DETECTIVES IN THE CLASSROOM (PHASE I)

美国需要提高科学素养。 构成科学素养的行为是国家科学教育标准（NSES）中作为探究的科学基本能力所固有的。 这些能力可以通过流行病学的科学有效地教授，使用的问题，捕捉学生的兴趣。 该项目将开发和测试五个基于流行病学的教学模块，探索与城市地区中学生相关的特定健康相关问题。 这些单元被称为“课堂上的侦探”，其目的是提高NSES在科学探究和科学技术方面的基本能力，并提高他们对科学的兴趣。将与教师和卫生专业人员咨询委员会合作，创建和完善这些模块。 作为模块开发的一部分，作为董事会成员的中学教师将与他们的学生一起对原型进行试点测试。 将根据这方面的经验和委员会的意见改进原型。在机构审查委员会批准后，原型模块将由一个现场测试小组（小组）进行现场测试，该小组由来自中学的20名科学教师组成，他们是新泽西教育更新网络的成员。 这些学校将被随机分配到实验组或对照组。来自该团队的十所实验学校的教师将接受培训，教授这些模块，并将在他们的课堂上实施。小组和学生的评估将评估学生在NSES基本能力方面的表现。 通过使用科学态度量表对“侦探”学生和未接受治疗的对照组进行前后测试比较，评估单元对学生科学兴趣的影响。最终修订将考虑上述评估、委员会的持续磋商以及CDC流行病学项目办公室的审查。 完成后，这些单元将张贴在“教室里的侦探”网站上，并与疾病预防控制中心通过流行病学教学整合课程的优秀网站链接。

There is a need to improve scientific literacy in the US. The behaviors that comprise scientific literacy are inherent in the National Science Education Standards (NSES) fundamental abilities in Science as Inquiry. These abilities can be effectively taught through the science of epidemiology, using issues that capture the interest of students. This project will develop and test five epidemiology-based instructional modules that explore specific health-related issues that are relevant to middle school students in urban areas. The modules, called "Detectives in the Classroom," will be designed to improve performance of NSES fundamental abilities in Science as Inquiry and Science and Technology and to increase their interest in science. The modules will be created and refined in partnership with an Advisory Board (Board) of teachers and health professionals. As part of module development, the middle school teachers who are members of the Board will pilot-test the prototypes with their students. Prototypes will be refined based on this experience and the advice of the Board. After Institutional Review Board approval, the prototype modules will be field-tested by a Field-Testing Team (Team) consisting of twenty science teachers from middle school that are members of the New Jersey Network for Educational Renewal. These schools will be randomly assigned to an experimental or control group. Teachers from the Team's ten experimental schools will be trained to teach the modules and will implement them in their classes. Evaluations by the Team and their students will assess students' performance of the NSES fundamental abilities. The impact of the modules on students' interest in science will be assessed with a pre-post test comparison between the "Detectives" students and an untreated control group using the Attitudes Toward Science Inventory. Final revisions will take into account the above assessments, the continuing consultation by the Board, and review by the CDC Epidemiology Program Office. Upon completion, the modules will be posted on a "Detectives in the Classroom" web site and linked to the CDC Excellence in Curriculum Integration through Teaching Epidemiology web site.