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AIM: K–8 Science

AIM: K–8 Science. Eric Banilower Horizon Research, Inc. MSP Theory of Action (Big Picture). AIM: K–8 Science. AIM is an NSF-funded MSP RETA AIM has the opportunity to develop instruments and collect data that no single MSP project has the resources to do. Study Component 1.

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AIM: K–8 Science

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  1. AIM: K–8 Science Eric Banilower Horizon Research, Inc.

  2. MSP Theory of Action (Big Picture)

  3. AIM: K–8 Science • AIM is an NSF-funded MSP RETA • AIM has the opportunity to develop instruments and collect data that no single MSP project has the resources to do.

  4. Study Component 1

  5. Study Component 2

  6. Topics • Force and Motion • Populations and Ecosystems (i.e., Interdependence) • Climate and Weather • Evolution and Diversity • Forms of Energy • Properties of and Changes in Matter

  7. Instruments

  8. PD-Provider Log • Captures what teachers experience in PD • PD providers complete a log at the end of each day of PD on the targeted topic • 15 minutes or fewer to complete • Honorarium of $15 per completed log

  9. PD Observations • HRI will observe a sample of PD sessions.

  10. Teacher Tracking System • In addition to knowing what happens in PD, AIM needs to know which teachers attended each session.

  11. Teacher and Student Assessments • Each assessment will take about 30 minutes to administer (all multiple choice). • All teacher assessment items are set in the context of work that teachers do, e.g., using content knowledge to analyze student thinking.

  12. Classroom Practice • Teacher questionnaire • Instructional practices • Beliefs about effective instruction • Teacher efficacy • Contextual factors that affect science instruction • Classroom observations • Only for a subset of teachers

  13. Timeline • Teacher assessments for Force and Motion, Populations and Ecosystems by Summer 2010. • Student assessments for these two topics ready for use by Spring of the 2010-11 academic year. • Data collection will begin in Summer 2010.

  14. Timeline • Assessments for other topics will be added in following years. • We anticipate data collection continuing through at least the 2011-12 academic year.

  15. Re-Cap: Two Main Components • Relationship between PD and teacher content knowledge • Relationships among teacher content knowledge, beliefs, classroom practice, and student learning Projects can participate in either or both components for one or more topics.

  16. What’s Required to Participate • Component 1: • Complete PD-provider logs • Submit teacher tracking data • Administer content assessment to teachers pre- and post-PD • Allow PD to be observed

  17. What’s Required to Participate • Component 2: • Administer content assessment to teachers prior to their teaching of the unit on targeted topic • If teacher is participating in Component 1, the post-PD assessment may be used • Administer student content assessment at the beginning and end of unit on targeted topic • Administer teacher questionnaire • Teachers complete while students are doing their post-test

  18. What Do Projects Gain by Participating? • Opportunity to contribute to knowledge generation that will help the field in the future. • Additional data for project-specific studies: • PD-provider log data; • Teacher assessment data; • Teacher questionnaire data; and • Student assessment data.

  19. We are looking for a set of projects that vary in their approaches to professional development and that have different school contexts. • We will try to include as many projects as possible in the study, but need to make sure we get the right mix.

  20. Projects Not Participating for a Given Topic • We will be recruiting teachers to pilot instruments (on-line). • If you are willing to disseminate information to teachers, we will send you emails and ask that you forward them to potential participants. • Teachers will be paid an honorarium for participating in a pilot and their identities will be kept confidential.

  21. How to Contact Us • If you might be interested in participating: http://www.horizon-research.com/aim/signup • How to contact AIM: aim@horizon-research.com

  22. Also of Possible Interest • MSP-KMD has also developed a series of “knowledge reviews” that share research findings and practice-based insights: • Deepening teacher content knowledge • Preparing and deploying teacher leaders • Involving STEM faculty

  23. Also of Possible Interest • MSP-KMD has developed a searchable, on-line, database with information about instruments used to assess teacher content knowledge (mathematics and science, K–12). • The database currently contains summaries of 144 instruments.

  24. Can Search By: • Content area • Grade levels • Nature of instrument, e.g., • Any multiple-choice/constructed response assessments • Assessments that include a scale score with information about reliability and validity • Interview protocols • Observation protocols

  25. These resources are located at: http://www.mspkmd.net/

  26. Disclaimer The instructional practices and assessments discussed or shown in this presentation are not intended as an endorsement by the U. S. Department of Education.

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