BCSER - PVEST: A Dynamic Framework for Investigating STEM Interest, Attitude and Identity Among African American Middle School Students

BCSER - PVEST：调查非裔美国中学生 STEM 兴趣、态度和身份的动态框架

• 批准号: 2327055
• 负责人: John Fife
• 金额: $ 34.66万
• 依托单位: Virginia Commonwealth University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-02-01 至 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2327055&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: BCSER; PVEST; Dynamic; Framework; Investigating

Interest in STEM is often shaped in middle school and understanding the STEM attitude and interest of African American middle school students would be significant in reducing barriers to STEM careers. Virginia State University aims to advance knowledge on the impacts of holistic contextual factors, such as race/ethnicity, school quality, family dynamics, gender, social supports, daily danger exposure, social status, and interpersonal competence, on STEM interest and attitudes. The project builds capacity through training and experience applying psychological theory to STEM education. Outcomes of the project aim to contribute to the development of validated interventions that increase STEM identity and resilience among students from underrepresented groups.This project aims to use the Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory (PVEST) to investigate the role of risk contributors, stress engagement, and reactive coping styles on STEM interest. PVEST provides a holistic, culturally sensitive framework for understanding the development of competence under non-ideal circumstances. The primary research question investigates whether multiple contextual variables adequately predict STEM interest and attitudes among African American middle school students. The project aims to deploy a variety of assessments to examine cognitive-emotional regulation, perceptions of neighborhood risk and social supports, life experiences with racism, and attitudes toward STEM subjects. The project is supported through the EHR Core Research: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research (ECR: BCSER) competition that is designed to build individuals’ capacity to carry out high-quality fundamental STEM education research in STEM learning and learning environments, broadening participation in STEM fields, and STEM workforce development.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.

对STEM的兴趣通常是在中学中塑造的，并且了解非裔美国中学学生的STEM态度和兴趣将在减少弗吉尼亚州立大学的障碍方面具有重要意义。 /种族，学校质量，家庭动态，性别，社会支持，日常危险，社会地位和内部能力。增加了茎的身份和居住在压力不足的学生中，该项目旨在使用生态系统理论（PVEST）的余量变体来调查风险贡献者的参与度，以及对STEM兴趣的反应性应对方式。足够的G非裔美国中学学生旨在部署与种族主义的认知情感调节，并对STEM受试者的态度支持EHR核心研究。竞争旨在建立旨在进行高质量的基本STEM教育研究和学习环境，扩大对STEM领域的参与以及STEM劳动力发展。该奖项反映了NSF'Sf'sSftory EEN，认为值得通过使用Toundation的知识分子的评估来获得支持。优点和更广泛的影响审查标准。