EAGER: Measuring the Effects of Academic Climate and Social Networks on Persistence of STEM Undergraduates

EAGER：衡量学术氛围和社交网络对 STEM 本科生坚持不懈的影响

• 批准号: 1747580
• 负责人: Chrystal Smith
• 金额: $ 17.4万
• 依托单位: University of Connecticut
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1747580&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Measuring; Effects; Academic; Climate

Increasing the participation and success of all students interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) undergraduate degrees continues to be a challenge. This research will add to our understanding of the factors that impact the participation and success of understudied students. This is critical information for designing effective education and research programs to increase participation in STEM. This EAGER proposal will develop a survey instrument designed to gather information to understand the impact of STEM academic culture and social networks on persistence. This research and further research is intended to assist STEM educators and policymakers by providing data about the persistence of STEM undergraduates to inform interventions to enhance undergraduate success in STEM.This EAGER will develop the reliability and validity of a survey instrument designed to measure the impact of STEM academic culture and social networks on STEM undergraduate students' persistence. Social networks are relationships that convey useful resources that benefit the network group members. Previous research indicates that underrepresented groups in STEM are less likely to have access to and benefit from social networks. The project uses a mixed-methods approach to gather in-depth interview data, and develop survey questions from the interview data and relevant literature. The focus is on a population that is understudied, Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) STEM undergraduates. SGM refers to individuals who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) or other sexual or gender minority positionalities. The survey will be tested on a purposive sample of SGM STEM undergraduates, refined, and tested again. This work is informed by prior qualitative work on undergraduate STEM students and SGM populations. This study could advance knowledge about interventions needed to broaden participation in STEM fields.

增加对科学，技术，工程和数学感兴趣的学生的参与和成功，这是一个挑战。 这项研究将增加我们对影响研究生的参与和成功的因素的理解。 这是设计有效的教育和研究计划以增加参与STEM的关键信息。 该渴望的建议将开发一种旨在收集信息的调查工具，以了解STEM学术文化和社交网络对持久性的影响。 这项研究和进一步的研究旨在通过提供有关STEM大学生的持久性来告知干预措施以增强本科在STEM中的成功的数据，以帮助STEM教育者和政策制定者。这将急切地发展出旨在衡量衡量衡量影响影响的调查工具的可靠性和有效性。 STEM学术文化和STEM本科生坚持不懈的社交网络。 社交网络是传达有用资源的关系，使网络组成员受益。 先前的研究表明，STEM中代表性不足的群体不太可能获得和受益于社交网络。 该项目使用混合方法来收集深入的访谈数据，并从访谈数据和相关文献中提出调查问题。 重点放在被研究，性别和性别少数群体（SGM）的本科生的人群上。 SGM指的是认同女同性恋，同性恋，双性恋，变性者或同性恋/质疑（LGBTQ）或其他性或性别少数族裔的个人。 该调查将对SGM STEM本科生的有目的样本进行测试，并再次进行了测试。 这项工作是由先前关于本科STEM学生和SGM人群的定性工作所告知的。 这项研究可以促进有关扩大参与STEM领域所需的干预措施的知识。