New, GK-12: Fostering Scientific Creativity by Building Connections and Improving Science Communication Skills

新，GK-12：通过建立联系和提高科学交流技能来培养科学创造力。Renshaw（地球科学系和塞耶工程学院）Vicki May（塞耶工程学院）Nancy Serrell（外联主任）Cynthia E. Tobery（达特茅斯学习促进中心）Janet Zullo（教育部） 达特茅斯学院学生对科学和数学的兴趣在中学期间下降，因为他们的态度转变为将科学视为发现的创造性过程，而不是？要记住的事实？然后呢？无聊？该项目旨在通过与当地五个学区现有的合作伙伴关系，改变达特茅斯所有STEM学科的研究生教育，以培养中学生的科学创造力，我们科学家认为这种创造力非常有吸引力。 在培养创造力的策略以及教学原则的培训支持下，研究生研究员与中学教师配对一年。 在此期间，研究员利用他们的研究和科学背景与合作伙伴教师合作，开发实践，教育健全，积极，以探究为基础的课程，强调建立研究和课程之间的联系的创造性方面-从简单的练习，以促进更好的头脑风暴和想法生成到更深入的可视化和创造性的写作技巧。 鼓励研究员与中学生分享，不仅是对科学的纪律和严谨性的欣赏，也是对所涉及的个性和想象力的欣赏。 在这样做的过程中，研究员通过与不同的受众互动来提高他们的沟通技巧，并通过学习从不同的角度看待他们的工作来获得对他们的研究更有背景和细致入微的理解。 更广泛地说，这个项目提高了中学生？和教师？这有助于提高学生对科学的态度，并有助于在参与者中建立与现有知识的联系，这已被证明可以改善学习。

New, GK-12: Fostering Scientific Creativity by Building Connections and Improving Science Communication SkillsCarl E. Renshaw (Department of Earth Sciences and Thayer School of Engineering)Vicki May (Thayer School of Engineering)Nancy Serrell (Director of Outreach)Cynthia E. Tobery (Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning)Janet Zullo (Department of Education) Dartmouth CollegeStudent interest in science and math declines during middle school as attitudes shift toward viewing science not as a creative process of discovery, but instead as ?facts to memorize? and ?boring?. This project seeks to transform graduate education in all of the STEM disciplines at Dartmouth by building on existing partnerships with five local school districts to foster in middle school students the scientific creativity we scientists find so appealing. Supported by training in strategies shown to foster creativity as well as in principles of teaching and learning, Graduate Fellows are paired with a middle school teacher for one year. During this time Fellows use their research and science backgrounds to work with partner teachers to develop hands-on, educationally sound, active, inquiry-based lessons that emphasize the creative aspects of building connections between research and curriculum -- from simple exercises to promote better brainstorming and idea generation to more in-depth visualization and creative writing techniques. Fellows are encouraged to share with middle school students not only an appreciation for the discipline and rigor of science but also for the individuality and imagination involved. In so doing, Fellows improve their communication skills through interactions with diverse audiences and gain a more contextualized and nuanced understanding of their research by learning to view their work from alternative perspectives. More broadly, this program improves middle school students? and teachers? attitudes toward science and facilitates the building of connections to existing knowledge among participants, which has been shown to improve learning.