Extended Physics Community: Modeling and Web-based Professional Development Program

9911848 MEISNER该项目由北卡罗来纳大学格林斯伯勒分校赞助，将开展一个项目，向北卡罗来纳州的教师传授亚利桑那州立大学Hestenes等人开创的建模方法。该机构与邻近的州立大学(阿巴拉契亚州立大学和北卡罗来纳州A&A；T)、北卡罗来纳州公共教学部和当地学区建立了合作关系。该项目将向物理教师、物理科学教师和技术教师传授建模方法。共有356名教师将参加建模研讨会，每位教师将参加该项目两个暑期。在暑期讲习班期间接受培训的一组大师教师将在他们的课堂上实施建模方法，并将在专门为该项目开发的网上资源的帮助下，帮助同行教师也在他们的课堂上实施建模方法。在为教师开发现场方案的同时，将开发一个在线资源，供国家一级的教师使用。这个互动网站将成为全国教师“随时随地”的信息来源，也将为那些满足适当要求的教师提供研究生学分。该网站将演示Hestenes的建模方法，并向教师演示如何通过学生对简单物理原理的误解来感动他们。据估计，150名教师将利用学分选项。配套资金占NSF奖金的27%。

9911848MEISNERThis project, sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will carry out a project to teach teachers in North Carolina the modeling method pioneered by Hestenes et al at Arizona State University. The institution has created a collaboration with neighboring state institutions (Appalachian State University and North Carolina A&T), the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and local school districts. The program will teach the modeling method to physics teachers, physical science teachers and technology teachers. Altogether 356 teachers will be involved in modeling workshops and each teacher will be in the project for two summers. A group of Master Teachers, trained during in the summer workshops, will be expected to implement the modeling method in their classrooms and, with the help of the resources on the web specifically developed for the project, will help peer teachers also implement the modeling method in their classrooms. At the same time as the development of the on-site program for teachers, an on-line resource will be developed which will be available to teachers at the national level. This interactive web-site will be an "anytime, anywhere" source of information for teachers throughout the country and will also be available to provide graduate credit for those teachers who fulfill appropriate requirements. This site will demonstrate the modeling approach of Hestenes and demonstrate to teachers how to move students through their misconceptions of simple physics principles. It is estimated that 150 teachers will take advantage of the credit option. Matching funds amount to 27% of the NSF award.