SciTrain: Science, Math and Technology for All

SciTrain：全民科学、数学和技术

• 批准号: 0622885
• 负责人: Robert Todd
• 金额: $ 29.94万
• 依托单位: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-10-01 至 2012-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0622885&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SciTrain; Science; Math; Technology; SciTrain; Science; Math; Technology

AbstractThe Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA) and the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) at Georgia Tech propose an alliance with the Cobb County School System to create SciTrain, a multi-faceted project to enhance the capacities of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers in high schools. Building upon successful research and programs conducted by CATEA and CEISMC, it will use multiple evaluations to determine the most important needs of teachers and focus upon teacher evaluations of project success. SciTrain's goal is to create more effective teachers and more powerful learning experiences for students.SciTrain will create Web-based courses for high school educators to instruct them in the creation of STEM coursework for students with disabilities. The online courses will demonstrate methods for approaching access problems and will train teachers to generate their own ideas and solutions for accommodations. They will provide instruction on the creation of both adapted curricula and labs. Each course will be composed of discrete modules tailored to the needs of teachers, eachaddressing a fundamental issue in accessible STEM education. Teachers will be able to study individual modules or complete entire courses for continuing education units (CEUs) and professional learning units (PLUs). The result will be improved STEM education for high school students.SciTrain will work closely with Cobb County, Georgia high school instructors to ensure focused research and evaluation of its project results. Courses will be tested with these teachers prior to release to a national audience. Cobb County teachers will also participate in ongoing evaluation of project results, serving as a test-bed for the SciTrain model in action.Intellectual MeritThe proposed program is vital to expanding knowledge about methods and practices to ensure the full inclusion of all students in STEM education. SciTrain will unite universal design practices with several fields of study/activity, including: science pedagogy, assistive technology, human-computer interaction, distance learning and disability studies. The project will leverage extensive prior and ongoing research at Georgia Tech and partner institutions.Broader ImpactThe proposed program is vital in providing education for teachers in an area often neglected in their educations. Through improved educational practices, it will enhance accessibility of STEM education for students with disabilities, as well as improving participation in STEM education and careers for these students. Improved STEM education will broaden the participation of students with disabilities currently an underrepresented group in STEM education. SciTrain will also enhance the infrastructure for research and education by providing extensive online resources that can be used by anyone, anywhere to address accessible STEM education.

摘要佐治亚理工学院的辅助技术和环境访问中心（CATEA）和教育中心整合了科学，数学和计算机（CEISMC）（CEISMC），与Cobb County School School Systems结盟，以创建Scitrain，以创建一个多方面的项目，以增强科学，技术，工程，工程，工程，工程和数学（Steam）（Steam（Steam）（Steam）教师的能力。在CATEA和CEISMC进行的成功研究和计划的基础上，它将使用多次评估来确定教师的最重要需求，并专注于教师对项目成功的评估。 Scitrain的目标是为学生创造更有效的教师和更有力的学习经验。Scitrain将为高中教育者创建基于网络的课程，以指导他们为残疾学生创建STEM课程。在线课程将展示解决访问问题的方法，并将培训教师为住宿生成自己的想法和解决方案。他们将提供有关适应课程和实验室的创建的指导。每个课程都将由根据教师需求量身定制的离散模块组成，每个方面都构成了可访问的STEM教育中的基本问题。教师将能够研究单个模块或完成整个继续教育单元（CEU）和专业学习单位（加上）的课程。结果将改善高中生的STEM教育。Scitrain将与佐治亚州高中教练Cobb县紧密合作，以确保重点研究和评估其项目结果。在向全国观众发行之前，将向这些老师测试课程。科布县的教师还将参与对项目结果的持续评估，作为Scitrain模型的测试床。Intellectulual优点拟议的计划对于扩大有关方法和实践的知识以确保所有学生全部纳入STEM教育至关重要。 Scitrain将与多个研究/活动领域团结通用设计实践，包括：科学教育学，辅助技术，人力计算机互动，远程学习和残疾研究。该项目将利用佐治亚理工学院和合作伙伴机构的大量事先和正在进行的研究。BroaderImpact拟议的计划对于为在其教育中经常被忽视的领域的教师提供教育至关重要。通过改进的教育实践，它将增强对残疾学生的STEM教育的可及性，并改善这些学生对STEM教育和职业的参与。改善的STEM教育将扩大目前是人为不足的STEM教育群体的残疾学生的参与。 Scitrain还将通过提供广泛的在线资源来增强研究和教育的基础设施，任何人都可以使用任何地方来解决可访问的STEM教育。