Teachers as Research Partners: Testing A Problem-Solving Curriculum Model that Integrates Mathematics and Science

该提案旨在通过在大学教育研究人员和中学课堂科学教师之间建立合作伙伴关系，架起教育研究和课堂实践的桥梁。预期结果包括(a)提高德克萨斯州中学科学教师的专业知识和专业精神，以及(b)为开发和综合数学和科学问题解决课程提供一个实地测试的模型。该项目有三个主要目标：(1)规划、设计、执行和评估一个项目，以发展和提高教师的科学教学能力；(2)设计、实地测试和修改中学问题解决课程开发模型的原型；(3)评估该模型在回答与科学教与学有关的研究性问题方面的有效性。德克萨斯州的教师将在两个层面上参与。根据他们在数学、科学和计算机领域的专业知识专门挑选的三位大师教师将合作执行项目的各个方面，包括对其他教师的研讨会教学和与大学研究人员的合作研究；以及从德克萨斯州的一批教师中选出的30名试点教师，他们将接受指导，编写和实地测试原型，并协助项目的研究活动。该项目的重要之处在于，它提供了一种在良好科学教学背景下解释研究数据及其认知价值的机制。费用分摊相当于NSF奖金的2.0%。

This proposal seeks to bridge educational research and classroom practice through the establishment of collaborative partnerships among university educational researchers and practicing middle school classroom science teachers. Expected results include (a) enhancing the expertise and professionalism of middle school science teachers in the state of Texas, and (b) producing a field- tested model for the development and integrated mathematics and science problem-solving curricula. There are three major objectives of the project: (1) to plan, design, execute, and evaluate a project that develops and enhances teachers' abilities to teach science; (2) to design, filed test and revise a prototype of a model for the development of middle school problem-solving curricula; and (3) to evaluate the model's effectiveness in answering research questions that pertain to the teaching and learning of science. Texas teachers will be involved at two levels. Three master teachers specifically chosen because of their areas of expertise in mathematics, science, and computers, will collaboratively execute all aspects of the project, including workshop teaching to other teachers and collaborative research with university researchers; and 30 pilot teachers, chosen from a pool of teachers throughout the state of Texas, who will receive instruction, write and field test the prototype, and assist in the research activities of the project. The significant of the project is that it provides a mechanism for interpreting research data and their cognitive worth within the context of good science teaching. Cost sharing is equivalent to 2.0% of the NSF award.