Increasing the Availability of Materials for the Professional Development of Science and Mathematics Teachers

9619139作为教师提升计划的一部分，国家科学基金会支持教材的开发，以提高K-12科学、数学和技术教育教师的教学知识和教学技能。基金会还支持编写旨在支持实施高质量教学材料的材料。该项目旨在识别、评估这些材料，并使其更便于开发人员社区使用。具体活动将涉及以下内容：*寻找现有的教师培训材料，包括但不限于在国家科学基金会的支持下开发的材料；*描述和批评这些材料；*创建现有材料的数据库，可根据目标职级范围、学科内容和媒介(如录像带)等特征进行搜索；*为优质材料开发和实地测试传播机制；*描述这一领域的差距，以协助资助者和私人投资机构将未来的发展努力瞄准最需要的领域。该项目由Horizon Research，Inc.总裁Iris Weiss博士指导；合作者包括俄亥俄州迈阿密大学的Anne Butler Kahle博士、纽约州立大学奥尔巴尼分校的Audrey Chample博士和北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的Susan Friel博士，他们各自监督一批硕士教师、研究生和大学教职员工审查教师提升材料。伙伴组织包括美国科学促进会、美国地质研究所、国家科学监督委员会、国家研究委员会、国家科学教师协会和全国数学教师委员会。

9619139 Weiss As part of its teacher enhancement program, NSF has supported the development of materials to improve the content knowledge and pedagogical skills of K-12 science, mathematics, and technology education teachers. The Foundation has also supported the development of materials designed to support the implementation of high quality instructional materials. This project is designed to identify those materials, evaluate them, and make them more available to the community of staff developers. The specific activities will involve the following: * Searching for existing teacher enhancement materials, including, but not limited to, those developed with NSF support; * Describing and critiquing these materials; * Creating a data base of available materials, searchable by such characteristics as target grade level range, disciplinary content, and medium (e.g., videotapes); * Developing and field-testing dissemination mechanisms such as CD-ROMs or Web sites for the quality materials; * Describing the gaps in the landscape to assist funders and PIs in targeting future development efforts to areas of greatest need. The project is being directed by Dr. Iris Weiss, President of Horizon Research, Inc.; collaborators include Dr. Anne Butler Kahle of Miami University of Ohio; Dr. Audrey Champagne of State University of New York at Albany; and Dr. Susan Friel of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, each supervising a cadre of master teachers, graduate students, and university faculty in reviewing teacher enhancement materials. Partner organizations include the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Geological Institute, the Council of State Science Supervisors, the National Research Council, the National Science Teachers Association, and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.