The site testers will be chosen from interested volunteers attending the HAPS 2000 meeting in Charlotte. They should be teaching cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, and/or neurophysiology during the 2000-2001 academic year. They must be willing and able to:

• Meet with the development team during HAPS 2000 to discuss the project (time TBD, but Monday lunch hour seems likely). Take workshops related to the grant if possible.

• Fill out demographics and "Approaches to Teaching" questionnaires

• Incorporate curriculum activities for the "Conductance and Gradients" module into their teaching

• Communicate with the development team and each other via a special listserv and the ITIP web site during the implementation phase.

• Complete the following specific assignments:

• Obtain permission from institutional authorities to participate in data-gathering about student attitude and class performance. Individual student performance will not be tracked.

• Keep a user’s journal with notes about the grant activities and their implementation. Additional information about what to include in the journals will be provided later.

• Administer pre- and post-tests (provided by the development team) to assess student attitude toward science, learning preferences, and content and skills mastery.

We hope that all site-testers will be able to attend HAPS ‘01 in Maui, Hawaii. Those who do will have their meeting registration paid for by the NSF grant and a matching grant from HAPS. Site testers who cannot attend HAPS ‘01 will receive a $100 stipend upon successful completion of the implementation phase.