Attitude Boost: A multimedia curriculum to improve attitudes toward science

态度提升：提高科学态度的多媒体课程

基本信息

批准号：
7665255
负责人：
KRISTEN D HOLTZ
金额：
$ 2.45万
依托单位：
KDH RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION, INC.
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2008
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2008-06-01 至 2010-02-28
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7665255
关键词：
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项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this Fast Track SBIR is to develop and evaluate a series of curriculum supplements, entitled Attitude Boost, which aims to improve students' positive attitudes toward science, with the goal, in turn, of improving scientific literacy and academic performance on science subjects, particularly those related to drug abuse education and prevention. Attitude Boost will be theoretically-based, standards-driven multimedia product that will include a student CD-ROM with at least five interactive self-paced modules on topics like the scientific method and its applicability to daily tasks and the work of scientists and its value to society. A teacher implementation guide will provide background information on the impact of attitudes on science performance and later outcomes, methods for implementing the curriculum supplement in the classroom, links between Attitude Boost and other science curricula, and approaches for assessing student outcomes. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has invested in the development of many public domain curricula on the science of drug abuse, particularly the Brain Power! series, in large measure because promoting science literacy is a core component of its mission. Indeed, individual science literacy is linked with healthy decision making about drug use and other health topics. It is also essential that the general public understands the effects of drugs on the brain and body in order to effectively address issues of abuse, addiction, and treatment in communities. Effective science education also promotes a new generation of productive researchers in science fields and U.S. competitiveness in research and development. Attitudes toward science have been found to be a strong predictor of achievement, but attitudes generally decline during late elementary school. Attitude Boost will link with NIDA's other science education curricula to improve student performance on these specifically, as well as science writ large. In Phase I, KDHRC will develop a prototype product and evaluate its effectiveness in changing student knowledge and improving attitudes. In Phase II, KDHRC will complete product development and conduct a controlled quasi-experimental evaluation to explore these research questions: 1) To what extent does completion of the Attitude Boost CD-ROM prior to participating in a science education curriculum result in better performance on that curriculum? 2) To what extent are there age, gender, ethnic/racial or other differences in responses to the Attitude Boost materials? KDHRC proposes a Fast Track because our project partners, advisory board, commercialization partners, and project procedures are in place, and there is an unmet need in the market for this product. Following product completion and evaluation, the Attitude Boost curriculum supplements will be marketed to schools nationwide. The results of the evaluation will be disseminated through the academic literature and practitioner-oriented briefs to add to knowledge about optimization of science attitudes and performance. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE It is critically important for people to be scientifically literate in order to make fully informed medical, political, economic, and social decisions concerning individual and societal welfare. Attitudes toward science generally begin to decline in late elementary school, and science performance and aptitude suffers in turn. Therefore, the objective of the Attitude Boost project is to develop easy-to-implement curriculum supplements to improve student attitudes toward science, thereby increasing scientific literacy.

描述（由申请人提供）：这一快速轨道SBIR的目的是开发和评估一系列课程补充，题为“态度Boost”，旨在提高学生对科学的积极态度，进而改善科学素养和对科学学科的科学素养和学术绩效，尤其是与药物滥用教育和预测有关的科学。态度提升将是基于标准驱动的多媒体产品，其中包括学生CD-ROM，其中至少具有五个互动性的自定进度模块，例如科学方法及其对日常任务以及科学家的工作及其对社会的价值的适用性。教师实施指南将提供有关态度对科学表现的影响的背景信息和后来的成果，在课堂上实施课程补充的方法，态度提升与其他科学课程之间的联系以及评估学生成果的方法。美国国家药物滥用研究所（NIDA）已经投资了许多有关药物滥用科学的公共领域课程，尤其是脑力！系列很大程度上是因为促进科学素养是其使命的核心组成部分。确实，个人科学素养与有关吸毒和其他健康主题的健康决策有关。公众必须了解药物对大脑和身体的影响，以便有效地解决社区中的虐待，成瘾和治疗问题。有效的科学教育还促进了科学领域的新一代生产研究人员和美国在研究和发展方面的竞争力。人们发现对科学的态度是成就的强大预测指标，但是在后期小学期间，态度通常下降。态度的提升将与NIDA的其他科学教育课程联系起来，以提高这些专门的学生表现以及科学书面。在第一阶段，KDHRC将开发原型产品，并评估其在改变学生知识和改善态度的有效性。在第二阶段，KDHRC将完成产品开发并进行受控的准实验评估以探讨这些研究问题：1）在参加科学教育课程之前，态度的完成在多大程度上会在多大程度上提高CD-ROM，从而在该课程上更好地表现了？ 2）年龄，性别，种族/种族或对态度的反应差异在多大程度上会增强材料？ KDHRC提出了一个快速的轨道，因为我们的项目合作伙伴，顾问委员会，商业化合作伙伴和项目程序已经存在，并且该产品的市场需求未满足。在产品完成和评估之后，态度增强了课程补充剂将在全国范围内销售。评估的结果将通过学术文献和以从业者为导向的简介来传播，以增加有关科学态度和表现优化的知识。公共卫生的相关性对于人们来说，在科学上识字是至关重要的，以便做出有关个人和社会福利的完全知情的医疗，政治，经济和社会决策。对科学的态度通常开始在后期的小学开始下降，科学表现和能力反过来又遭受了损害。因此，态度增强项目的目标是开发易于实现的课程补充剂，以提高学生对科学的态度，从而提高科学素养。