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JASON Multimedia Science Curriculum Multi-Year Evaluation

JASON Multimedia Science Curriculum Multi-Year Evaluation. Harouna Ba and Lauren B. Goldenberg EDC Center for Children & Technology June 18, 2003. JASON Multimedia Science Curriculum Evaluation. Year 1: Exploratory Pilot: JASON impact on student learning. Year 1 Findings Highlights.

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JASON Multimedia Science Curriculum Multi-Year Evaluation

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  1. JASON Multimedia Science Curriculum Multi-Year Evaluation Harouna Ba and Lauren B. Goldenberg EDC Center for Children & Technology June 18, 2003

  2. JASON Multimedia Science Curriculum Evaluation Year 1: Exploratory Pilot: JASON impact on student learning

  3. Year 1 Findings Highlights • JMSC changes teaching practices • Increases collaboration among teachers • Supports an interdisciplinary approach to teaching • Increases teachers’ use of technology • Students • Keeps students engaged and interested in science • Helps students ask better science questions • Acquired scientific inquiry and analytical skills • Consistently scored above average and outperformed non-JASON students

  4. Year 1 (cont.) • Contextual factors for this success • The JASON curriculum is flexible for different teaching situation • Dedicated and innovative teachers

  5. JASON Multimedia Science Curriculum Evaluation Year 1: Exploratory Pilot: JASON impact on student learning Year 2: Teachers Teachers’ Use andOpinion of JASON

  6. Year 2 Findings Highlights • JASON teachers: • Are female and white (86.2%) • Have a lot of teaching experience (average of 15 years) • Have access to quality technologies (68%) • Serve a white student population with a range of academic placement levels and socioeconomic backgrounds • Assess their students using presentations, reports, or multiple-choice tests

  7. Year 2 (cont.) • As JASON teachers, the JMSC meet most of their: • Teaching objectives • Assessment objectives • Student learning objectives: collaboration, problem-solving, research, assessment, and technology

  8. Year 2 (cont.) • JMSC is flexible enough to accommodate the educational needs of a range of students: gifted, regular, at-risk, special ed., and homeschoolers • Examples: • Teachers have a lot flexibility to tinker with the curriculum in gifted classrooms • Teachers adapt the JMSC to at-risk students’ reading comprehension and writing needs

  9. JASON Multimedia Science Curriculum Evaluation Year 1: Exploratory Pilot: JASON impact on student learning Year 2: Teachers Who are JASON-usingteachers • Year 3 (current): Classrooms • JASON in diverse classrooms • Pilot: Achievement Data

  10. SELECTEDSITES Site Visits StudentInterviews TeacherInterviews JASON XIV StudentActivity AdministratorInterviews YEAR 3EVALUATION ClassroomObservations StudentFeedback PILOTState-level studentachievementdata JASON XIVUse Survey

  11. Students & Scientists

  12. Beyond interviews, observations…

  13. 7th Grader Student Feedback

  14. 7th Grader

  15. 5th Grader, at risk

  16. Middle schooler; special ed

  17. 5th Grader, at risk

  18. JASON Multimedia Science Curriculum Evaluation Year 1: Exploratory Pilot: JASON impact on student learning Year 2: Teachers Who are JASON-usingteachers Year 3 (current): Classrooms JASON in diverse classrooms + Pilot: Achievement Data • Future Evaluation Plans

  19. For more info: www2.edc.org/cct/jason.asp

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