Science, Technology and Engineering Mini-business Incubator (STEM-Inc)

科学、技术和工程小型企业孵化器 (STEM-Inc)

• 批准号: 1433851
• 负责人: Jidong Huang
• 金额: $ 102.53万
• 依托单位: CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1433851&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Science; Technology; Engineering; Mini; business

This project innovatively aims to motivate early teens to pursue careers in engineering and computer science through an afterschool program. This program combines these subjects with business entrepreneurship by engaging students in designing computer science and engineering products. Students will learn not only about these subjects, but also about the design process and business. The design process will be guided by two principles--intelligent fast failure and lean start-up--which emphasize planning for and capitalizing on short feedback loops. These principles highlight the notion that creating successful products is less a matter of getting it right the first time and more a matter of seeking feedback and revising until success is achieved. More broadly, these principles focus on key 21st century skills--persistence in the face of failure and learning from feedback. The project aims to recruit girls and underrepresented group members to participate and will take place in a mostly low-income population. It is an ideal project for ITEST because its impact has strong potential to broaden participation in engineering and computer science by connecting these to entrepreneurship and business. This project will create a mini technology business 'incubator' in an afterschool program for 7th and 8th grade students. It is a collaboration involving Cal State Fullerton's colleges of engineering and computer science, business and economics, and education; and the Anaheim Union High School District. The three-year after-school program will be run by participating teachers, college student mentors (one from business/economics, one from computer science/engineering), and student peer leaders (8 at each of 4 sites). It will be held twice a week for two hours each session. About 40 students will participate at each of four sites (160 total each year). It will include: preparatory training for teachers, college student mentors and peer leaders; afterschool activities; field trips; industry advisors; parent participation and project showcase. As a design and development project, research questions frame formative data collection and analysis to address aspects of the design that are succeeding and others that require revision. Summative measures focus on what teachers and students learn, as well as attitudes toward science and engineering and self-efficacy.

该项目创新的旨在通过课后计划来激励青少年早期的青少年从事工程和计算机科学的职业。 该计划通过吸引学生设计计算机科学和工程产品，将这些主题与业务企业家精神相结合。学生不仅会了解这些主题，而且还会了解设计过程和业务。 设计过程将以两种原则为指导 - 智能快速失败和精益启动 - 强调计划并利用简短的反馈循环。这些原则凸显了这样的观念，即创建成功的产品不太可能是第一次正确正确的问题，而是寻求反馈和修改直到取得成功的问题。 从更广泛的角度来看，这些原则集中在21世纪的关键技能上 - 面对失败和从反馈中学习。 该项目旨在招募女孩和代表性不足的小组成员参加，并将在大多数低收入人口中举行。它是ITEST的理想项目，因为它的影响具有强大的潜力，可以通过将它们连接到企业家精神和业务来扩大工程和计算机科学的参与。该项目将在为7年级和8年级学生的课后计划中创建一个迷你技术业务“孵化器”。这是一项涉及Cal State Fullerton的工程和计算机科学，商业和经济学以及教育学院的合作；和阿纳海姆联合高中区。为期三年的课后课程将由参与的教师，大学生导师（来自商业/经济学，计算机科学/工程学中的一项）和学生同伴领导者（在4个网站中的每个）运行。每周将每周两次举行两个小时。 大约有40名学生将参加四个站点的每个站点（每年160个）。 它将包括：针对教师，大学生导师和同伴领导者的准备培训；课后活动；实地考察；行业顾问；父母参与和项目展示。作为一个设计和开发项目，研究问题构建了形成性数据收集和分析，以解决成功的设计方面以及需要修订的其他方面。总结性措施集中在教师和学生学习的知识以及对科学，工程和自我效能感的态度上。