Innovative Science, Technology Engineering, & Mathematics Explore Project

创新科学、技术工程、

• 批准号: 1850302
• 负责人: Cynthia Trawick
• 金额: $ 119.86万
• 依托单位: Morehouse College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-12-15 至 2022-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1850302&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Innovative; Science; Technology; Engineering; &amp

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.Morehouse College will engage 36 students from underrepresented groups in grades 6 through 10 in a 3-year STEM technology program that will include a four-week summer program, hands-on field experience, and Saturday academy during the academic year. The program utilizes a project-based framework designed to provide underrepresented minority students with challenging technological learning experiences. Specifically, the project will expose students to innovation and creativity in STEM disciplines within the context of real-world problem-solving scenarios utilizing entrepreneurial concepts in to promote academic success in middle school and high school and prepare students academically to attend a college or university. The goals of the project are: 1) Increase student awareness and knowledge of educational opportunities and STEM careers. 2) Increase student knowledge, skills and practices represented in STEM and/ or STEM workforce. 3) Increase broadening participation of underrepresented populations in STEM.This project is a collaboration of the Division of Science & Mathematics and the Morehouse College Entrepreneurship Center with local school districts and local industry partners. The project is a global model for higher education and industry collaborations with programs that connect education with student leadership development, and community-focused resources. This project provides: (1) supplemental STEM education; 2) hands-on laboratory project-based entrepreneurial experiences; 3) role models from academia and industry; and 4) parental involvement. The research questions will address the following: (a) What factors and key experiences effectively promote awareness of STEM careers, motivation to pursue a STEM career, and persistence in undertaking education pathways to those careers, particularly among students from underrepresented populations? (b) In what roles and in what ways do parents, mentors, caregivers, and other community members motivate students to become aware of, interested in, and prepared for STEM careers? Research questions will be answered with both descriptive statistics and outcome analysis. Qualitative and quantitative measures will be used. Techniques will include surveys, interviews, focus groups, document analysis, and measures of participation.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

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。在动手实地经验中，基于实验室/基于项目的企业家任务和指导经验。MorehouseCollege将与三年级的STEM技术计划中的3至10年级中分别为6至10年级的36名学生与其中包括为期四周的夏季计划，在学年中，动手实地经验和周六学院。该计划利用一个基于项目的框架，旨在为代表性不足的少数民族学生提供具有挑战性的技术学习经验。具体而言，该项目将在现实世界中解决问题的场景的背景下，利用创业概念来促进中学和高中的学术成就，并在学术上为学生准备上大学或大学准备。该项目的目标是：1）提高学生对教育机会和STEM职业的认识和知识。 2）增加STEM和/或STEM劳动力中代表的学生知识，技能和实践。 3）增加了代表性不足的人群中的扩大参与。该项目是与将教育与学生领导力发展和以社区为中心的资源联系起来的计划进行高等教育和行业合作的全球模型。该项目提供：（1）补充STEM教育； 2）基于实验室项目的动手创业经验； 3）来自学术界和工业的榜样； 4）父母的参与。 研究问题将解决以下问题：（a）哪些因素和关键经验有效地促进了对STEM职业的认识，从事STEM职业的动机以及对这些职业的教育途径的持久性，特别是在代表人数不足的学生中？ （b）父母，导师，照顾者和其他社区成员以什么角色以及以什么方式激励学生意识到，感兴趣和为STEM职业做好准备？ 研究问题将通过描述性统计和结果分析来回答。将使用定性和定量措施。技术将包括调查，访谈，焦点小组，文档分析和参与度衡量标准。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准通过评估来获得支持的。