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1、STEMTECIIEvaluationReportforYear1--Fall2002/Spring2003SharonCadmanSlaterStephenG.SireciJoeBergerMelissaBrownKerryAnnO’MearaJohnHintzeLindsayDeCeccoUniversityofMassachusettsAmherstAugust2003125STEMTECIIEvaluationReportforYear1(Fall2002/Spring2003)TableofContentsPage

2、ExecutiveSummary2Introduction4STEMTECFacultyFellowshipsInScienceAndMathematicsTeachingProgram5ResultsoftheTeachingScholarSurvey34TheImpactofSTEMTEConK-12Education47STEMTECK-12ClassroomObservations63NewTeacherSupportFocusGroupsandSurvey75STEMTECIIYear1EvaluationSumm

3、aryandRecommendations88AppendicesAppendixA:EvaluationMatrix93AppendixB:TeachingScholarSurvey103AppendixC:K-12PrincipalSurvey111AppendixD:K-12TeacherSurvey114AppendixE:K-12StudentSurveyFormsAandB118AppendixF:RevisedClassroomObservationProtocol(COP)122125STEMTECIIEva

4、luationReportforYear1--Fall2002/Spring2003ExecutiveSummaryInthefirstyearofSTEMTECIItheevaluationfocusedonbothhighereducationandtheK-12setting.Assuch,theevaluationinvolved:surveysofK-12teachers,students,andprincipals;classroomobservationsofK-12teachers;focusgroupsan

5、dsurveysofK-12teachersintheirfirstyearsintheclassroom;dataontheFacultyFellowsProgram;anddataontheTeachingScholarsProgram.Thesevariousdatasourceswerecollectedtoaddressthegoalsspecifiedintheevaluationplanforthethree-yearsofSTEMTECfollow-onfunding(seeAppendixA).Thegoa

6、lsthatarethepriorityoftheevaluationforthefollow-onfundingareto:1.EvaluatethepreparationoffutureK-12teachersofmathematicsandscience.2.Evaluatetheprogramstosupportnewscienceandmathteachersintheirfirstyearintheclassroom.3.Evaluatetheredesignofthescienceandmathcurricul

7、aonthecampusesoftheCollaborativetoincorporatenewpedagogies.4.Evaluaterecruitmentandretentionofpromisingstudentsintothemathandscienceteachingprofession,withspecialattentiontounderrepresentedgroups.STEMTEChashadaneffect.Pastevaluationshavehighlightedthesuccessesatthe

8、highereducationlevel.Thisyear’sevaluationshowsevidenceofapositiveimpactontheK-12setting,aswellascontinuedachievementsinhighereducation.TheFaculty