MedMyst III: Infectious Diseases Materials for Middle School Students

MedMyst III：中学生传染病教材

• 批准号: 7910644
• 负责人: Leslie M Miller
• 金额: $ 22.08万
• 依托单位: RICE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-04-01 至 2012-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7910644
• 关键词: American Association for the Advancement of Science; Benchmarking; Biological Sciences; Charge; Collaborations; Communicable Diseases; Data; Development; Disease; Educational Curriculum; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Emerging Communicable Diseases; Ensure; Environment; Etiology; Funding; Goals; Grant; Hand; Health Professional; Historical Aspects; Indium; Internet; Journals; Knowledge; Learning; Link; Medical; Microbe; Mission; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease; National Research Council; Online Systems; Parents; Phase; Population; Problem Solving; Process; Publications; Publishing; Research; Research Personnel; Schedule; School Teachers; Science; Scientist; Series; Students; Testing; Texas; Training; Translating; Universities; Work; biodefense; career; design; efficacy evaluation; improved; innovation; literacy; meetings; member; middle school; multidisciplinary; next generation; prevent; science education; skills; success; teacher; tool; web site

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): MedMyst III will create web-based games to effectively engage middle school students in science and present current NIAID-funded research on infectious diseases. The excitement of doing science and the variety of science career opportunities will be key elements in the adventure games. The content will be aligned to the National Science Standards (National Research Council, 1996) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science Benchmarks for Science Literacy (AAAS, 1993) enabling middle school teachers to easily incorporate the games and the accompanying hands-on activities into existing science curriculum. The primary goals are to: 1) Translate current scientific research about emerging diseases through an innovative game format that emphasizes the "discovery to control continuum"; 2) Include relevant historical aspects regarding the etiologies of selected infectious diseases; 3) Improve students' science content knowledge and critical-thinking/problem solving skills; 4) Attract students with diverse backgrounds and abilities to the biological sciences. 5) Widely disseminate MedMyst materials through workshops and publications. The materials will be tested in several design phases to ensure a positive impact on learning, with a comprehensive field test conducted among a broad student population scheduled during the final year. A teacher training component is a strategic part of the dissemination plan.

描述（由申请人提供）：MedMyst III将创建基于网络的游戏，有效地吸引中学生参与科学，并展示当前niaid资助的传染病研究。做科学的兴奋和各种科学职业机会将是冒险游戏的关键元素。内容将与国家科学标准（国家研究委员会，1996年）和美国科学促进会保持一致