Collaborative Research: Validating an Innovative Technology Classroom Observation Protocol (IT-COP) in High School Science Classrooms

将技术与真实的科学应用相结合，可以帮助教师在下一代科学标准（NGSS）中关注现实世界的科学和工程实践，同时也能吸引学生并提高他们的学习能力。然而，很少有现有的科学课堂观察协议研究这种“创新”的技术在课堂上使用的影响，没有衡量技术实施的质量和它的对齐从NGSS的性能指标。在以往NSF支持的研究的基础上，本研究将开发创新技术课堂观察协议（IT-COP），以衡量创新技术整合对高中科学教学的影响。本研究由教育发展中心和马里兰州大学环境科学中心的经验丰富的团队共同领导，包括设计和验证IT-COP，并创建一个用于数据收集的配套移动的应用程序，以及在线操作指南，以支持其他研究人员和评估人员的使用。沿着。IT-COP的框架以技术类型为中心（在课堂上不常见的STEM工作场所技术;在课堂内外常见的无处不在的技术，以及教学课堂技术）;与科学，工程和数学实践，与这些标准相关的教学实践的一致性;以及真实的STEM背景。IT-COP将在为代表性不足的学生提供广泛技术工具的教室进行试点。这项研究和由此产生的工具将为未来与高质量技术集成相结合的学生学习补充措施的工作提供基础，并可作为教师专业发展资源。

Integration of technology aligned with authentic science applications can help teachers address the focus on real-world science and engineering practices in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) while also engaging students and enhancing their learning. However, few existing science classroom observation protocols examine the impact of this 'innovative' technology use in the classroom, and none measure the quality of technology implementation and its alignment with performance measures from the NGSS. Building on previous NSF-supported research, this study will develop the Innovative Technology Classroom Observation Protocol (IT-COP) to measure the impact of innovative technology integration on high school science teaching. Co-led by an experienced team at Education Development Center and University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, this study consists of designing and validating the IT-COP and creating a companion mobile app for data collection along with an online How-To Guide to support its use by other researchers and evaluators. The framework of the IT-COP centers on technology types (STEM workplace technologies not common in the classroom; ubiquitous technologies that are common in the classroom and beyond, and instructional classroom technologies); alignment with science, engineering and mathematical practices, pedagogical practices relevant to these standards; and authentic STEM contexts. The IT-COP will be piloted in classrooms that serve underrepresented students with a wide range of access to technology tools. This research and resulting tool will provide the foundation for future work on complementary measures of student learning aligned with high-quality integration of technology and may serve as a teacher professional development resource.