Math Infusion into Science Project (MiSP) Phase II

该项目是霍夫斯特拉大学与纽约州教育部（NYSED）以及纽约八个高需求学区之间的合作项目（阿米蒂维尔联盟免费学区，弗里波特中心学区，亨普斯特德联盟免费学区，朗伍德中心学区，罗斯福联盟免费学区，尤宁代尔联盟免费学区，威廉弗洛伊德中心学区，Wyandanch Union Free School District附近的景点纽约研究生中心的教育高级研究中心正在进行研究和评价活动。大约6，000名学生、46名中学数学和科学教师、8名校长和5名高等教育STEM学科教师参加了该项目。MiSP的主要使命是提高中学生的数学成绩。该项目正在严格开发，实施和研究一种创新和潜在的变革模式，将数学注入八年级科学教育。在科学教学中运用数学方法对数学和科学都有很大的好处。就数学而言，它将确保学生看到他们学习的数学实际上被使用，并将提高他们的学习。注入的数学也将有助于将目前在中学科学中使用的主要描述性教学转变为更具推理性和分析性的教学，从而为科学理解提供信息。该项目的目标是：1。通过深化学科向科学的渗透模式，促进学生的学习。将项目标准应用于原型课程的开发和相关的专业发展，以增强灌输模式的操作功能。在八所低绩效学校的真实中学科学环境中实施MiSP。对注入模式进行实验研究，（a）收集实施MiSP可行性的证据;（B）评估项目对教师知识、教学行为和态度的影响;（c）评估项目对学生态度和学业成绩的影响;（d）完善MiSP的概念和操作特征;以及（e）一般而言，发展关于在“真实的世界问题”中将数学情境化的新知识。“项目模型、原型课程和研究成果，以及重新调整现有科学课程以纳入数学的入门，将由纽约教育发展学院和皮尔逊/普伦蒂斯霍尔公司广泛传播，一家备受推崇的商业出版商，在全国范围内拥有STEM业务。学习机会将由伙伴地区和纽约州教育发展局维持。

This project is a partnership among Hofstra University with the New York State Education Department (NYSED), and eight high-need school districts in New York (Amityville Union Free School District, Freeport Central School District, Hempstead Union Free School District, Longwood Central School District, Roosevelt Union Free School District, Uniondale Union Free School District, William Floyd Central School District, and Wyandanch Union Free School District). Research and evaluation activities are being conducted by the Center for Advanced Study in Education (CASE) at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center. Approximately 6,000 students, 46 middle school mathematics and science teachers, eight principals, and five higher education STEM disciplinary faculty participate in the Project.The primary mission of MiSP is to improve middle school student achievement in mathematics. The Project is rigorously developing, implementing, and researching an innovative and potentially transformative model that infuses mathematics into eighth-grade science education. Employing mathematical methods in science instruction would have great benefits both for mathematics and science. For mathematics, it would ensure that students see the mathematics they study actually being used, and would enhance their learning. The infused mathematics would also help transform the primarily descriptive instruction currently used in middle school science into more inferential and analytical instruction, and would therefore inform science understanding. The goals of the project are to: 1. Enhance student learning by deepening the mathematics-into-science infusion model.2. Enhance the operational features of the infusion model by applying Project criteria to the development of prototypical lessons and to associated professional development.3. Implement MiSP in authentic middle school science settings in eight low-performing schools.4. Conduct an experimental study of the infusion model that (a) collects evidence of the feasibility of implementing MiSP; (b) assesses Project impact on teacher knowledge, instructional behaviors, and attitudes; (c) assesses Project impact on student attitudes and academic achievement; (d) refines the conceptual and operational features of MiSP; and (e) in general, develops new knowledge regarding contextualizing mathematics in "real world problems."The Project model, prototypical curricula, and research results, as well as a primer for retooling existing science curricula to include mathematics, will be widely disseminated by NYSED and Pearson/Prentice Hall, Inc., a highly regarded commercial publisher with a national STEM presence. Learning opportunities will be sustained by partner districts and NYSED.