of college preparation in math and science, from mostly under-represented groups in scientific professions. The proposed program outlined in this application seeks to perform efficacy evaluations through attitude surveys and specific task- based assessments, of this in-classroom intervention. The hands-on activities and near-peer mentor training materials will be available on a Wiki further developed through this project. Moreover, many of these inquiry-based activities will utilize available apps on smart phones for their classroom implementation. The hypothesis is that near-peer mentors - well-trained, often minority college students in biology and biomedical programs at area colleges and universities or recently graduated from them - can improve the attitudes and concept learning of students in a 10th grade general biology course in Maryland. This study will also evaluate high school assessments from this cohort of students from this high school with a paired, demographically matched high school in Prince George's County. Dissemination of the materials and program will be accomplished in the paired school where intervention did not occur, but in a subsequent year of 10th grade General Biology students. Additional schools will be involved in dissemination in Prince George's County Public Schools. The Specific Aims are as follows: * To provide in-school, in-classroom internships for general biology students through weekly investigations/mentoring provided by college interns (termed near-peer mentors). o Approximately 20 original inquiry investigations will be developed to reflect authentic research and provide students with practical applications. ? The investigations will reinforce the six expectations or concepts of biology required by Maryland's High School Assessments. o Proposed Curriculum for this Proposal: Serial Dilutions, Molarity and Normality; Bacteriophages; Eubacteria; Fungi; Tetrahymena - Eukaryotes; Robotics in Biomedicine * To provide underserved students in selected Prince George's County high schools with opportunities to practice science through learning fundamental laboratory skills and doing investigations with scientific methodology that encourage thoughtful analysis of their data and critical reflection on its meaning. o The laboratory skills become increasingly complex to parallel students growing conceptual understanding from the investigations with growing technical abilities. o Smart phones and tablets with scientific apps will be used during experimentation. * To support undergraduates and recent post-baccalaureates (near-peer mentors) in a joint research and education internship. o Near-peer mentors mature in technical skills, laboratory management abilities, and research design proficiencies while simultaneously mentoring secondary students and improving their own oral and written communication skills. o A Wiki resource will be created/augmented as a resource for these activities. * To give classroom teachers the opportunity to learn innovative strategies for uniting scientific concepts with laboratory investigations and their accompanying process and skills. o The Wiki resource site with all available activities created under this project will be available to teachers.

描述（由申请人提供）：沃尔特·里德陆军研究所的这份 SEPA 申请旨在从马里兰州乔治王子县的西北高中开始，在高度贫困高中的普通生物学课程中创建和实施 20 项新颖的实践型、以探究为中心的活动，这些活动与课程指标特别一致。生物学模块将由近同龄导师、训练有素的大学生向综合性普通生物学学生教授，这些学生被认为在数学和科学方面没有为大学准备做好准备，他们大多来自科学专业中代表性不足的群体。本申请中概述的拟议计划旨在通过态度调查和基于特定任务的评估对课堂干预进行功效评估。实践活动和近同伴导师培训材料将在通过该项目进一步开发的 Wiki 上提供。此外，许多基于探究的活动将利用智能手机上的可用应用程序在课堂上实施。 假设是，近同伴导师——训练有素、通常是地区学院和大学生物学和生物医学项目的少数族裔大学生或刚从这些项目毕业的学生——可以改善马里兰州十年级普通生物学课程学生的态度和概念学习。这项研究还将评估这所高中与乔治王子县人口匹配的配对高中的这批学生的高中评估。材料和计划的传播将在未进行干预的配对学校中完成，但在随后一年的十年级普通生物学学生中完成。其他学校将参与乔治王子县公立学校的传播工作。 具体目标如下： * 通过大学实习生（称为近等导师）提供的每周调查/指导，为普通生物学学生提供校内、课堂实习。 o 将开展大约 20 项原创探究调查，以反映真实的研究并为学生提供实际应用。 ？ 这些调查将强化马里兰州高中评估所要求的六个生物学期望或概念。 o 本提案的拟议课程：系列稀释、摩尔浓度和常态； 噬菌体；真细菌；真菌；四膜虫 - 真核生物；生物医学机器人技术 * 为选定的乔治王子县高中的服务不足的学生提供通过学习基本实验室技能和使用科学方法进行调查来实践科学的机会，鼓励对数据进行深思熟虑的分析并对其含义进行批判性反思。 o 实验室技能变得越来越复杂，以配合学生从调查中不断增长的概念理解和不断增长的技术能力。 o 实验期间将使用带有科学应用程序的智能手机和平板电脑。 * 支持本科生和新近获得学士学位的学生（近同龄导师）进行联合研究和教育实习。 o 近同龄导师在技术技能、实验室管理能力和研究设计能力方面成熟，同时指导中学生并提高他们自己的口头和书面沟通技巧。 o 将创建/增强 Wiki 资源作为这些活动的资源。 * 让课堂教师有机会学习将科学概念与实验室研究及其相关过程和技能相结合的创新策略。 o 教师可以使用包含本项目下创建的所有可用活动的 Wiki 资源站点。