Promoting 21st Century Science Technology-Enhanced Learning Across Formal and Informal Environments

促进 21 世纪科学技术在正式和非正式环境中增强学习

• 批准号: 1031680
• 负责人: Timothy Zimmerman
• 金额: $ 112.76万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2014-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1031680&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Promoting; 21st; Century; Science; Technology

This project investigates the relationship between elementary-secondary students information technology skills, their success in an inquiry ocean science curriculum designed to target those skills, and their understanding of the new characteristics of 21st century science. It is concerned with the design of a curriculum and its impact on students of high compared with low digital literacy. It also examines student engagement with the various curriculum elements and their progress with conceptual understanding of science topics, belief and understandings about the nature of science, and growth of digital literacy skills.The project creates new measurement techniques for understanding the relationship between technology skills that students bring with them to the classroom, the science curriculum they encounter, their understandings of the nature of science, and their "digital literacy." The project intends to develop a digital skills assessment tool to capture student action in collaborating with virtual environments, using social information, and developing skills with computing.The investigators will conduct an analysis of video and audio recordings of student interviews, classroom observations, and field-trip conversations of students. The analysis will draw associations between class-based learning and field trip-based learning. The study will measure changes in students' epistemic commitment to learning science and science careers as intended by the ITEST program; that is, do the students increase their belief that they are capable of learning the science material as it is found in nature and presented in class.

该项目调查了基础学生信息技术技能之间的关系，他们在旨在针对这些技能的海洋科学课程中的成功以及他们对21世纪科学的新特征的理解。与低数字素养相比，它与课程的设计及其对较高学生的影响有关。它还研究了学生参与各种课程元素的参与以及他们对科学主题的概念理解，对科学本质的信念和理解以及数字识字技能的发展。该项目创造了新的测量技术，以了解学生将学生带入课堂上的技术技能之间的关系，他们遇到的科学课程，他们对科学的本质，他们对科学的理解，以及他们的素养。”该项目旨在开发一种数字技能评估工具，以通过与虚拟环境合作，使用社交信息以及与计算机一起开发技能来捕捉学生行动。研究人员将对学生访谈，课堂观察以及学生的实地考察进行视频和音频录音进行分析。该分析将在基于班级的学习与基于现场旅行的学习之间引起关联。该研究将衡量学生对学习科学和科学职业的认知承诺的变化；也就是说，学生是否会增加他们的信念，即他们能够学习自然界中发现的科学材料并在课堂上呈现。