K-12 science education reform—a primer for scientists

Moreno, Nancy P.

doi:10.2307/1313477

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“…Students work in cooperative learning laboratory groups of six under the supervision of an NSF GK-12 fellow or high school science teacher facilitator (Moreno, 1999). To ensure that these laboratory experiments are as meaningful as possible, the students are provided with hands-on activities to make critical abstract concepts more understandable.…”

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“…Students continue to work in cooperative learning laboratory groups of six under the supervision of an NSF GK-12 fellow or high school science teacher facilitator (Moreno, 1999). The major difference between this course and the students' previous BioTeach course is that student BioTeach experiments are shorter and essentially unrelated, whereas student ChemTeach experiments are longer and more intellectually challenging, and the data from succeeding experiments build on the results of the preceding ones, which is more like the way actual scientific research is done (Cox, 1998).…”

Section: Student Chemteachmentioning

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“…Thus, not only are laboratory experiments immediately put in a conceptual context by the lectures, but the experiment dictates the lecture, rather than just punctuating it. Thus, as in ''real'' scientific research, the need to know is driven by the experiment, not just illustrated by it (Moreno, 1999). In addition, as in student BioTeach, weekly mathematics workshops help students analyze and interpret their experimental data, while English workshops teach them to communicate these results effectively.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This is followed by our day-long high school DNA fingerprinting, sickle cell, and HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) McWane Science Center GENEius experiments. Each student then spends the next 8 weeks working on a laboratory project under the direction of UAB research faculty and staff (Moreno, 1999). In addition to laboratory research, students participate in weekly mathematics workshops designed to help them evaluate and use statistical analysis to present their experimental data as well as in English workshops to learn how to effectively communicate their results.…”

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The University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Community OutReach Development Summer Science Institute Program: A 3-Yr Laboratory Research Experience for Inner-City Secondary-Level Students

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Miller²,

Davis³

2004

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This article describes and assesses the effectiveness of a 3-yr, laboratory-based summer science program to improve the academic performance of inner-city high school students. The program was designed to gradually introduce such students to increasingly more rigorous laboratory experiences in an attempt to interest them in and model what “real” science is like. The students are also exposed to scientific seminars and university tours as well as English and mathematics workshops designed to help them analyze their laboratory data and prepare for their closing ceremony presentations. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of student performance in these programs indicates that participants not only learn the vocabulary, facts, and concepts of science, but also develop a better appreciation of what it is like to be a “real” scientist. In addition, the college-bound 3-yr graduates of this program appear to be better prepared to successfully academically compete with graduates of other high schools; they also report learning useful job-related life skills. Finally, the critical conceptual components of this program are discussed so that science educators interested in using this model can modify it to fit the individual resources and strengths of their particular setting

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Section: Student Bioteachmentioning

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The University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Community OutReach Development Summer Science Institute Program: A 3-Yr Laboratory Research Experience for Inner-City Secondary-Level Students

Niemann¹,

Miller²,

Davis³

2004

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“…One alarming example is that only 28% of United States high-school students are well prepared for college-level biology (American College Testing, 2008 Recommendations for change in education emphasize active teaching and learning approaches, real-world applications, problem-based formats, and inquiry in and outside the classroom [National Research Council (NRC), 1996, 2000, 2003a,b, 2005NSB, 2004;CED, 2006]. Neuroscience, with its many facets, lends easily to these approaches (Moreno, 1999;Cameron and Chudler, 2003). The study of brains, nervous systems, and behavior has wide appeal to learners of all ages with curiosities and concerns in areas such as learning and neurogenesis, memory loss and neurodegenerative disease, drug addiction and stress, traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder, phantom limbs, savantism, and even synesthesia.…”

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