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Overview of NSF/IERI Science IDEAS Project Objectives

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The NSF/IERI Science IDEAS Project had two complementary sets of objectives. The first set focused on the effect of the Science IDEAS model on student achievement in reading comprehension and science as it was implemented in an increasing number of schools. The second set focused on gaining an understanding of how to enhance the “scale-up” process through which K-12 schools are able to initially adapt, expand the application, and sustain research-based interventions that improve school effectiveness.

Major Objectives of the Science IDEAS Projects: Grades 3-5 and Grades 1-2

To implement Science IDEAS on a schoolwide basis in an increasing number of elementary schools.
To develop the professional development and support components (e.g., for teachers, and administrators) necessary for fidelity of implementation.
To document the effects of the Science IDEAS model on student achievement (vs. demographically comparable students) in reading comprehension and science as measured the ITBS nationally-normed tests across grades 1 through 5.
To document the transfer effects from elementary to middle school on ITBS reading comprehension and science achievement for Science IDEAS elementary school students.
To develop web-based tools and other intervention support components necessary for initial adoption, expansion, and sustainability of the Science IDEAS model to new school sites after the completion of the NSF/IERI project.

Major Objectives of the Scale-Up Project Component

To study the process of scale-up by using the expansion of the Science IDEAS model to an increasing number of schools.
To identify critical dynamics that result in successful scale-up and the barriers that are necessary to overcome if scale-up is successful.
To construct a scale-up model that provides a framework for representing dynamics necessary for successful scale-up.
To design and construct generalizable school-based “tools” that help provide support for school s for the capacity development and organizational infrastructures necessary for successful scale-up.
To develop web-based tools as a means for disseminating and using the scale-up tools developed in the project.


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