Modeling Instruction in High School Physics

小行星9353423 这一国家级领导项目将直接为168名物理教师服务。 该项目是基于物理教学的新范式，建模方法。 在第一阶段，两个为期6周的暑期讲习班将招收24名物理教师。 第二年夏天，所有教师返回另一个为期6周的讲习班。 这48名教师中将有10名被选为第二阶段的工作坊负责人。 在第二阶段，从第三个夏天开始，五个为期五周的研讨会将由来自十个研讨会领导人的两人小组进行。 每个学校将招收24名物理教师。 第二波教师将于次年夏天参加第二次为期5周的研讨会。 从这120名教师中，将选出50名作为新的讲习班领导人。 在第三阶段，60名研讨会负责人将分别为24名物理教师举办为期6周的研讨会，涵盖整个课程，使用建模方法。 参与者必须在参加夏季研讨会后教授至少一节物理学，以便他们可以在下一学年的课堂上使用建模方法。 第一阶段的研讨会在亚利桑那州立大学和芝加哥举行。 在第一阶段和第二阶段，参与者可以获得研究生学分。 费用分摊相当于NSF奖励的120%。 ***

9353423 Hestenes This national leadership project will directly serve 168 physics teachers. The project is based on a new paradigm for physics instruction, the Modeling Method. In Phase I, each of two 6-week summer workshops will enroll 24 physics teachers. The following summer all teachers return for another 6-week workshop. Ten of these 48 teachers will be selected as Workshop Leaders for Phase II. In Phase II, beginning in the third summer, five 5-week workshops will be conducted by two person teams from the ten Workshop Leaders. Each will enroll 24 physics teachers. This second wave of teachers will attend a second 5-week workshop the following summer. From these 120 teachers 50 will be selected as new Workshop Leaders. In Phase III, the 60 Workshop Leaders will each conduct a 6-week workshop for 24 physics teachers covering the entire curriculum, using the modeling method. Participants must teach at least one section of physics following their participation in the summer workshops so they can use the modeling method in their classroom the following academic year. The workshops in Phase I are at Arizona State University and Chicago. In both Phase I and Phase II participants can earn graduate credits. Cost sharing equals 120% of the NSF award. ***