DETECTIVES IN THE CLASSROOM (PHASE I)

在美国，有必要提高科学素养。构成科学素养的行为是国家科学教育标准(NSE)所固有的，即作为探究的科学的基本能力。这些能力可以通过流行病学科学有效地教授，使用引起学生兴趣的问题。该项目将开发和测试五个以流行病学为基础的教学模块，探索与城市地区中学生相关的具体健康相关问题。这些单元被称为“课堂上的侦探”，旨在提高NSE在科学方面的基本能力，如探究和科学与技术，并提高他们对科学的兴趣。这些单元将与一个由教师和保健专业人员组成的咨询委员会(委员会)合作创建和完善。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试行原型。原型将根据这一经验和董事会的意见进行改进。在机构审查委员会批准后，原型模块将由一个实地测试小组(团队)进行现场测试，该小组由来自新泽西州教育更新网络的20名中学理科教师组成。这些学校将被随机分配到试验组或控制组。来自该团队10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。团队及其学生的评估将评估学生在NSE基本能力方面的表现。这些模块对学生对科学的兴趣的影响将通过测试前的比较来评估，这些学生是侦探学生和未接受治疗的控制组，使用的是对科学的态度问卷。最终修订将考虑到上述评估、董事会的持续咨询和疾控中心流行病学规划办公室的审查。完成后，这些单元将被张贴在“课堂上的侦探”网站上，并链接到CDC卓越课程整合通过教学流行病学网站。

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.