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Enhancing Science Achievement through Technology: The iSAT Project Overview

The iSAT Project, led by Kent Crippen and Mary Kay Orgill at UNLV, aims to enhance science achievement in middle schools through technology integration and site-based professional development. Focusing on teacher content knowledge, the initiative promotes a professional learning community that enhances inquiry-based teaching and learning. Through workshops covering topics such as energy use, geological simulations, and ecosystem representation, the project employs technology as a scaffold for learning. Outcomes include improved student performance and highly qualified teachers, fostering a reformed pedagogy in science education.

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Enhancing Science Achievement through Technology: The iSAT Project Overview

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  1. Project iSAT(Improving Science Achievement with Technology) Kent Crippen, Curriculum & Instruction, UNLV MaryKay Orgill, Chemistry, UNLV

  2. Need Bridger Middle School Monaco Middle School Robison Middle School

  3. Themes • Site-Based Professional Development • Create Professional Learning Community • Fully Utilize Existing Resources • Improve Teacher Content Knowledge • Implement Technology as a Learning Scaffold • Emphasize Integrated Science • Promote Inquiry Teaching and Learning

  4. The Intervention

  5. Fall 2006 Workshops • Using the Web to Investigate Forms and Uses of Energy (WISE) • Simulating Geological Processes (Applets) • Representing Ecosystems (Concept Mapping) • Investigating Energy and Its Interaction with Matter (Probeware)

  6. Outcomes • Improved Student Performance • Highly Qualified Teachers • Professional Learning Community • Technology Infused Curriculum Activities • Reformed Pedagogy

  7. Evaluation • Quasi-Experimental • Mixed Methodology • Observations and Interviews • Teacher Assessments • Standard Instruments • Science Content Inventories • Levels of Use • Stages of Concern

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