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Session 43.030

Comparing the Effects of Two Versions of Professional Development on Science Curriculum Implementation and Scaling-Up. Session 43.030. Introduction and Overview. Paul R. Brandon Curriculum Research & Development Group University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Project Purpose.

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Session 43.030

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  1. Comparing the Effects of Two Versions of Professional Development on Science Curriculum Implementation and Scaling-Up Session 43.030

  2. Introduction and Overview Paul R. BrandonCurriculum Research & Development GroupUniversity of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

  3. Project Purpose • A randomized study of the effects of variations in professional development (PD) on • program implementation • student achievement • scale-up • First phase (ending 2/28/06) to prepare for five-year second phase (if funded)

  4. FAST • The project compares two versions of teachers’ PD for Foundational Approaches in Science Teaching (FAST). • An award-winning middle-school inquiry-based science program • Shown to positively affect achievement and other student outcomes

  5. Phase-I Project Tasks • Prepare the 5-day PD institute with electronic resource and on-line course • Prepare instruments for the second phase: • Teacher questionnaire • Teacher log • Observation procedures • Student assessments

  6. Focus on Span of PD • Traditionally, FAST PD is delivered in a 10-day institute. • We will compare it with an alternative 5-day institute followed by an online course, with an electronic multimedia resource.

  7. Phase-II Hypothesis The 5-day inquiry-based science training institute, followed by an on-line university-credit course with computer-based multimedia, will have more favorable outcomes than a 10-day institute without the follow-up university course.

  8. Examining the effects of PD on: • levels of classroom implementation • intensiveness and extensiveness of long-term use of inquiry-based science (i.e., scale-up) • levels of student achievement

  9. Experimental Design • Randomized cluster sample, with schools (N = 80) as clusters • One teacher per school • Even if attrition is 25%, statistical power will be .80.

  10. Merit of the Study • Addresses at least five deficits in the literature: • Few studies on effects of PD time span • Few studies about using technology in PD • Few randomized studies • Few studies of the effects of PD on student learning • Few, if any studies, of inquiry science PD

  11. Order of Presentations • Gray, Nguyen, & Speitel: Description of PD • Brandon: Log and questionnaire development and questionnaire validation • Taum: Observation guide development • Ayala: Student assessment development • Lawton: Comparison of early effects of the two versions of PD

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