EAGER: ITEST Longitudinal Study

EAGER：ITEST 纵向研究

• 批准号: 1355323
• 负责人: Philip Sadler
• 金额: $ 16.85万
• 依托单位: Harvard University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-15 至 2014-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1355323&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; ITEST; Longitudinal; Study

The objective of this study at Harvard University is to examine the impact of ITEAMS (Innovative Technology-Enabled Astronomy for Middle Schools) intervention strategies on student persistence in high school STEM course-taking and career expectations, and the value that students place on STEM careers. The central research questions are: 1) does ITEAMS participation boost students' STEM course-taking and their interest in, and valuation of, STEM careers throughout their high school years; 2) to what extent did students' ITEAMS experiences, in terms of knowledge and disposition, have an effect; and 3) which ITEAMS strategies or attributes have been most effective in bringing about positive outcomes? Special focus is on the predictors of persistence for girls and minority students.The project utilizes a mix of interviews and surveys with current high school students who in previous years participated in ITEAMS (DRL-0833378) as middle-school students, and who are now juniors and seniors. The project surveys a randomly selected cohort of 75 former ITEAMS participants who were enrolled in ITEAMS for two or three years. The project-specific survey instrument includes pertinent demographic questions. The random selection of up to 15 surveyed ITEAMS students for in-depth interviews is also included.

哈佛大学这项研究的目的是研究ITEAMS（创新技术的天文学对中学的创新的天文学）对高中STEM学习和职业期望的学生持久性以及学生对STEM职业的价值的影响。中心研究问题是：1）ITEAM参与会增强学生的STEM学习课程以及他们对STEM职业的兴趣和估值在整个高中时期； 2）学生的ITEAM经历在知识和性格方面具有多大程度的影响； 3）哪些ITEAM策略或属性在带来积极的结果方面最有效？该项目特别关注女童和少数族裔学生的持久性预测指标。该项目利用了与现任高中学生的访谈和调查，这些学生在往年参加ITEAMS（DRL-0833378），作为中学生，现在是大三学生和大三学生。该项目调查了一个随机选择的队列，分别由75名ITEAMS参与者组成，他们在ITEAMS中加入了两三年。特定项目的调查工具包括相关的人口统计问题。还包括多达15名受调查的ITEAMS学生进行深入访谈的随机选择。