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，美国高中生在科学和数学方面的排名较低。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介绍基本概念，帮助高中生更好地学习生物学、化学和数学。开展该项目的基础是我们之前针对滥用药物的计划的出色成效。 在这里，我们提出了一项研究计划，利用高质量材料（硬拷贝和网络）和当前的远程学习技术，为高中生物和化学学生制作和提供新的教学计划。 我们将为高中教师开发教学模块，以酒精使用和滥用科学为相关背景，强化基本的生物学、化学和数学概念。具体目标是： 1) 开发一系列 6 个模块，利用生物学、化学和数学原理来描述酒精在体内的作用。 2）建立一个互动网站，供教师和学生在现场测试期间访问酒精药理学模块。 3）在全国招募约300名高中生物和化学教师对模块进行现场测试（教师作为自己的对照）。 4）举办2类教师培训班； NSTA 和 NCSTA 年度会议上的 6 小时现场研讨会以及北卡罗来纳州科学与数学学院 (NCSSM) 和美国各地学区同步直播的 6 小时双向视频研讨会。在研讨会上，高中 生物和化学教师将获得科学内容的背景知识，并与科学家合作设计补充活动。 5) 对模块进行现场测试。参加研讨会后，教师在生物和化学课上使用这些模块。 6) 确定计划的结果。学生（对照组和实验组）将接受课程结束测试，其中包含基础生物学和化学知识以及高级知识的问题 酒精药理学知识。大约15,000名学生将接受测试；分析将使用层次线性建模。教师将在工作坊前后以及一年后再次接受药理学知识测试。 7) 在A-PEP网站上公布结果并发布课程。将生物学、化学和数学在酒精使用中的应用应该激发人们对这些科学在“日常生活”中的重要性的思考，并帮助学生了解酒精实际上是如何发挥作用并影响他们的身体的。根据我们之前的研究，学生们也更好地学习了科学。