A Digital Library for Middle Schools: Supporting Authentic Science Investigations

索洛威95-54205中年数字图书馆将是密歇根大学数字图书馆的延伸，密歇根大学数字图书馆是美国国家科学基金会/美国国家航空航天局/美国国家航空航天局资助的项目。从传统的书籍、杂志和期刊，到数据集、科学仪器、基于计算机的研究工具，以及与同行和导师的合作，多年来将通过因特网随时提供广泛的信息资源。此外，MYDL将提供工具来支持学生发布他们的研究结果，并提供工具来支持教师与其他教师的合作。为确保可访问性，将使用以学习者为中心的设计方法开发MYDL界面。多年来，多边数据中心首次通过一个可访问的界面，将大量不同的资源“集中在一个地方”。多年发展也是一项补充的、全面的行动计划，以维持创新。技术本身是不够的。要保持创新，需要大量的资源和足智多谋。我们建议与参与学校合作：(1)通过综合利用多年来学习的探究性项目来开发、部署和重新设计示范课程；(2)将支持基于探究的科学学习的教学实践融入课堂；(3)与教师合作，将他们的态度、信念和实践从更传统的教学方法转变为更以研究为基础的教学方法；以及(4)持续评估多年来学习及其对教与学的影响。密歇根大学科学教育合作实验室在创造蓬勃发展的、以技术为基础的教育创新方面拥有丰富的经验。我们将利用这些经验来建设中年数字图书馆。我们将扩展UMDL，因此，只需要增量支持就可以为中学生量身定做MYDL，并增加包含的“集合”的种类。多年来的数字图书馆将清楚地展示电子图书馆的可行性，以及这种图书馆将在多大程度上发挥举足轻重的作用，为学校提供改变的机会，并为学生和教师提供培养实际科学素养的机会。

Soloway 95-54205 The Middle Years Digital Library (MYDL) will be an extension of the University of Michigan's Digital Library (UMDL), an NSF/NASA/ARPA funded project. MYDL, via the Internet, will provide ready access to a broad range of information resources, from traditional books, magazines, and journals, to data sets, scientific instruments, computer-based research tools, and collaboration with peers and mentors. In addition, MYDL will feature tools to support students publishing their findings and tools to support teachers collaborating with fellow teachers. To insure accessibility, MYDL interfaces will be developed using Learner-Centered Design methodology. MYDL brings together, for the first time, a critical mass of diverse resource "in one place" with an accessible interface. MYDL is also a complementary, comprehensive plan of action to sustain innovation. Technology per se is not enough. To sustain innovation requires considerable resources and resourcefulness. We propose working with participating schools to: (1) develop, deploy, and redesign model curriculum through investigatory projects that make integral use of the MYDL, (2) integrate into the classroom instructional practices that support investigation-based science learning (3) work with teachers to change their attitudes, beliefs, and practices from a more traditional didactic pedagogy to a more investigatory-based pedagogy, and (4) evaluate, on an ongoing basis MYDL and its impact on teaching and learning. The UM Collaboratory for Science Education has significant experience in creating thriving, technology-based education innovations. We will leverage these experiences to build the Middle Years Digital Library. We will extend UMDL, thus, only incremental support is needed to tailor MYDL to middle-school students and increase the kinds of "collections" that are included. MYDL will provide a clear demonstration of the viability of electronic libraries and the extent to which such libraries will play a pivota l role in affording schools the opportunity to change and offer students and teachers the opportunity to develop a working science literacy.