Mathematical and Computational Methods for Planning a Sustainable Future II

该项目将为9-12年级开发将数学、计算和科学结合在可持续发展背景下的模块。项目材料还包括关于STEM可持续发展职业的信息，以增加内容对学生的相关性，并扩大他们对STEM劳动力机会的理解。它利用夏季研讨会在四个州试行测试材料、在线支持和现场测试。成果包括经过测试和修订的单元；单元中嵌入的学习转移战略；以及明确与单元相关的绿色工作简编。探索研究K-12计划(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K-12学龄前学生和教师在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)方面的学习和教学。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努力的基础上，这些研究和开发工作为拟议的项目提供了理论和经验证明。STEM+计算伙伴关系(STEM+C)计划是教育与人力资源局(EHR)和计算机与信息科学与工程局(CEISE)的共同努力。STEM+C反映了计算方法在跨STEM学科的学习中发挥的越来越大的作用，支持将一个或多个STEM学科内的计算和/或STEM学习整合在计算机科学中的研究和开发工作；2)促进多学科、协作的方法，将STEM的计算整合到学校内外，以及3)通过基础研究和有重点的教师培训，建设K-12计算教育的能力该项目是DRK-12学习链中的一个完整的设计和开发项目。其目标是通过注重数学和科学实践的可持续性任务加强数学和科学知识的转让。研究问题集中在概念表征和模块如何支持学生的学习，特别是向新问题的迁移。项目设计将研究与课程开发相结合。它包括从教师和学生那里收集和分析数据的混合方法(例如，访谈、内容考试、焦点小组、实施日志)。对学生作业的评估既包括内容领域的简短、集中的问题，也包括提供一系列学生学习评估的较长的基于项目的任务。调查人员将制定一个评分标准，用于对学生在任务中的作业进行评分。课程设计过程包括根据教师的反馈和使用从实施中收集的数据，随着时间的推移对模块进行迭代。

The project will develop modules for grades 9-12 that integrate mathematics, computing and science in sustainability contexts. The project materials also include information about STEM careers in sustainability to increase the relevancy of the content for students and broaden their understanding of STEM workforce opportunities. It uses summer workshops to pilot test materials and online support and field testing in four states. Outcomes include the modules, tested and revised; strategies for transfer of learning embedded in the modules; and a compendium of green jobs, explicitly related to the modules. 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. The STEM+Computing Partnerships (STEM+C) Program is a joint effort between the Directorate for Education & Human Resources (EHR) and Directorate Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE). Reflecting the increasing role of computational approaches in learning across the STEM disciplines, STEM+C supports research and development efforts that integrate computing within one or more STEM disciplines and/or integrate STEM learning in computer science; 2) advance multidisciplinary, collaborative approaches for integrating computing in STEM in and out of school, and 3) build capacity in K-12 computing education through foundational research and focused teacher preparationThe project is a full design and development project in the learning strand of DRK-12. The goal is to enhance transfer of knowledge in mathematics and science via sustainability tasks with an emphasis on mathematical and scientific practices. The research questions focus on how conceptual representations and the modules support students' learning and especially transfer to novel problems. The project design integrates the research with the curriculum development. It includes a mixed methods data collection and analysis from teachers and students (e.g., interviews, content exams, focus groups, implementation logs). Assessment of student work includes both short, focused problems in the content area and longer project-based tasks providing a range of assessments of student learning. The investigators will develop a rubric for scoring student work on the tasks. The curriculum design process includes iterations of the modules over time with feedback from teachers and using data collected from the implementation.