A Model Program to Engage Students in Authentic, Technology-Infused Coastal Research and Monitoring: Building Student Data Literacy and Career Competency through Partnership

让学生参与真实、技术注入的沿海研究和监测的示范项目：通过合作培养学生的数据素养和职业能力

• 批准号: 2148520
• 负责人: Susan McKay
• 金额: $ 135万
• 依托单位: University of Maine
• 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: 2022-05-01 至 2026-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2148520&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Model; Program; Engage; Students; Authentic

The project will introduce and investigate an innovative model for using authentic community-relevant research to deepen students' STEM knowledge and skills, while building strong community connections between Maine's coastal school districts and their communities. The project will involve teachers and administrators, STEM and STEM education faculty, and business leaders and other community members in a research practice partnership. The partnership will support middle school and high school students in authentic science research experiences, including coastal monitoring and investigations of local changes in ocean water properties. Data from these studies will inform community policy decisions and strategic planning. Through the proposed work, teachers and their students will expand their awareness and understanding of local career opportunities where STEM knowledge and experience, including computing, computational thinking, and technology, are required. A diverse group of business and non-profit partners will be involved in STEM classes and career competency development in meaningful ways, such as mentoring, job shadowing, and internships, preparing students for STEM careers using technology, computing, collaboration, and communication. The project will engage 20 teachers from multiple school districts, who will become peer guides for future teachers to build stronger connections between communities and their schools using this model. The project will impact at least 2500 students from economically-challenged, rural Maine communities, many of whom will be the first in their family to attend college. Through collaborative summer institutes and school-year work sessions, partners will develop and disseminate modules that use marine sciences examples and data for use in courses including, but not limited to, science, social studies, mathematics, and statistics. The model and lessons learned will be transferable to other partnerships that aim to broaden participation in STEM in rural communities and more deeply engage students through community-relevant research using technology and computing. Project research will generate an evidence-based model of professional learning and curricular supports for teachers to guide technology-infused, multi-disciplinary student research. Pre- and post-survey data will be collected from the students of participating teachers to see how the community relevance, marine sciences emphasis, and research involvement impact students' learning, engagement, and attitudes toward STEM and STEM careers. Student data will be disaggregated by gender and, where possible, by racial and ethnic groups to better understand how to make STEM education inclusive, exciting, and valuable for all. The model and knowledge gained from the project’s research and evaluation will be disseminated to the STEM and STEM education research communities, and to practitioners and other stakeholders, both locally and nationally. This project is funded by the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program, which supports projects that build understandings of practices, program elements, contexts and processes contributing to increasing students' knowledge and interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and information and communication technology (ICT) careers.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.

该项目将介绍和调查一种创新模型，用于使用与真正的社区相关的研究来加深学生的STEM知识和技能，同时在缅因州的沿海学区及其社区之间建立牢固的社区联系。该项目将涉及教师和管理人员，STEM和STEM教育教师以及商业领袖和其他社区成员的研究实践伙伴关系。该合作伙伴关系将支持中学和高中生的真实科学研究经验，包括沿海监测和对海水物业当地变化的调查。这些研究的数据将为社区政策决策和战略计划提供依据。通过拟议的工作，教师及其学生将扩大他们对当地职业机会的认识和理解，在这些机会中，需要STEM知识和经验，包括计算，计算思维和技术。一个多样化的业务和非营利合作伙伴将以有意义的方式参与STEM课程和职业能力发展，例如心理，工作阴影和实习，为学生提供技术，计算，协作和沟通的STEM职业准备。该项目将吸引来自多个学区的20名教师，他们将成为未来教师的同行指南，以使用这种模式在社区和学校之间建立更牢固的联系。该项目将影响至少2500名来自经济挑战的缅因州乡村社区的学生，其中许多人将是他们家庭中第一个上大学的学生。通过合作的夏季研究所和学年的工作，合作伙伴将开发和传播使用海洋科学示例和数据的模块，以在包括但不限于科学，社会研究，数学和统计的课程中使用。所学的模型和经验教训将被转移到其他伙伴关系中，旨在通过使用技术和计算的社区与社区相关的研究来扩大对贫民社区的参与，并更深入地吸引学生。项目研究将为教师提供基于循证的专业学习和现代支持模型，以指导技术注册的多学科学生研究。调查后的数据将从参与教师的学生那里收集，以了解社区的相关性，海洋科学的重点和研究参与如何影响学生的学习，参与度，并参加STEM和STEM职业。学生数据将被性别和种族和种族群体所取消，以更好地了解如何使STEM教育包含在内，令人兴奋和有价值。从项目的研究和评估中获得的模型和知识将被传播到STEM和STEM教育研究社区，以及在当地和全国范围内的从业者和其他利益相关者。该项目由学生和教师（ITEST）计划的创新技术经验资助，该计划支持对实践，计划要素，环境，环境和流程的理解，从而有助于增加学生对科学，技术，工程和数学和数学（STEM）的知识和兴趣的有助于提高学生的知识和兴趣（STEM），以及对ICT的信息和沟通技术（ICT）的授权，并依靠NSF的宣传奖，并依靠DEEM的宣传来表现出依据，并以此为基础。更广泛的影响审查标准。