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:
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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
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Critical Appraisal to Improve Neuroscience Education (CAINE) 2009-2013:
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Grant # R25DA025578
Positively Aging® Curriculum Program Funding 1997-2008:
National Center for Research Resources
Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA)
Grant # R25 RR 18549
SEPA Website (nationwide K-12 educational materials and resources)
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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