Supports for Science and Mathematics Learning in Pre-Kindergarten Dual Language Learners: Designing and Expanding a Professional Development System

支持学前班双语学习者的科学和数学学习：设计和扩展专业发展系统

• 批准号: 1726082
• 负责人: Alissa Lange
• 金额: $ 120.07万
• 依托单位: East Tennessee State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1726082&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Supports; Science; Mathematics; Learning; Pre; Supports; Science; Mathematics; Learning; Pre

The 4-year project, Supports for Science and Mathematics Learning in Pre-Kindergarten Dual Language Learners: Designing and Expanding a Professional Development System (SciMath-DLL), will address a number of educational challenges. Global society requires citizens and a workforce that are literate in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), but many U.S. students remain ill prepared in these areas. At the same time, the children who fill U.S. classrooms increasingly speak a non-English home language, with the highest concentration in the early grades. Many young children are also at risk for lack of school readiness in language, literacy, mathematics, and science due to family background factors. Educational efforts to offset early risk factors can be successful, with clear links between high quality early learning experiences and later academic outcomes. SciMath-DLL will help teachers provide effective mathematics and science learning experiences for their students. Early educational support is critical to assure that all students, regardless of socioeconomic or linguistic background, learn the STEM content required to become science and mathematics literate. Converging lines of research suggest that participation in sustained mathematics and science learning activities could enhance the school readiness of preschool dual language learners. Positive effects of combining science inquiry with supports for English-language learning have been identified for older students. For preschoolers, sustained science and math learning opportunities enhance language and pre-literacy skills for children learning one language. Mathematics skills and science knowledge also predict later mathematics, science, and reading achievement. What has not been studied is the extent to which rich science and mathematics experiences in preschool lead to better mathematics and science readiness and improved language skills for preschool DLLs. Because the preschool teaching force is not prepared to support STEM learning or to provide effective supports for DLLs, professional development to improve knowledge and practice in these areas is required before children's learning outcomes can be improved.SciMath-DLL is an innovative preschool professional development (PD) model that integrates supports for DLLs with high quality science and mathematics instructional offerings. It engages teachers with workshops, classroom-based coaching, and professional learning communities. Development and research activities incorporate cycles of design-expert review-enactment- analysis-redesign; collaboration between researcher-educator teams at all project stages; use of multiple kinds of data and data sources to establish claims; and more traditional, experimental methodologies. Based on initial evidence of promise, the SciMath-DLL project will expand PD offerings to include web-based materials, making the PD more flexible for use in a range of educational settings and training circumstances. An efficacy study will be completed to examine the potential of the SciMath-DLL resources, model, and tools to generate positive effects on teacher attitudes, knowledge, and practice for early mathematics and science and on children's readiness in these domains in settings that serve children learning two languages. By creating a suite of tools that can be used under differing educational circumstances to improve professional knowledge, skill, and practice around STEM, the project increases the number of teachers who are prepared to support children as STEM learners and, thus, the number of children who can be supported as STEM learners.

这项为期4年的项目，支持幼儿园双语言学习者的科学和数学学习：设计和扩展专业发展系统（Scimath-DLL），将解决许多教育挑战。全球社会需要公民和一支识别科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的劳动力，但许多美国学生仍在这些领域做好准备。同时，填补美国教室的孩子们越来越讲一种非英语家庭语言，在早期，集中精力最高。由于家庭背景因素，许多幼儿也有缺乏语言，识字，数学和科学的学校准备情况的风险。高质量的早期学习经历与以后的学术成果之间的明确联系，以抵消早期危险因素的教育努力可以成功。 Scimath-DLL将帮助教师为学生提供有效的数学和科学学习经验。早期的教育支持对于确保所有学生（无论社会经济或语言背景如何）学习成为科学和数学素养所需的STEM内容。融合的研究线表明，参与持续数学和科学学习活动可以增强学龄前双语言学习者的学校准备。已经确定了将科学探究与对英语学习的支持相结合的积极影响。对于学龄前儿童，持续的科学和数学学习机会增强了学习一种语言的儿童语言和识字能力。数学技能和科学知识还可以预测以后的数学，科学和阅读成就。尚未研究的是学龄前的丰富科学和数学经验导致更好的数学和科学准备以及提高学龄前DLL的语言技能。由于学龄前教学部队不准备支持STEM学习或为DLL提供有效的支持，因此在改善儿童学习成果之前，需要在这些领域改善知识和实践的专业发展。Scimath-DLL是一种创新的学龄前专业发展（PD），将DLL与高质量的科学和数学教学共解合物相结合。它使教师参加研讨会，基于课堂的教练和专业学习社区。开发和研究活动结合了设计专家审查 - 制定分析 - 重新设计的周期；在所有项目阶段，研究人员教育团队之间的合作；使用多种数据和数据源来建立索赔；以及更传统的实验方法。基于最初的承诺证据，Scimath-DLL项目将扩大PD产品，以包括基于Web的材料，从而使PD更灵活，以在一系列教育环境和培训环境中使用。将完成一项疗效研究，以研究Scimath-DLL资源，模型和工具的潜力，以对早期数学和科学的教师态度，知识和实践产生积极影响，以及在为儿童提供两种语言的环境中的这些领域中的儿童准备情况。通过创建一套可以在不同的教育环境中使用的工具，以改善围绕STEM的专业知识，技能和实践，该项目增加了准备支持儿童作为STEM学习者的教师人数，从而增加了可以为STEM学习者提供支持的孩子的人数。