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
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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
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4. Curriculum Interventions
The Intervention
Fall 2005
Spring 2006
Summer 2006
Monthly
Workshops
(UNLV)
2-graduate
Courses
(on-site & DE)
5-Day
Institute
Targeted
Curriculum Interventions
Content Knowledge
PCK
Develop
Curriculum
Units

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