BCSER-IID: Undergraduate Knowledge of the Mathematics Graduate School Application Process (Knowledge-GAP)

BCSER-IID：数学研究生院申请流程的本科知识（知识-GAP）

• 批准号: 2126018
• 负责人: Tim McEldowney
• 金额: $ 34.93万
• 依托单位: West Virginia University Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-06-01 至 2025-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2126018&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: BCSER; IID; Undergraduate; Knowledge; Mathematics

This project aims to illuminate how undergraduate student knowledge about the graduate school application and admissions processes acts as a barrier to earning advanced degrees in mathematics for students historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines. The project will consist of a combination of exploratory research and professional development activities to advance the PI’s expertise in quantitative and qualitative research methods. The project will survey undergraduate mathematics majors at colleges and universities across the country, and professional development activities will include mentoring from senior STEM education researchers, taking courses in research methods, and attending relevant conferences and workshops. This project aims to position the investigator to contribute knowledge about the STEM graduate school pipeline and to explore the historic inequalities built within that pipeline.The goal of the project is to determine which factors affect undergraduate students’ interest in and knowledge about mathematics graduate school application and admissions processes. The project also seeks to determine how best to support students interested in applying to graduate programs in mathematics. The research will explore how undergraduate students learn about the graduate school application process and what aspects of their environment facilitate or hinder the acquisition of this knowledge. The project aims to answer several broad research questions: (1) What percentage of undergraduate mathematics majors are interested in going to graduate school in mathematics? What do undergraduate mathematics majors know about the graduate school application process? (2) What features of mathematics departments and universities contribute to undergraduate knowledge about graduate mathematics programs and their application process? (3) Do mathematics majors have access to the resources needed to apply to graduate mathematics programs? (4) Do knowledge of the graduate school application process and access to application resources differ by socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and gender of the students? The evidence expected to be produced by this research could be used to create or enhance strategies for improving student access to knowledge about the graduate school application process and could broaden participation of underrepresented students in graduate mathematics.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.

该项目旨在阐明学生对研究生院应用的知识和录取过程的知识，这是赢得数学高级学位的障碍。该项目将包括探索性研究和专业发展活动的组合，以提高PI定量和定性研究方法方面的专业知识。该项目将调查全国大学和大学的学科大满贯，专业发展活动将包括来自高级STEM教育研究人员的指导，学习研究方法课程，并参加相关的会议和讲习班。该项目旨在将研究人员定位，以贡献有关STEM研究生院管道的知识，并探索该管道内建立的历史性不平等。该项目的目的是确定哪些因素影响本科生对数学研究生院应用程序的兴趣和知识。该项目还旨在确定如何最好地支持有兴趣申请数学研究生课程的学生。该研究将探讨本科生如何了解研究生院申请过程以及其环境方面的哪些方面有助于或阻碍获得这些知识的获取。该项目旨在回答一些广泛的研究问题：（1）有哪些比例的本科数学专业有兴趣去学习数学研究生院？本科数学专业对研究生院申请过程有什么了解？ （2）数学系和大学的哪些特征有助于本科对研究生数学计划及其应用程序的知识？ （3）数学专业人士是否可以访问适用于研究生数学课程所需的资源？ （4）是否了解研究生院申请过程和访问申请资源的访问，而学生的社会经济地位，种族和性别不同？这项研究预期产生的证据可用于创建或增强提高学生获得有关研究生院申请过程的知识的策略，并可能扩大人为代表性不足的学生参与研究生数学的参与。这项奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用该基金会的知识分子优点和广泛影响来评估NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得的支持。

项目成果

Undergraduate Gender Differences in Knowledge of the GRE and Perception of the GRE as a Barrier to Applying to Graduate Mathematics Programs

本科生对 GRE 知识的性别差异以及对 GRE 申请研究生数学课程障碍的看法

• 发表时间: 2024
• 期刊: Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education
• 作者: McEldowney, T.;Townsend, E.;Maldonado, D.;Michaluk, L.;Deshler, J.
• 通讯作者: Deshler, J.

The Price Does Not Appear the Same for Everyone: Racial Differences in Students' Perceptions of the Mathematics Graduate School Application Process

每个人的价格并不相同：学生对数学研究生院申请过程的看法存在种族差异

• 发表时间: 2024
• 期刊: Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education
• 作者: McEldowney, T.;Townsend, E.;Maldonado, D.;Michaluk, L.;Deshler, J.
• 通讯作者: Deshler, J.