(SGER) Youth-based Program Impact on Education and Career Choices: An Exploration of Issues in Planning and Implementing Longitudinal Research

(SGER) 基于青年的计划对教育和职业选择的影响：规划和实施纵向研究中问题的探索

• 批准号: 0748041
• 负责人: Robert Tai
• 金额: $ 30.83万
• 依托单位: University of Virginia Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-11-01 至 2011-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0748041&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SGER; Youth; based; Program; Impact

This Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER) explores the timely issue of how to conduct a feasibility study on the question of whether youths who participate in after-school information technology-oriented science-engagement programs are more likely to eventually choose a STEM related career. This project examines programs such as Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) along with other similar programs to determine innovative approaches to conducting such a long-term study so that it is methodologically sound and as economical as possible. The PI proposes to conduct the following activities:1.Produce an expansive literature review, drawn from multiple interdisciplinary sources;2.Produce a report comparing and contrasting the programmatic approaches and organizational structures implemented by existing youth-based programs;3.Produce a report summarizing the insights of experts on longitudinal study design and implementation; and4.Design and develop a longitudinal study of youth-based STEM programs.ITEST and similar programs represent a significant NSF investment and recent calls for more rigorous studies of such programs from both the Academic Competitiveness Council and the Office of Management and Budget make it imperative that new methods and approaches for determining the impact of such programs on students and teachers are developed and implemented as soon as possible.

这项用于探索性研究的小赠款（SGER）探讨了如何进行有关如何进行可行性研究的问题，即有关参加课后信息技术导向的科学参与计划的年轻人是否更有可能最终选择与STEM相关的职业。该项目研究了诸如针对学生和教师（ITEST）的信息技术经验以及其他类似计划的计划，以确定进行这样一项长期研究的创新方法，以便在方法上是合理的，并且尽可能地经济。 PI建议进行以下活动：1。从多个跨学科来源中得出广泛的文献综述； 2.生产一份报告，以比较并与现有基于青年计划实施的程序化方法和组织结构进行比较和对比； 3.生产一份报告，总结了对漫长研究设计和实施专家的见解；和4.设计并开发了对青年STEM计划的纵向研究。最重要的计划代表了NSF的重要投资，最近呼吁从学术竞争力委员会和管理和预算办公室对此类计划进行更严格的研究，因此必须尽快开发和实施这些计划对这些计划的影响和实施的新方法和方法。