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Teacher Enrichment Initiatives (TEI)

 

The Teacher Enrichment Initiatives (TEI) involve partnerships between faculty and staff of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and K-12 teachers in the San Antonio area and include:

  • a multidisciplinary health science curriculum
  • teacher professional development programs
  • interactive on-line student activities & simulations

 

New Addition: Critical Appraisal

 

Every Teacher is a Health Teacher!

 

Featured Classroom Activity:

Critical Appraisal of Research Lessons

criticalappraisal

Note: This activity suggestion describes how specific content might be
taught to middle school students. Any feedback on how you are able to use this lesson suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Your comments
can be sent to us at teachhealthk-12@uthscsa.edu .

 

Rationale: Looking for a way to teach critical appraisal skills in an engaging, systematic way? D’Scerner the Lifelong Learner lessons were developed to do just that. Students begin by reading a report from an actual scientific study published in a peer-reviewed journal. Teachers and graphic designers have transformed the original reports into age-appropriate materials. Students can read for themselves what the researchers reported about their study. There are three modules that guide students in finding sources of potential bias in the study; reading tables and graphs; and analyzing the results.

 

Keywords: Critical appraisal skills, compare/contrast, analyzing results of a study, study design, variables, controlled variables, graphing

 

 

 

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E-mail: teachhealthk-12@uthscsa.edu

 

Funding Sources

SEPA
NIDA
NHLBI
NIA
NIH

 

Critical Appraisal to Improve Neuroscience Education (CAINE) 2009-2013:

National Institutes of Health

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Grant # R25DA025578

 

Positively Aging® Curriculum Program Funding 1997-2008:

National Institutes of Health

National Center for Research Resources

National Institute on Aging

Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA)

Grant # R25 RR 18549

 

SEPA Website (nationwide K-12 educational materials and resources)

 

Previous Funding Sources

 

Contact Information

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Department of Medicine - Division of Geriatrics
Teacher Enrichment Initiatives
Positively Aging® and M.O.R.E. Programs
7703 Floyd Curl Dr. - MSC 7780
San Antonio Texas 78229-3900

Phone: 210-567-2568

Fax: 210-567-4414
E-mail: teachhealthk-12@uthscsa.edu

 

"[I learned that] the choices you make when you are young are gonna affect you when you get older."

- Middle School Student (about Inflamm-O-Wars game)

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