Innovative Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Strategy Project

创新科技工程与数学战略项目

• 批准号: 1512957
• 负责人: Cynthia Trawick
• 金额: $ 119.84万
• 依托单位: Morehouse College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-06-01 至 2019-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1512957&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Innovative; Science; Technology; Engineering; Mathematics

This project will advance efforts of the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program to better understand and promote practices that increase students' motivations and capacities to pursue careers in fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) by engaging in hands-on field experience, laboratory/project-based entrepreneurship tasks and mentorship experiences. The Innovative Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Strategies Project of Morehouse College is designed to provide underrepresented minority students with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) challenging technological learning experiences that will increase the students' exposure to innovation and creativity in the STEM disciplines. The project will explore the influence of these challenging opportunities on student's interest by 1) Increasing student awareness and knowledge of educational opportunities and careers in STEM disciplines; 2) Increasing student knowledge, skills and practices in STEM application; and 3) Increasing participation of underrepresented populations in STEM careers. This project will address these potential educational needs for minority students at a critical stage of their educational development by having students begin the program in grades 7-9 and supporting their development for a three (3) year period. The students will be engaged in a long-term (3 year) STEM technology program that will include a 4-week summer program, hands-on field experience, laboratory/project-based entrepreneurship tasks and mentorship, and parental involvement. A mixed-methods approach to project evaluation will be applied using both quantitative and qualitative measures design for a panel of formative and summative assessment instruments including project implementation, content knowledge, process knowledge, and attitudes. Whenever feasible, baseline date will be included. A database will be developed for milestones including dissemination efforts. Evaluation of the program will include both descriptive statistics and outcome analysis. The research questions are: (1) What sets of experiences effectively and efficiently support student competency, motivation, and persistence for productive participation in the STEM and STEM cognate workforce in the future? (2) What roles might industry workforce members play in motivating students to become aware of, interested in, and prepared for careers in STEM and STEM cognate workforce? (3) What strategies might parents, caregivers, and mentors adopt in the modern digital and computer age that develop student understanding of and appreciation for the scientific, technical, mathematical, and engineering basis of technological developments? and (4) Given the shifting demographics reflected in our current classrooms and in our country, what are effective and productive ways to ensure broadening participation by engaging diverse underrepresented populations in STEM programs and careers?

该项目将促进学生和教师（ITEST）计划的创新技术经验的努力，以更好地理解和促进实践，从而增加学生的动力和能力，从而通过参与科学，技术，工程或数学（STEM）领域的职业。在动手实地经验，基于实验室/基于项目的企业家任务和指导经验中。 Morehouse College的创新科学技术工程和数学策略项目旨在为代表性不足的少数民族学生提供科学，技术，工程和数学和数学（STEM），具有挑战性的技术学习经验，这将增加学生在STEM学科中的创新和创造力的影响。该项目将通过1）提高学生对STEM学科的教育机会和职业知识的认识以及对学生的兴趣的影响探索这些挑战的机会对学生的兴趣的影响； 2）在STEM应用中提高学生知识，技能和实践； 3）越来越多的人群参与STEM职业。该项目将通过让学生在7 - 9年级开始该计划并在三（3）年内支持他们的发展，以在其教育发展的关键阶段满足少数民族学生的这些潜在教育需求。这些学生将参加长期（3年）的STEM技术计划，其中包括为期4周的夏季计划，动手实地经验，基于实验室/基于项目的企业家任务和指导以及父母的参与。使用定量和定性措施设计，用于组建和总结性评估工具，包括项目实施，内容知识，过程知识和态度，采用定量和定性措施设计，采用混合方法评估方法。只要可行，将包括基线日期。将为包括传播工作在内的里程碑开发一个数据库。该计划的评估将包括描述性统计和结果分析。 研究问题是：（1）有效有效地支持学生能力，动力和持久性的经验集，以便将来有效地参与STEM和STEM COGNATE COGNATE劳动力？ （2）行业劳动力成员在激励学生意识到，对STEM和STEM COGNATE劳动力职业做好准备方面扮演着什么角色？ （3）在现代数字和计算机时代，父母，照顾者和导师可能会采用哪些策略，从而发展学生对技术发展的科学，技术，数学和工程基础的理解和欣赏？ （4）鉴于我们当前的教室和我们国家反映了人口统计学的变化，有什么有效和生产力的方法可以通过使多样化的代表性不足的人群参与STEM计划和职业，从而确保参与参与。