ITEST Convening: Advancing Research on Youth Motivation in STEM

ITEST 召开：推进 STEM 青年动机研究

• 批准号: 1029540
• 负责人: Sarita Nair-Pillai
• 金额: $ 22.5万
• 依托单位: Education Development Center
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1029540&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ITEST; Convening; Advancing; Research; Youth

The ITEST Learning Resource Center at the Education Development Center, Inc., (EDC) requests funding for a convening designed to develop a theoretical framework to guide future research on youth motivation in STEM with a particular emphasis on populations most underrepresented in the STEM workforce. Two guiding questions will be the focus of the event: What is currently known about motivation in STEM for underrepresented youth? What can be done to cultivate new research around STEM motivation for underrepresented youth? The primary target audience is sociologists, psychologists, and researchers in STEM motivation and career development research, and members of the ITEST community including principal investigators, evaluators, and program directors. Secondary audiences include STEM program developers and practitioners, policymakers, and industry leaders that are building the STEM workforce. Prior to the conference, a select number of attendees will be invited to draft white papers on topics such as motivation, self-identity, and educational practices in formal and informal settings. The white papers will be presented during the 2.5 day convening and used to guide the conversations. A unique feature will be the inclusion of 12 youth participants who will populate a pre-conference blog with reflections of their experiences in ITEST projects and respond to an online survey. Youth will be fully integrated into the meetings as presenters and participants in sessions that focus on STEM program design. The deliverables include a theoretical research framework to guide future STEM motivation research, survey data and analysis from ITEST projects related to interest and motivation, survey data from youth participants, suggestions for ITEST PIs to integrate measures into their programs, and a post-convening webcast. The project evaluation will be conducted by MPR Associates using qualitative and survey data. Evaluation questions address planning, convening logistics, synthesis of information, and dissemination. After the convening, a final report will be published on the ITEST Learning Resource Center website. A post-convening web-conference will be held to stimulate new research projects and the development of STEM motivation instruments. It is anticipated that the convening will result in new working relationships among participants, identification of ITEST program elements that foster effective STEM motivation, career discovery, and motivation, and a map of ITEST impacts on youth motivation in STEM. New research efforts that address youth motivation in STEM should result from the research framework and the ITEST community and the field at large will be better informed about how to define, validate, and replicate motivational aspects of the STEM workforce development strategies.

教育开发中心公司（EDC）的ITEST学习资源中心（EDC）要求提供资金，旨在开发一个理论框架，以指导未来对STEM的青年动机研究的研究，并特别强调STEM劳动力中最多的人群。活动的重点将是两个指导性问题：目前对代表性不足的年轻人STEM中的动机有什么了解？如何为围绕代表性不足的年轻人的STEM动机进行新的研究做些什么？ 主要的目标受众是STEM动机和职业发展研究中的社会学家，心理学家和研究人员，以及ITEST社区的成员，包括主要研究人员，评估人员和计划主管。次要受众包括STEM计划开发人员和从业人员，政策制定者以及正在建立STEM劳动力的行业领导者。会议之前，将邀请许多与会者在正式和非正式环境中起草有关动机，自我认同和教育实践等主题的白皮书。白皮书将在2.5天的召集中呈现，并用于指导对话。一个独特的功能将包括12名青年参与者，他们将填充会议前博客，并反映出他们在ITEST项目中的经验并对在线调查做出回应。在专注于STEM计划设计的会议上，年轻人将完全融入会议中。 可交付成果包括一个理论研究框架，以指导与兴趣和动机有关的ITEST项目的未来STEM动机研究，调查数据和分析，来自青年参与者的调查数据，ITEST PI的建议将措施集成到其计划中以及纪念日的网络广播。项目评估将由MPR员工使用定性和调查数据进行。评估问题解决计划，召集物流，信息综合和传播。 召开后，最终报告将发布在ITEST学习资源中心网站上。将举行召开的网络会议，以刺激新的研究项目和STEM动机工具的发展。可以预见的是，召集将导致参与者之间的新工作关系，识别ITEST程序要素，这些iTEST程序要素促进了有效的STEM动机，职业发现和动力，以及ITEST的地图对STEM的青年动机产生了影响。解决STEM中青年动机的新研究应由研究框架，ITEST社区和整个领域造成，将更好地了解如何定义，验证和复制STEM劳动力发展策略的动机方面。