From High School Students to College Geoscience Majors: The Critical Math Connection

从高中生到大学地球科学专业：关键的数学联系

基本信息

批准号：
1202858
负责人：
Eleanour Snow
金额：
$ 14.46万
依托单位：
University of Texas at Austin
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2012-09-01 至 2014-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1202858&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Students College Geoscience Majors Critical

项目摘要

The GeoFORCE Texas Critical Math Connection targets a group of high school juniors and seniors who have a strong interest in majoring in geology in college, and provides them with critical interventions while in high school in order to 1) improve their math knowledge, confidence, and preparedness, and 2) engage their geoscience problem solving skills. The target students are participants in a high school outreach program called GeoFORCE Texas. The group is 82% minority, from challenged schools in rural southwest Texas and inner-city Houston. While GeoFORCE gives them a strong interest in geosciences, their high schools leave them poorly prepared for college level math. This project is investigating two critical research questions: 1. Can the persistence of students in geoscience majors be affected by improving math preparedness in high school? 2. Can an engaging geologic problem sustain interest in the geosciences and prove to be a critical incident in moving students from liking geology to majoring in geology? It is expected that together these activities will result in an easier path from high school into a college geology major, and that this will be reflected in retention and persistence data. Ultimately, the project seeks to identify an effective model for engaging more minority youth in the geosciences.

GeoFORCE Texas Critical Math Connection 针对一群对大学地质学专业有浓厚兴趣的高中三年级和四年级学生，并在高中期间为他们提供关键干预措施，以便 1) 提高他们的数学知识、信心和做好准备，2) 发挥他们解决地球科学问题的技能。目标学生是名为 GeoFORCE Texas 的高中外展项目的参与者。该群体 82% 是少数族裔，来自德克萨斯州西南部农村和休斯顿市中心的困难学校。虽然 GeoFORCE 使他们对地球科学产生了浓厚的兴趣，但他们的高中却让他们为大学数学做好了准备。该项目正在调查两个关键的研究问题： 1. 提高高中数学准备程度是否会影响地球科学专业学生的坚持？ 2. 一个引人入胜的地质问题能否维持对地球科学的兴趣，并成为促使学生从喜欢地质学转向地质学专业的关键事件？预计这些活动将帮助您从高中更轻松地进入大学地质学专业，并且这将反映在保留率和持久性数据中。最终，该项目旨在找到一种有效的模式，让更多的少数民族青年参与地球科学。