马塞诸斯州大学波士顿

STEM教学与学习研究

丽莎Gonsalves, 课程与教学副教授, 指导想成为科学教师的成年人.

Using a vertically integrated approach to address the 学习 needs of K through 16 students and teachers, the 澳门新葡新京官方 leads the way in Massachusetts when it comes to collaborating with public schools, 社区学院, 大学, 和工业在提高教学水平, 学习, 还有科学研究, 技术, 工程, 和数学, 也被称为STEM. Our faculty are also making contributions on a national scale to the field of STEM 学习 research.

以确保我们现在和未来的成功, the university leadership committed itself some ten years ago to providing professional development opportunities for faculty and staff. 其中之一是2004年成立的科学与数学背景中心(简称COSMIC). 多亏了14美元.6M in Math and Science Partnership (MSP) grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the same year, the Boston Science Partnership grew dramatically almost overnight in mission and scale—and the partnership was now led by 马塞诸斯州大学波士顿.

An essential feature of the MSP program is that projects develop strategies to ensure that students are prepared for, 有机会, 并鼓励学生参与具有挑战性的数学和/或科学课程，并取得成功. 事实上, a recent report by the NSF highlights 马塞诸斯州大学波士顿's many successes and leadership role as a highly effective model for other MSP programs throughout the nation to emulate.

Below are details on just some of our STEM successes and ongoing collaborations with our external partners. To learn even more, contact the Office of the Vice Provost for 研究 and Strategic Initiatives & 617的研究生院院长.287.5614 or 617.287.5608. For a complete list of our current and past STEM education 和学习 projects scroll to the bottom of this page.

  • 波士顿科学伙伴关系
  • 波士顿能源科学教学项目
  • 通过社区工程建设教与学能力
  • Supporting Children’s Engineering Discourse and Decision-Making with Multimedia Engineering Notebook Tools
  • WIPRO科学教育奖学金
  • 国家计算机技术中心

波士顿科学伙伴关系

波士顿科学伙伴关系 (BSP) is a teacher development program to improve science education in Boston from middle school through graduate school. 这个项目的一个关键特点是它的垂直方法, which defines outcomes encompassing the entire science curriculum from grade 6 through university.

One of the BSP’s aims is to boost student enrollment in Advanced Placement (AP) science programs throughout the district. 伙伴关系提供了密集的, 全年为波士顿公立学校的AP科学教室提供支持. 结果, 2000年至2013年, is a dramatic increase in the number of Boston Public School students taking and performing well on the challenging AP exams.

成功的策略包括为教师举办讲习班和学院, 面向学生和教师的大学实验室项目, 为AP学生开设的暑期“过桥”课程, 课堂志愿者支持, 并为学生提供完整的练习考试. The partnership recruited experienced AP teachers to help; the long-term goal is to develop them into endorsed College Board consultants. Core partners 马塞诸斯州大学波士顿 and Northeastern University are working in collaboration with the College Board and Harvard Medical School on this initiative.

波士顿能源科学教学项目

The Boston Energy in Science Teaching (BEST) Project was Phase 2 of the Boston Science Partnership. 表彰BSP的杰出成就, the National Science Foundation awarded Professor of Organic Chemistry and Marine Organic Chemistry Robert Chen and Distinguished Professor of Science Education Arthur Eisenkraft a $2.2011年拨款100万美元实施BEST项目. 由陈和艾森克拉夫特领导, 马塞诸斯州大学波士顿 faculty work with science teachers in the Boston Public 学校 to explore the use of an over-arching concept—energy—to promote science 学习. The BEST project is also a vehicle for examining how a teacher’s in-depth conceptual understanding translates into deeper student engagement, 博览会, 和学习.

教与学能力建设
通过社区工程

课程与教学助理教授克里斯汀·温德尔(Kristen Wendell)获得了5年598美元的奖金,2013年获得美国国家科学基金(NSF) 269 CAREER资助. 与最近马萨诸塞州K-12科学教育的变化一致, 温德尔和她的研究小组正在开发一个基于社区的工程模块, 以及评估工具, 哪些可以用来造福小学新手教师. The grant will provide the opportunity to investigate the current 工程 abilities and practices of three cohorts of 30 novice teachers. 90名教师中的48名将被跟踪，进入他们的第一年在职教学, allowing for researchers to document how these teachers bring this experience into their new position at the head of their own classroom.

Supporting Children’s Engineering Discourse and Decision-Making with Multimedia Engineering Notebook Tools

随着工程逐渐成为K-12教育的一部分, there is a need for models and tools that support students' 工程 design practices across all 工程 curricula. 特别是, students need support in developing ways of talking and writing that enable practices such as proposing possible design solutions and redesigning. Such practices require engineers to engage in reflective decision-making in communication with others.

在这项工作进行中, 支持三年$262,806国家科学基金资助, Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction Kristen Wendell and Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction Patricia Paugh are developing and studying multimedia 工程 notebook tools that support urban elementary students’ engagement in 工程 practices, 特别是那些涉及与同学反思决策的课程. 他们的工作是与小学教师研究人员密切合作, 他们正处于这个三年项目的第一阶段.

WIPRO科学教育奖学金

WIPRO科学教育奖学金(SEF)是一个教师领导项目 Wipro 组织. 2012年，Wipro承诺出资3美元.300万美元捐给麻省大学波士顿科学与数学研究中心, 五年以上, 培训三批120名教师, fostering leadership and teaching excellence in science education among students from areas in Boston and New Jersey. 

The Wipro Science Education Fellowship is based upon the success of the Boston Science Partnership’s Science Education Fellowship, 这是由 国家科学基金数学科学伙伴计划 2009年至2012年. 该奖学金是为有经验的教师提供的为期两年的项目. The program uses a model of teacher support and development to increase the quality of teaching and leadership in science throughout several districts. 该模式包括一套全面的活动，旨在提高教师的实践, 重点是提高所有学生的科学成绩.

国家计算机和信息技术卓越中心

在竞争日益激烈和技术驱动的全球经济中, 美国的经济实力依赖于受过良好教育和高技能的劳动力. 十多年来，波士顿地区先进技术教育连接(BATEC), 由现在全国知名的执行董事Deborah Boisvert领导, developed a regionally coordinated system to meet the demand for trained professionals in information 技术. 事实上, BATEC was so successful the NSF awarded 马塞诸斯州大学波士顿 a $5M grant for establishing a new 国家计算机和信息技术卓越中心, BATEC更名为“拓展先进科技教育联系”. 自2011年以来, BATEC and its partners have been co-designing scalable and sustainable programs for replication throughout the country.