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: 8894631
• 负责人: VIRGINIA L SHEPHERD
• 金额: $ 23.02万
• 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/8894631
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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（由申请人提供）：当前提案的总体目标是适应范德比尔特科学与数学学院（SSMV）创建的跨学科研究型课程，在三所纳什维尔大都会公立学校（MNPS）高中实施为期四年的课程。该提案的具体目的是适应校园（范德比尔特）模式，在三所具有不同学术概况的公立高中（SSM学院）实施；定义维持项目所需的变量和特征，并在任何高中环境中复制该模型；并制定一项策略，将这种模式推广到其他学校。