Making Sense of Global Warming and Climate Change: Model of Student Learning via Collaborative Research

这项提议的重点是关于一个重要问题的教和学：全球变暖和气候变化。该项目旨在开发一个中学生如何学习这些复杂问题的模式，以及一个学生学习的教与学的模式。该项目有四个方面：(A)收集7年级和8年级学生对全球变暖和相关概念的理解的基线数据；利用这些数据构建学生学习的初始模型和教师对学生学习的理解的初始模型。(B)收集与合作行动研究计划有关的课堂教学和评估学生学习情况的数据。重点将放在科学教师正在学习什么以及如何在为学生理解全球变暖奠定基础的主题之间建立连贯性方面。将利用内部和外部评估员在每个教学周期内进行的两次形成性评估，为随后的数据收集过程提供信息。(C)将对1-4学年收集的学生和教师数据进行分析，并制定学生学习模式。此时还将对协作行动研究项目进行分析，并制定后续周期的目标。(D)探索资源，特别是由国家科学基金会资助的课程项目开发的资源，以支持和加强教师知识和课堂教学。

This proposal focuses on teaching and learning concerning an important issue: global warming and climate change. The project seeks to develop a model of how middle school students learn about these complex issues, and a model of ?teaching learning of student learning.? The project has four facets: (a) Collection of baseline data on student understanding of global warming and related concepts in Grades 7 and 8; use of this data to construct an initial model of student learning and an initial model of teacher understanding of student learning. (b) Collection of data on classroom instruction and assessment of student learning relative to collaborative action research plans. Emphasis will be placed on what and how the science teachers are learning with regard to establishing coherence among the topics that ground student understanding of global warming. Formative assessment by both internal and external evaluators twice during each instructional cycle will be used to inform the subsequent data collection process. (c) Analysis of student and teacher data collected during the school year during Years 1-4 and development of a model of student learning will be conducted. Analysis of collaborative action research projects and development of the goals for the subsequent cycles will also be conducted at this time. (d) Explore resources, particularly the ones developed by NSF-funded curriculum projects to support and enhance teacher knowledge and classroom instruction will be conducted.