NSF RAPID: Interactive Science and Technology Instruction for English Learners

这是对加州大学欧文分校的研究人员的一个快速奖励，目的是检查一个项目的第一年实施情况，该项目将为南加州四所学校的五年级和六年级学生提供低成本上网本电脑和专门软件。PIs收集基线和早期实施数据，以确定干预是否对学生的科学学业成就、科学学术写作和对进一步STEM学习的兴趣产生影响。他们还考察了参与该项目在多大程度上改善了学生对技术的接触、使用和自我感觉的熟练程度，以及这些属性如何受到社会经济地位、种族和英语学习者地位的影响。此外，他们还考察了该计划对教师对教学技术知识和使用的影响。来自同一学区、人口统计相似的四所学校作为研究中的比较学校。此外，所有五年级和六年级的教师都参与了这项研究，其中四名计划教师(两名五年级和两名六年级)作为重点教师参与了更广泛的研究。定性和定量两种方法都被用来检验该计划的效果。这些产品包括对有关执行、学习和态度的大量数据进行分析。共有531名学生和他们的老师参与了这项研究。这些发现可能会指导随后的实施和关于在目标学校内全面实施的研究。

This is a RAPID award to investigators at the University of California, Irvine, to examine the first-year implementation of a program that will provide low-cost netbook computers and specialized software to fifth and sixth grade students in four schools in Southern California. The PIs collect baseline and early implementation data to determine effects if the intervention on students' academic achievement in science, academic writing in science, and interest in further STEM study. They also examine the extent to which participation in the program improves student access to, use of, and self-perceived proficiency with technology and how these attributes are mediated by socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and English learner status. Additionally, they examine the effect of the program on teachers' knowledge of and use of technology for instruction.Four schools from the same school district with similar demographics serve as comparison schools in the study. Additionally, all fifth and sixth grade teachers participate in the study with four program teachers (two at fifth grade and two at sixth grade) participating more extensively as focus teachers. Both qualitative and quantitative methods are used to examine the effects of the program. The products include analysis of extensive data on implementation, learning and attitudes. A total of 531 students are involved in the study as well as their teachers. The findings are likely to guide subsequent implementation and research on full implementation within the targeted schools.