Transforming STEM Learning in Urban Schools Using the SSMV Model

描述（由申请人提供）：当前提案的总体目标是调整范德比尔特（SSMV）科学与数学学院创建的跨学科研究型课程，以便在三所大都会纳什维尔公立学校（MNPS）高中实施四年制课程。该提案的具体目标是调整校内（范德比尔特）模式，以便在具有不同学术背景的三所公立高中（SSM学院）实施;确定维持该方案所需的变量和特征，并在任何高中环境中复制该模式;并确定向其他学校传播该模式的战略。 学生进入9年级的学校，其中一个SSM学院已实施将被鼓励申请。那些被录取的人将每隔一天花三个小时参加两门基于改编课程的课程。与SSMV一样，正在上升的高年级学生将有机会进入范德比尔特实验室进行夏季研究实习。高中教师将与科学推广中心的科学家合作，调整SSMV课程以供实施。将进行持续一年的教师专业发展，以确保课程是动态的，教师做好充分准备，参与和指导学生的课程。 预期的成果包括提高学生成绩的GPA衡量，并在ACT科学推理和课程结束测试的分数;增加SSM学生在科学职业生涯的兴趣;在SSM方案增加全区招生;增加毕业率和高中后教育招生SSM学生;独特的课程科学单位的发展，可以适应一个新的四年跨学科研究为基础的课程;建立在每个SSM的有效功能，可以出口到其他高中内外纳什维尔的可持续发展模式的发展;加强社区和家庭参与SSM计划和学校社区一般;加强范德比尔特和MNPS之间的伙伴关系，将作为一个成功的大学K-12合作，以提高科学教学和学习的国家模式。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the current proposal is to adapt the interdisciplinary research-based curriculum created at the School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt (SSMV) for implementation of a four-year program in three Metropolitan Nashville Public School (MNPS) high schools. The specific aims of the proposal are to adapt the on-campus (at Vanderbilt) model for implementation in three public high schools with different academic profiles (SSM Academies); to define the variables and features required to sustain the program and to replicate the model in any high school setting; and to define a strategy for disseminating the model to additional schools. Students entering 9th grade in a school in which an SSM Academy has been implemented will be encouraged to apply. Those who are accepted into the program will spend three hours every other day in two courses based on the adapted curriculum. As with the SSMV, rising seniors will have opportunities to enter Vanderbilt laboratories for summer research internships. Teachers from the high school will work with Center for Science Outreach scientists to adapt the SSMV curriculum for implementation. Ongoing, year-long teacher professional development will be conducted to ensure that the curriculum is dynamic and the teachers are well-prepared to engage and guide the students in the curriculum. The anticipated outcomes include enhanced student achievement as measured by GPA, and scores on ACT science reasoning and end of course tests; increased SSM student interest in careers in science; increased district-wide enrollment in SSM programs; increased graduation rates and postsecondary education enrollment by SSM students; development of unique curricular science units that can be adapted for a novel four-year interdisciplinary research- based curriculum; development of a sustainable model built on effective features of each SSM that can be exported to other high schools within and outside Nashville; enhanced community and family involvement in the SSM programs and school community in general; a strengthened partnership between Vanderbilt and MNPS that will serve as a national model of a successful university-K-12 collaboration to enhance science teaching and learning.