Professional Development and the Use of Computer-based Manipulatives for Science Teaching

摘要：该项目与200名教师合作，在两年的时间里开发了一个脚本工具，教师可以将其与以前由NSF资助的产品GenScope结合使用。参与的教师来自波士顿公立学校和17个邻近地区。在第一年，该项目探索教师如何使用脚本，以及哪些参数可以使脚本工具对他们最有用。第二年，一个完整的原型被老师测试。为教师提供工作坊、课堂辅导和网络支持服务。通过这个项目，他们可以创建自己的基于计算机的活动，与GenScope一起运行。成本分担为1%。

9619324 Horwitz Summary: The project works with 200 teachers over two years to develop a scripting tool that teachers could use in conjunction with a previously NSF funded product, GenScope. Participating teachers are drawn from Boston Public Schools and the seventeen neighboring districts. In the first year, the project explores how teachers can use scripts and what parameters would make a scripting tool most useful for them. In the second year, a full prototype is tested with the teachers. Teachers are offered workshops, in-class assistance, and internetworked support services. Through this project they can create their own computer-based activities running in conjunction with GenScope. Cost sharing is 1%.