High School Biology Research Study Teacher Application - Comparison Group with option of delayed treatment |
Researchers at BSCS Science Learning and the University of California, Davis, with funding from the National Science Foundation (DRL-1813538) are working to understand how curriculum materials may help students achieve the vision laid out in the Next Generation Science Standards. We have already recruited a treatment group who will be using a specific curriculum program provided by the researchers. Now, now we are seeking teachers to be part of the comparison group in the 2021-22 academic year. Participating teachers will use their existing curriculum materials during the 2021-22 school year. In the summer of 2022, comparison group teachers will have the option to receive professional development and access to instructional materials to support a full-year of high school biology instruction (either general bio or Earth-integrated).
Researchers will assist teachers in obtaining consent from students in their classrooms who will then take periodic content and attitudinal assessments. Observations will occur at least once in the 2021-22 academic year and participants may be asked to submit classroom video (collected with our support and assistance). We will also expect participating teachers to keep a lesson log, fill out periodic surveys, and participate in 2-3 thirty-minute interviews.
In order to be eligible to apply for the comparison condition you must teach in California and teach at least 2 sections/class periods of general biology (non-honors) or earth-science integrated biology in the coming 2021-22 school year.
In acknowledgment of participant time and effort the project will award a stipend of $1,500. Stipends will be paid upon completion of the study and all associated activities.
Please note that if you currently teach, have taught, or plan on teaching using the Model Based Biology curriculum in the 2021 - 2022 school year you are not eligible to participate as a comparison teacher.
Instructions: Please answer each of the questions in this online application fully and accurately. We will need both your online application and the Principal Signature Form (provided by email after submitting this application) before we can review your application in full.
Please contact Jeffrey Snowden (jsnowden@bscs.org) if you have any questions.
Survey Navigation Notes: Your responses are saved when you click "Next" to advance to another page of the survey. If you exit the survey before completion and want to re-enter later you must do so using the same computer browser.
Researchers will assist teachers in obtaining consent from students in their classrooms who will then take periodic content and attitudinal assessments. Observations will occur at least once in the 2021-22 academic year and participants may be asked to submit classroom video (collected with our support and assistance). We will also expect participating teachers to keep a lesson log, fill out periodic surveys, and participate in 2-3 thirty-minute interviews.
In order to be eligible to apply for the comparison condition you must teach in California and teach at least 2 sections/class periods of general biology (non-honors) or earth-science integrated biology in the coming 2021-22 school year.
In acknowledgment of participant time and effort the project will award a stipend of $1,500. Stipends will be paid upon completion of the study and all associated activities.
Please note that if you currently teach, have taught, or plan on teaching using the Model Based Biology curriculum in the 2021 - 2022 school year you are not eligible to participate as a comparison teacher.
Instructions: Please answer each of the questions in this online application fully and accurately. We will need both your online application and the Principal Signature Form (provided by email after submitting this application) before we can review your application in full.
Please contact Jeffrey Snowden (jsnowden@bscs.org) if you have any questions.
Survey Navigation Notes: Your responses are saved when you click "Next" to advance to another page of the survey. If you exit the survey before completion and want to re-enter later you must do so using the same computer browser.