IITA 1996 Annual Report

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Objective

To engage students in authentic, real-world problems and facilitate cognitive growth in content and research processes.

Approach

Provide students tools to investigate scientific, social, political, and cultural aspects of controversial, authentic environmental problems within an interdisciplinary framework and then generate possible solutions.

Develop student-directed inquiry problem-solving guides, problem-specific background materials, links to other resources via the World Wide Web (WWW), and access to NASA's database of Earth Science satellite images.

Point of Contact

Robert Myers, Ph. D. Senior Instructional Designer
NASA Classroom of the Future Program
316 Washington Avenue Wheeling, WV 26003
Email: bmyers~lcoffedu
Phone: 304/243-2388
Fax: 304/243-2497
Accomplishments

Designed, developed, and implemented ten problem-based, interdisciplinary modules dealing with such topics as land use, endangered species, habitat destruction, natural hazards, and non-renewal resources.

Conducted three teacher workshops with teachers from 40 schools across the country.

Designed and delivered on-line teacher support materials dealing with teaching and learning.

Provided tools for student-directed inquiry to hundreds of middle and high schools across the country and world (over 20,000 hits; over 11 countries expressing interest).

Alpha testing is in place for 23 schools (grades 7-12) in 13 states and Canada during the 199~97 school year.

Significance

Engages students in problem solving. Provides support tools to teachers.

Plans

Deliver several new instruction modules. Deliver supplemental teacher materials. Evaluation. This agreement ends in Fiscal Year 1997.

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