STEM Practice-rich Investigations for NGSS Teaching (SPRINT)

探索研究K-12项目（DRK-12）旨在通过研究和开发创新资源、模型和工具（rmt），显著提高pre -12学生和教师对科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）的学习和教学。DRK-12计划中的项目建立在STEM教育的基础研究和先前的研究和开发工作的基础上，为拟议的项目提供了理论和实证依据。STEM实践丰富的NGSS教学调查（SPRINT）是一个探索性项目，将研究和开发资源和专业学习模式，以满足实施下一代科学标准（NGSS）的需求。探索博物馆教师学院将邀请中学科学教师参加为期一年的专业学习计划，研究如何将熟悉的常规和课堂工具，特别是动手科学活动，作为教师学习的起点。教师学院将利用现有的实践活动作为发展“实践丰富的调查”的基础，为教师和学生提供深入参与科学和工程实践的机会。该项目的结果将包括：(1)来自专业学习经验的经验证据，支持教师在研讨会和课堂上进行实践丰富的调查；(2)从现有的实践活动中发展出来的STEM实践丰富的调查组合，这些调查被证明可以增强教师对NGSS的理解；(3)设计工具，支持教师修改现有活动，使其与NGSS保持一致。SPRINT推测，为了解决支持教师实施NGSS的直接挑战，专业学习模式应该让教师参与到他们期望为学生提供的同样积极的学习体验中，并且通过基于资产的方法建立教师现有的优势和理解可能会导致更可持续的实施。SPRINT将使用基于设计的研究方法来研究(a)如何从教师现有资源中创建与NGSS一致的、实践丰富的调查，为他们提供三维科学学习的经验；(b)如何参与这些调查并反思课堂实践，以支持教师理解和实施NGSS学习经验。

The Discovery Research K-12 program (DRK-12) seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of innovative resources, models and tools (RMTs). Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects.STEM Practice-rich Investigations for NGSS Teaching (SPRINT) is an exploratory project that will research and develop resources and a model for professional learning needed to meet the demand of implementing the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The Exploratorium Teacher Institute will engage middle school science teachers in a one-year professional learning program to study how familiar routines and classroom tools, specifically hands-on science activities, can serve as starting points for teacher learning. The Teacher Institute will use existing hands-on activities as the basis for developing "practice-rich investigations" that provide teachers and students with opportunities for deep engagement with science and engineering practices. The results of this project will include: (1) empirical evidence from professional learning experiences that support teacher uptake of practice-rich investigations in workshops and their classrooms; (2) a portfolio of STEM practice-rich investigations developed from existing hands-on activities that are shown to enhance teacher understanding of NGSS; and (3) a design tool that supports teachers in modifying existing activities to align with NGSS.SPRINT conjectures that to address the immediate challenge of supporting teachers to implement NGSS, professional learning models should engage teachers in the same active learning experiences they are expected to provide for their students and that building on teachers' existing strengths and understanding through an asset-based approach could lead to a more sustainable implementation. SPRINT will use design-based research methods to study (a) how creating NGSS-aligned, practice-rich investigations from teachers' existing resources provides them with experiences for three-dimensional science learning and (b) how engaging in these investigations and reflecting on classroom practice can support teachers in understanding and implementing NGSS learning experiences.