Collaborative Research: INSTANCES: Incorporating Computational Scientific Thinking Advances into Education & Science Courses

Information

  • NSF Award
  • 1043891
Owner
  • Award Id
    1043891
  • Award Effective Date
    4/1/2011 - 13 years ago
  • Award Expiration Date
    3/31/2013 - 11 years ago
  • Award Amount
    $ 32,808.00
  • Award Instrument
    Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: INSTANCES: Incorporating Computational Scientific Thinking Advances into Education & Science Courses

Computational Science combines computer simulations and knowledge from a science discipline to solve complex problems. While a decade ago computational science was rare and found mainly in research programs, today it is recommended even for K-12 education as an effective pedagogy for teaching science, math and computer science in context. However, science and math teachers are often not prepared well for their work with computers in K-12 classrooms. They may not be able to explain what is occurring within the computer applications used by their students. The investigators are developing a new course for students who plan to be K-12 teachers, called Computational Scientific Thinking and Modeling for Teachers. The course is designed to provide practical computation integrated into the scientific problem-solving paradigm and a contextual understanding of the important of computation. This will lead to better prepared teachers, to better informed students and to broader participation in computing. <br/><br/>The project represents a multi-institution collaboration among a computational physics educator, a science and math educator, an education foundation, a computational biologist and two community college science teachers. Course materials include online content and a collection of video-based modules. Student learning outcomes are being assessed and the results are being disseminated at national meetings for science and math teachers.

  • Program Officer
    Valerie Barr
  • Min Amd Letter Date
    3/21/2011 - 13 years ago
  • Max Amd Letter Date
    3/21/2011 - 13 years ago
  • ARRA Amount

Institutions

  • Name
    University of Connecticut Health Center
  • City
    Farmington
  • State
    CT
  • Country
    United States
  • Address
    263 Farmington Ave.
  • Postal Code
    060321956
  • Phone Number
    8606793951

Investigators

  • First Name
    Raquell
  • Last Name
    Holmes
  • Email Address
    rholmes@uchc.edu
  • Start Date
    3/21/2011 12:00:00 AM