ANALYSIS OF DIFFERING DRUG ABUSE EDUCATION TECHNOLOGIES

描述：(改编自申请者摘要) 使用交互式多媒体技术代表了一种相对较新的方法 预防药物滥用。有合理的概念上的论据支持 计算机化教学的好处，以及对这些努力的评估 提供了一些有希望的结果。然而，没有正式的努力来 评估不同技术的相对有效性。这项建议 寻求开发和评估教授第三和第四门课程的单一课程 让学生了解药物滥用的科学基础，然后 使用四种单独的技术分发该课程(即练习册、 录像带、互联网站和光盘)。使用我们之前开发的 以药物滥用多媒体节目为跳板，利用 我们与当地农村学区达成的协议，我们将评估 使用不同技术提供药物滥用预防的影响 五所不同小学的信息。

DESCRIPTION: (Adapted from Applicant's Abstract) Using interactive multimedia technology represents a relatively new approach to substance abuse prevention. There are sound conceptual arguments for the benefits of computerized instruction, and evaluation of these efforts have provided some promising results. There are, however, no formalized efforts to evaluate the relative effectiveness of differing technologies. This proposal seeks to develop and evaluate a single curriculum to teach third and fourth grade students about the scientific bases for substance abuse and to then distribute that curriculum using four separate technologies (i.e. workbook, videotape, Internet site, and CD-ROM). Using our previously developed multimedia program on substance abuse as a springboard, and capitalizing on an agreement we have with a local rural school district, we will evaluate the impact of using differing technologies to deliver substance abuse prevention information at five separate elementary schools.