The Alcohol Pharmacology Education Partnership

酒精药理学教育合作伙伴

• 批准号: 7257888
• 负责人: Rochelle D. Schwartz-Bloom
• 金额: $ 24.29万
• 依托单位: DUKE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-08-01 至 2010-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7257888
• 关键词: Alcohol; Pharmacology; Education; Partnership

Currently, US high school students rank low in science and math compared to their peers in other nations. The Alcohol Pharmacology Education Partnership (A-PEP) is designed to help high school students learn biology, chemistry, and math better by presenting basic concepts within the context of alcohol pharmacology. The basis for pursuing this project results from outstanding effectiveness of our previous program that focuses on drugs of abuse. Here we present a research plan to produce and deliver a new instructional program to high school biology and chemistry students using high quality materials (hard copy and web-based) and current distance learning technologies. We will develop instructional modules for high school teachers to reinforce basic biology, chemistry, and math concepts using the science of alcohol use and abuse as a relevant context. The specific objectives are: 1) Develop a series of 6 modules that use principles of biology, chemistry, and math to describe the actions of alcohol in the body. 2) Build an interactive website for teachers and students to access the alcohol pharmacology modules during the fieldtesting. 3) Recruit approximately 300 high school biology and chemistry teachers nationwide to field-test the modules (teachers serve as their own controls). 4) Conduct 2 types of teacher training workshops; a 6-hour on-site workshop at the annual NSTA and NCSTA meetings and a 6-hour two-way video workshop with simultaneous broadcast between the NC School of Science and Math (NCSSM) and school districts throughout the US. In the workshops, high school biology and chemistry teachers will obtain background for the science content and work with scientists to design supplemental activities. 5) Field-test the modules. After participating in the workshops, teachers use the modules in biology and chemistry classes. 6) Determine the program's outcomes. Students (in control and experimental groups) will be given end-of-course tests containing questions of basic biology and chemistry knowledge, as well as advanced knowledge about alcohol pharmacology. About 15,000 students will be tested; analysis will use hierarchichal linear modeling. Teachers will be tested on pharmacology knowledge before and after the workshop, and again 1 year later. 7) Publish results and release the curriculum on the A-PEP website. The application of biology, chemistry, and math to alcohol use should stimulate thinking about the importance of these sciences in "every day life" and help students understand how alcohol actually works and affects their bodies. Based on our previous study, the students learn science better too.

目前，与其他国家的同龄人相比，美国高中生的科学和数学排名低。酒精药理学教育合作伙伴关系（A-PEP）旨在通过在酒精药理学背景下提出基本概念来帮助高中学生更好地学习生物学，化学和数学。追求该项目的基础是我们以前的计划的出色效力，该计划的重点是滥用药物。 在这里，我们提出了一项研究计划，旨在使用高质量的材料（基于硬拷贝和网络）和当前的远程学习技术为高中生物学和化学学生提供新的教学计划。 我们将使用酒精使用和滥用科学作为相关背景的科学来为高中教师开发教学模块，以增强基本的生物学，化学和数学概念。具体目标是：1）开发一系列6个模块，这些模块使用生物学，化学和数学的原理来描述酒精在体内的作用。 2）建立一个互动网站，供教师和学生在实地测试期间访问酒精药理学模块。 3）在全国范围内招募大约300名高中生物学和化学教师，以实地测试模块（教师作为自己的控制）。 4）进行2种教师培训研讨会的类型；在年度NSTA和NCSTA会议上举行了6小时的现场研讨会，并在美国北卡罗来纳州科学与数学学院（NCSSSM）和美国各地的学区之间同时广播了6小时的双向视频研讨会。在研讨会上，高中 生物学和化学教师将获得科学内容的背景，并与科学家合作设计补充活动。 5）实地测试模块。参加研讨会后，教师在生物学和化学课程中使用模块。 6）确定程序的结果。学生（在对照组和实验组中）将获得包含基本生物学和化学知识问题的课程末端测试，以及高级 关于酒精药理学的知识。将测试约15,000名学生；分析将使用层次构成线性建模。讲习班前后的药理学知识将进行测试，并在1年后再次测试。 7）发布结果并在A-PEP网站上发布课程。生物学，化学和数学在饮酒中的应用应刺激这些科学在“日常生活”中的重要性，并帮助学生了解酒精的实际运作和影响他们的身体。根据我们以前的研究，学生也更好地学习科学。