Strategies: Games Requiring Advanced Developmental Understanding and Achievement in Technological Endeavors [GRADUATE]

来自北卡罗来纳州州立大学、北卡罗来纳州查佩尔山和杜克大学的教育研究人员、科学家和工程师团队正在与来自达勒姆县学校、李县学校、北卡罗来纳州教育商业委员会和一家国际游戏公司的教师和管理人员合作，试点GRADUATE（要求在发展努力中获得高级技术理解和成就的游戏）。 该项目建立了一个基于当前ITEST赠款（HI FIVES）评估结果的模型，目标是来自两所重新设计的“新技术”高中的40名教师和100名农村和城市弱势学生。 重点是创建与STEM相关的游戏，并调查学生创建的游戏对他们对STEM科目的态度，学习内容的成就以及进入STEM职业的动机的影响。 毕业生是独一无二的，它涉及一个非常连贯的系统方法，结合一个全面和组织良好的评估计划。学生创建的游戏源于科学研究，并作为新实施的北卡罗来纳州毕业要求的产品和演示组件。 由于这种融入课程，该项目有助于通过HI FIVES留住学生并进入高中，从而解决了北卡罗来纳州高中辍学率的严重问题。

A team of educational researchers, scientists, and engineers from NC State University, UNC Chapel Hill, and Duke University are partnering with teachers and administrators from Durham County Schools, Lee County Schools, the NC Business Committee for Education, and an international gaming company to pilot GRADUATE (Games Requiring Advanced Developmental Understanding and Achievement in Technological Endeavors). The project builds a model based on the evaluation results of a current ITEST grant (HI FIVES) and targets 40 teachers and 100 disadvantaged rural and urban students from two redesigned "New Tech" high schools. The focus is on creating STEM-related games and investigates the effects of student-created games on their attitudes towards STEM subjects, achievement in learning content, and motivation to enter STEM careers. GRADUATE is unique in how it involves a very coherent systematic approach combined with a thorough and well-organized evaluation plan. The student created games stem from scientific research and serve as the product and presentation components to the newly implemented North Carolina graduation requirements. Because of this integration into the curriculum, the project helps retain students through HI FIVES and into high school, thereby addressing a serious concern with the North Carolina high school drop out rate.