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Preventing Drug Use by Teaching the Scientific Method

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: 1 R43 DA10148-01,
Agency Tracking Number: 29325
Amount: $741,667.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1997
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
1839 Garden Avenue
Eugene, OR 97403
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Bonnie Grossen
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Abstract

Adolescent use of tobacco, alcohol, and illegal drugs has increased recently, after nearly two decaOne effective method of renewing prevention efforts is cross curriculum exposure to substance abuseinteractive video. Instruction in the scientific method using drug examples can provide a powerful mexposure. Despite the critical importance of teaching students logical thinking and the scientific mlittle instruction on either. Performance of American students, both in scientific reasoning and scilow by international standards. Research supports teaching scientific method, and the underlying logskills, by using explicit rules in small incremental steps. Within the instruction on scientific metpowerful substance abuse prevention message can be delivered. In Phase I, four lessons in logic, crimethod will be developed and evaluated. The Phase I prototype will include computer presentations anmaterials. The prototype efficacy will be evaluated with 40 middle school students. In Phase II, twoROM-based programs will be developed--and then tested for effectiveness in a randomized control tria

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