Transforming STEM Learning in Urban Schools Using the SSMV Model

使用 SSMV 模型转变城市学校的 STEM 学习

• 批准号: 8497760
• 负责人: VIRGINIA L SHEPHERD
• 金额: $ 23.58万
• 依托单位: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-07-12 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8497760
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the current proposal is to adapt the interdisciplinary research-based curriculum created at the School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt (SSMV) for implementation of a four-year program in three Metropolitan Nashville Public School (MNPS) high schools. The specific aims of the proposal are to adapt the on-campus (at Vanderbilt) model for implementation in three public high schools with different academic profiles (SSM Academies); to define the variables and features required to sustain the program and to replicate the model in any high school setting; and to define a strategy for disseminating the model to additional schools. Students entering 9th grade in a school in which an SSM Academy has been implemented will be encouraged to apply. Those who are accepted into the program will spend three hours every other day in two courses based on the adapted curriculum. As with the SSMV, rising seniors will have opportunities to enter Vanderbilt laboratories for summer research internships. Teachers from the high school will work with Center for Science Outreach scientists to adapt the SSMV curriculum for implementation. Ongoing, year-long teacher professional development will be conducted to ensure that the curriculum is dynamic and the teachers are well-prepared to engage and guide the students in the curriculum. The anticipated outcomes include enhanced student achievement as measured by GPA, and scores on ACT science reasoning and end of course tests; increased SSM student interest in careers in science; increased district-wide enrollment in SSM programs; increased graduation rates and postsecondary education enrollment by SSM students; development of unique curricular science units that can be adapted for a novel four-year interdisciplinary research- based curriculum; development of a sustainable model built on effective features of each SSM that can be exported to other high schools within and outside Nashville; enhanced community and family involvement in the SSM programs and school community in general; a strengthened partnership between Vanderbilt and MNPS that will serve as a national model of a successful university-K-12 collaboration to enhance science teaching and learning.

描述（由申请人提供）：当前建议的总体目标是适应范德比尔特科学与数学学院创建的基于跨学科的基于研究的课程（MNP）高中。该提案的具体目的是适应校园内（范德比尔特）模型，以在三所具有不同学术概况的公立高中实施（SSM学院）；定义维持程序所需的变量和功能，并在任何高中环境中复制模型；并定义将模型传播到其他学校的策略。 将鼓励在一所SSM学院的学校进入9年级的学生申请。那些被接受该计划的人将每隔一天在两个课程中花费三个小时，以适应的课程为基础。与SSMV一样，上升的老年人将有机会进入范德比尔特实验室进行夏季研究实习。高中的教师将与科学外展科学家中心合作，以适应SSMV课程进行实施。将进行为期一年的教师专业发展，以确保课程充满活力，并且教师准备好参与和指导学生参加课程。 预期的结果包括通过GPA衡量的学生成就增强，以及ACT科学推理和课程结束测试的分数； SSM学生对科学职业的兴趣增加了； SSM计划的地区范围内的入学人数增加； SSM学生的毕业率和高等教育入学率提高；开发独特的课程科学单元，可以适应一个新型的四年跨学科研究课程；开发以每个SSM有效特征的可持续模型的开发，该模型可以出口到纳什维尔内外的其他高中；加强社区和家庭参与SSM计划和学校社区的参与； Vanderbilt和MNP之间的伙伴关系加强了，这将成为成功的大学K-12合作的国家模型，以增强科学教学。