| Scope and method of study. The purpose of this study was to discover how aerospace science curriculum projects can contribute to the higher-order learning of students in a period of education reform. Participants in the study were sixty middle school educators from urban areas throughout the United States gathered for a workshop at Oklahoma State University. Each participant was asked to write responses to a series of questions concerning the curriculum project they had experienced. Later, nineteen of the same educators, selected at random, were asked a series of more detailed, follow-up questions through personal interviews. The qualitative answers were complied and reported. Two case studies of the educators were developed.;Findings and conclusions. As result of the study it was recommended that the Mars 2076 project be preformed with a middle school class. In the presentation of the project the sessions should be shorter and shortened evaluations should be made each day. The vocabulary should be made more appropriate for the middle school child. The material in the project should be both introduced and summarized more completely. Final evaluation of the project should be made two or three days after the project has ended to provide for a period of reflection. |
