Summit for Examining the Potential for Crosscutting Concepts to Support Three-Dimensional Science Learning

该项目将召集一组K-12科学教育领域的学者参加研讨会，为横切概念（CCCs）如何为科学教学提供信息的研究奠定基本概念基础。CCCs与学科核心思想和科学实践一起，反映了最近国家和州科学教育框架和标准所表达的科学能力的新愿景。这一愿景整合了真正科学的“知道”和“做”，并促进了作为公民有效参与社会所必需的知识和技能。此次峰会的主要目的是：(1)发展初步的理论模型，为共同承诺的研究项目提供基础；(2)绘制现有共同承诺研究的版图；(3)确定核心问题，指导有关共同承诺在科学教学和学习中的作用的研究。这些目标将帮助该领域克服目前面临的挑战，如术语模糊、缺乏明确的理论共识和缺乏经验基础。本项目由EHR核心研究（ECR）项目资助。这次峰会将使具有研究共同承诺经验的学者能够讨论关于共同承诺的性质和目的的各种观点，以及它们为科学教学提供信息的潜力。峰会的参与者将包括研究人员、课程开发者、学校从业者和其他利益相关者，以便在概念和实证研究、课堂实施和教师专业学习方面包含不同的观点。峰会活动将侧重于撰写立场文件，这些文件将在为期3天的活动中进行展示、同行评议和完善。会议议程将讨论具体的主题，如核心共识如何支持科学学科（包括工程）的整合，评估学生对核心共识的熟练程度，以及查看不同年级的核心共识。见解将在论文集中发表，将阐明关键问题和挑战；它将免费提供给科学教育界。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project will convene a group of scholars in K-12 science education for a workshop that will lay fundamental conceptual groundwork for research on how crosscutting concepts (CCCs) can inform science teaching and learning. CCCs, along with disciplinary core ideas and scientific practices, reflect a new vision of science proficiency expressed in recent national and state science education frameworks and standards. This vision integrates the "knowing" and "doing" of authentic science and promotes knowledge and skills necessary for participating productively in society as a citizen. The primary aims of the summit are to (1) develop preliminary theoretical models for learning that can underpin research programs on CCCs, (2) map the terrain of existing research on CCCs, and (3) identify central issues that can guide research about the roles of CCCs in science teaching and learning. These aims will help the field move beyond challenges that it currently faces, such as ambiguous terminology, a lack of clear theoretical consensus, and a lack of empirical grounding. This project is funded by the EHR Core Research (ECR) program. The summit will enable scholars who are experienced with studying CCCs to discuss the diverse perspectives that exist about the nature and purpose of CCCs, as well as their potential to inform science teaching and learning. Summit participants will include researchers, curriculum developers, school practitioners, and other stakeholders, so as to include diverse perspectives on conceptual and empirical research, classroom implementation, and teacher professional learning. Summit activities will focus on the authoring of position papers that will be presented, peer-critiqued, and refined over the course of the 3-day event. The agenda will address specific topics such as how CCCs can support the integration of science disciplines (including engineering), assessing student proficiency with CCCs, and viewing the CCCs across grade bands. Insights will be published in a proceedings that will articulate key issues and challenges; which will be made freely available to the science education community.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.