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.

该项目旨在阐明如何让研究生院应用程序的知识与学生赢得数学的高级脱脂，以促进PI研究和专业发展活动全国各地的大学和专业发展将包括研究方法的高级STEM教育研究人员，以及参加相关的会议和讲习班，以促进STEM研究生级的培训和探索。关于数学研究生院申请和录取过程的DGE。您的知识旨在在数学研究生中涉及严重性研究吗？流程和访问应用资源因社会经济地位和学生的性别而有所不同？奖项反映了NSF'Sfry的使命，并使用基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响审查标准，通过评估值得一提。

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.