Evidence-based inquiry into the distant, remote, or past (EIDRoP): linking evidence to inference in the Kansas science classroom

GK-12项目摘要项目标题：“对遥远、遥远或过去的基于证据的调查(EIDRoP)：在堪萨斯州科学课堂上将证据与推理联系起来”调查人员：Carolyn J.Ferguson，Timothy Bolton，Srinivas Kambhampati，Iris Moreno Totten和N.Sanjay Rebello(堪萨斯州立大学)许多公众对科学的误解涉及对科学学科中接受的证据的类型以及科学家从证据到推理的方式的误解。理解可用数据如何提供有关无法直接体验或操纵的对象或事件的信息，对学生来说尤其具有挑战性。通过“对遥远、遥远或过去的循证调查(EIDRoP)”，堪萨斯州立大学(KSU)生物科学、地球科学和物理学方面的研究生将与Junction City High School的导师教师合作(475美元)，开发和教授针对特定学科和跨学科的课程，以回应国家科学标准的探究和科学的本质。职业发展活动包括夏季学院、研究员班和一年一度的Capstone会议。该计划的目标是：加强青年科学家作为有效沟通者和教育合作者的能力；通过灌输当代科学研究、对科学本质的综合强调、跨学科教学模块和提供科学家榜样来改善对9-12年级学生的科学教育；通过教师培训、与密歇根州立大学学生和教职员工的互动以及丰富课程内容，增加9-12年级教师的知识；加强与科罗拉多州立大学STEM系的伙伴关系；扩大KSU内部以及KSU和K-12教育之间的合作伙伴关系。EIDRoP将在加强(研究员、学生、教师和教职员工)教育方面产生广泛而广泛的影响，并将在大学科学系与K-12教育之间的互动方面推动科学教育的文化变革。

GK-12 project abstractProject title: "Evidence-based inquiry into the distant, remote, or past (EIDRoP): linking evidence to inference in the Kansas science classroom"Investigators: Carolyn J. Ferguson, Timothy Bolton, Srinivas Kambhampati, Iris Moreno Totten and N. Sanjay Rebello (Kansas State University)Much public misunderstanding of science involves misconceptions regarding the types of evidence accepted within scientific disciplines as well as the manner in which scientists move from evidence to inference. Understanding how available data can provide information about objects or events that cannot be directly experienced or manipulated is particularly challenging to students. Through "Evidence-based inquiry into the distant, remote, or past (EIDRoP)", Kansas State University (KSU) graduate fellows in the biological sciences, geosciences and physics will work with mentor teachers at Junction City High School (USD 475) to develop and teach both discipline-specific and interdisciplinary lessons responsive to state standards in science as inquiry and the nature of science. Professional development activities include a Summer Institute, a fellows class and an annual Capstone Meeting. Program goals are to: enhance young scientists' abilities as effective communicators and as educational collaborators; improve science education for grade 9-12 students through the infusion of contemporary science research, an integrated emphasis on nature of science, interdisciplinary teaching modules and provision of scientist role models; enhance the knowledge of grade 9-12 teachers through teacher training, interaction with KSU students and faculty, and curriculum enrichment; strengthen USD 475's partnerships with STEM departments at KSU; and expand collaborative partnerships within KSU and between KSU and K-12 education. EIDRoP will have extensive broader impacts in terms of enhancing education (of fellows, students, teachers and faculty), and will drive a cultural change in science education with respect to interactions between University science departments and K-12 education.