DETECTIVES IN THE CLASSROOM (PHASE I)

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（NSES）《科学探究的基本能力》所固有的。这些能力可以通过流行病学科学有效地教授，利用学生感兴趣的问题。该项目将开发和测试五个以流行病学为基础的教学模块，探讨与城市地区中学生有关的具体健康问题。这些模块被称为“课堂上的侦探”，旨在提高NSES学生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。这些模块将与教师和保健专业人员咨询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用原型。将根据这一经验和审计委员会的建议改进原型。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（小组）进行实地测试，该小组由来自新泽西州教育更新网络的20名中学科学教师组成。这些学校将被随机分配到实验组或对照组。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，并在课堂上实施。由团队及其学生进行的评估将评估学生在NSES基础能力方面的表现。这些模块对学生科学兴趣的影响将通过使用科学态度量表对“侦探”学生和未经治疗的对照组进行测试前和测试后的比较来评估。最终修订将考虑到上述评估、委员会的持续咨询以及CDC流行病学项目办公室的审查。完成后，这些模块将发布在“课堂侦探”网站上，并链接到美国疾病控制与预防中心通过流行病学教学整合课程的卓越网站。

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.