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This document represents the final report of a project which was designed to improve the quality and quantity of microcomputer use in science teaching. The five major goals of the project were met, and 22 essential competencies for... more
This document represents the final report of a project which was designed to improve the quality and quantity of microcomputer use in science teaching. The five major goals of the project were met, and 22 essential competencies for computer literacy among science teachers were identified. The model and materials developed tended to be successful in improving the skills, knowledge, and attitudes of science teachers. Results of the project were disseminated by workshops, papers at professional meetings, publicity releases, and published articles. The materials developed and summarized in this document include: (1) a teacher enhancement model that applies to implementing any educational innovation; (2) a definition of what it means to be a computer-literate science teacher; (3) strategies for implementing educational computing; (4) materials and approaches that continue in use without outside
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This document represents the final report of a project which was designed to improve the quality and quantity of microcomputer use in science teaching. The five major goals of the project were met, and 22 essential competencies for... more
This document represents the final report of a project which was designed to improve the quality and quantity of microcomputer use in science teaching. The five major goals of the project were met, and 22 essential competencies for computer literacy among science teachers were identified. The model and materials developed tended to be successful in improving the skills, knowledge, and attitudes of science teachers. Results of the project were disseminated by workshops, papers at professional meetings, publicity releases, and published articles. The materials developed and summarized in this document include: (1) a teacher enhancement model that applies to implementing any educational innovation; (2) a definition of what it means to be a computer-literate science teacher; (3) strategies for implementing educational computing; (4) materials and approaches that continue in use without outside support; and (5) a determination of the appropriate use of microcomputers in teaching science....
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This study used a five-step procedure to establish and validate the essential competencies in computer literacy for elementary and secondary school (grades K-12) science teachers. This procedure produced a concise list of 24 competencies... more
This study used a five-step procedure to establish and validate the essential competencies in computer literacy for elementary and secondary school (grades K-12) science teachers. This procedure produced a concise list of 24 competencies that are not only representative of the broad field of computer literacy skills, but also are considered to be essential for science teachers. These competencies fall into the categories of: computer awareness; applications of microcomputers in science education; implementing microcomputers in science teaching; selection and evaluation of software; and resources for educational computing. (Computer programming, the history of computing, and computers and society were not rated as essential competencies.) The 24 competencies will be used to develop: (1) a test for measuring the computer literacy of science teachers; and (2) a curriculum for training science teachers to use the computer. The test and the curriculum will be used by both preservice and ...
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An instrument to measure the computer literacy of science teachers in grades K-12 is being developed. This instrument, the Test of Computer Literacy for Science Teachers (TCLST), is part of ENLIST Micros (a project to develop a curriculum... more
An instrument to measure the computer literacy of science teachers in grades K-12 is being developed. This instrument, the Test of Computer Literacy for Science Teachers (TCLST), is part of ENLIST Micros (a project to develop a curriculum for training science teachers to use computers). The instrument, based on essential competencies for computer literacy for science teachers developed and validated for this project, will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the ENLIST Micros curriculum at developing those essential competencies in science teachers. In addition, TCLST can be used as a diagnostic test by universities and school districts to determine if teachers have previously achieved computer literacy and also for various purposes by researchers. A 12-step procedure for developing and validating criterion-referenced tests is being used to develp the TCLST. Results of the first eight steps are reported and discussed: preliminary considerations; review of objectives; item writin...
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The Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS), with support from the National Science Foundation, is conducting a three-year project to develop a model for implementing educational computing in school science. This paper explains the... more
The Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS), with support from the National Science Foundation, is conducting a three-year project to develop a model for implementing educational computing in school science. This paper explains the tentative model in detail and presents the results of a pilot test of the model, which project staff conducted during the first year of the project. The goals for the project are: (1) to develop and test a model of implementing educational computing in school science; (2) to train 260 science teachers and administrators in the Pikes Peak region of Colorado to use microcomputers to enhance science learning and teaching; (3) to establish a network in the Pikes Peak region to implement educational computing in school science; and (4) to disseminate a model of implementation for educational computing in school science. The project met its first year objectives and was successful at increasing science teachers' use of microcomputers. Project staff defi...