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: 8848155
• 负责人: Debra Lynn Yourick
• 金额: $ 23.77万
• 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/8848155
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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（Walter Reed）陆军研究所的SEPA申请旨在创建和实施20种新颖的动手动手，以询问为中心的活动，特别与课程指标相一致，这是在乔治乔治王子乔治县玛丽兰县的西北高中的一般劣势的高中一般生物学课程中。生物学模块将由近战指导者，训练有素的大学生教授全面的一般生物学学生，这些学生被认为在数学和科学的大学准备方面没有准备好，这是科学专业中大多数人代表性不足的群体。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来对这种课堂内干预进行疗效评估。通过该项目进一步开发的Wiki，将提供动手活动和近乎同事的导师培训材料。此外，许多基于查询的活动将利用智能手机上的可用应用程序进行课堂实施。 假设是，近期的指导者 - 训练有素的，通常是少数族裔大学的学生在地区大学和大学的生物学和生物医学课程或最近毕业的生物医学课程 - 可以改善马里兰州10年级一般生物学课程中学生的态度和概念学习。这项研究还将评估来自这所高中的这一学生的高中评估，并在乔治王子县的配对，人口统计学上匹配的高中。材料和计划的传播将在没有进行干预的配对学校中完成，而是在10年级一年级的一般生物学学生的一年中完成。其他学校将参与乔治王子县公立学校的传播。 具体目的如下： *通过大学实习生提供的每周调查/指导（称为近对指导者），为普通生物学学生提供课堂内实习。 o将开发大约20次原始调查调查，以反映真实的研究并为学生提供实际应用。 ？ 调查将加强马里兰州高中评估所需的六个期望或生物学的概念。 o该建议的拟议课程：连续稀释，摩尔度和正常性； 噬菌体； Eubacteria;真菌；四膜虫 - 真核生物；生物医学中的机器人技术 *为乔治王子县高中选定的学生提供服务不足的学生，通过学习基本的实验室技能并使用科学方法进行调查，从而鼓励对其数据进行周到的分析和对其含义的批判性反思，从而有机会实践科学。 o实验室技能变得越来越复杂，可以使学生从技术能力增长的研究中增加概念性理解。 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。 *在联合研究和教育实习中，支持本科生和最近的学士后（接近人）。 o技术技能，实验室管理能力和研究设计能力的成熟，同时指导二级学生并提高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。 *让课堂老师有机会学习创新策略，以将科学概念与实验室调查及其随附的过程和技能结合在一起。 o Wiki Resource网站具有该项目下创建的所有可用活动，将向教师使用。