CSI: Classroom Student Investigations

这个名为《课堂学生调查》的ITEST战略项目，利用犯罪现场调查电视节目的受欢迎程度，涉及法医调查，作为一种比喻来培训教师在法医主题上的培训，并在他们的科学课堂上利用这种培训来激励和鼓励初中生和高中生一般的科学主题。该项目预计将提高学生对STEM主题的兴趣，利用学生对法医科学文化流行的描述的兴趣来传达许多STEM基本原则。该项目有两个研究目标：1.考察参与教师在课堂上对学生从事STEM职业的兴趣的影响；2.考察参与该项目如何影响参与教师在课堂上实施以改革为基础的教学和技术。该项目涉及开发各种法医学主题的材料，并应用于参与教师的为期两周的暑期学院，以传授教学知识并发展以法医学为综合主题的实验室技能。该计划预计每年将有30名教师和120名学生参加为期一天的暑期教师研讨会。然后，教师将在正常学年将法医专题课程纳入他们的科学课堂学习。这一方法和教师培训预计将影响中南部各州目标地区参加教师和学校科学课程的学生。在先前工作取得成功的基础上，该项目扩大了培训和发展援助，并将培训扩展到邻近的田纳西州、密苏里州和密西西比州的学校。教师招聘将集中在高需求学区。该项目将扩大可用于教师培训的材料数量；将师范学院增加到两周；让教师在暑期学院期间为学生提供讲习班；为参与教师在学年期间制定教学计划和实施新课程提供持续支持，并评估扩大后的项目实现其目标的进展情况。

This ITEST strategies project titled Classroom Student Investigations, uses the popularity of the Crime Scene Investigation television show, involving forensic science investigation, as a metaphor to train teachers in forensic science topics and use that training in their science classrooms to stimulate and encourage middle and upper school students in science topics generally. The project is expected to lead to increased student interest in STEM topics using students interest in the culturally popular portrayal of forensic science to convey many basic STEM principles. The project has two research objectives: 1. to examine the impact on students interest in STEM careers in classrooms of participating teachers and 2. examine how participation in the program affects participating teacher implementation of reform based pedagogy and technology in their classrooms.The project involves development of materials in a variety of forensic science topics and applied in a two week summer institute for participating teachers to convey content knowledge and develop laboratory skills using forensic science as an integrating theme. The program expects to target 30 teachers a year and 120 students in one-day summer teacher workshops. Teachers will then integrate the forensic topic curricula into their science classroom studies during the regular school year. The approach and the teacher training is expected to influence students in the science classes of the participating teachers and schools in the target area of the mid-South states. Based on the success of the prior effort this project expands the training and development assistance and extends the training to schools in neighboring states of Tennessee, Missouri, and Mississippi. Recruitment of teachers will focus on high-needs school districts. This project will expand the amount of material available for teacher training; increase the teacher institute to 2 weeks; have teachers provide a workshop for students during the summer institute; provide on-going support for development of lesson plans and implementation of the new curricula during the school year for participating teachers and evaluate the progress of the expanded project towards its goals.