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: 8300090
• 负责人: VIRGINIA L SHEPHERD
• 金额: $ 25.53万
• 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/8300090
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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）：当前提案的总体目标是调整范德比尔特科学与数学学院 (SSMV) 创建的跨学科研究课程，以在三所纳什维尔大都会公立学校实施为期四年的计划（MNPS）高中。该提案的具体目标是调整校内（范德比尔特）模式，以便在三所具有不同学术背景的公立高中（SSM 学院）实施；定义维持该计划所需的变量和特征，并在任何高中环境中复制该模型；并制定向其他学校传播该模型的策略。 鼓励在已实施 SSM 学院的学校就读 9 年级的学生申请。被该项目录取的学生将每隔一天花三个小时根据调整后的课程学习两门课程。与 SSMV 一样，即将毕业的高年级学生将有机会进入范德比尔特实验室进行夏季研究实习。高中教师将与科学外展中心的科学家合作，调整 SSMV 课程以供实施。我们将持续进行为期一年的教师专业发展，以确保课程充满活力，并确保教师做好充分准备，参与和指导学生学习课程。 预期成果包括提高学生的 GPA 成绩以及 ACT 科学推理和课程结束测试的分数；提高 SSM 学生对科学职业的兴趣；增加全区 SSM 计划的入学人数；提高 SSM 学生的毕业率和高等教育入学率；开发独特的课程科学单元，以适应新颖的四年制跨学科研究课程；开发基于每个 SSM 有效特征的可持续模型，该模型可以导出到纳什维尔内外的其他高中；加强社区和家庭对 SSM 计划和整个学校社区的参与；范德比尔特大学和 MNPS 之间加强的合作伙伴关系将成为大学与 K-12 成功合作的全国典范，以加强科学教学。