STEM Lab on a Kitchen Table: An Investigation of Remote Student-Driven Problem-Based Research.
STEM Lab on a Kitchen Table: An Investigation of Remote Student-Driven Problem-Based Research.
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DOI：
10.15695/jstem/v4i2.10
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发表时间：
2021
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Faletra P
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Michael AG;Salmon KR;Testorf ME;Morrone M;Bass KM;Faletra P
于二零二零年，COVID-19疫情影响美国的正规及非正规教育计划。大流行对需要专门的物理空间和亲自实验室研究的项目产生了毁灭性的影响。新罕布什尔州科学院（NHAS）项目的显著特点是中学生参与模仿大学水平研究的STEM研究项目。向远程格式转移带来了各种挑战。在这个案例研究中，我们描述和讨论了我们的经验，将一个夏季STEM研究计划的中学生从现场和亲自到远程平台，提供详细的规划阶段，物流保持学生的研究质量，以及内部和外部评估的结果。在参加的33名学生中，32名完成了该计划的所有核心内容，25名更进一步，提交了总结论文，并在美国科学促进会的远程年会上介绍了他们的研究。外部评价发现，学生认为他们的工作与专业科学家的工作相似，并认为自己在使用科学技术和仪器方面已经熟练掌握。学生们表示，他们错过了亲自实验室工作的元素，包括社交互动。
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic affected formal and informal education programs in the USA. The pandemic had a devastating impact on programs that required a dedicated physical space and in-person laboratory research. The distinguishing feature of New Hampshire Academy of Science (NHAS) programs is the participation of secondary school students in STEM research projects that emulate university-level research. Moving to a remote format presented various challenges. In this case study, we describe and discuss our experiences transforming a summer STEM research program for secondary school students from on-site and in-person to a remote platform, providing details of the planning phase, the logistics of maintaining the quality of the students’ research, and the results of internal and external evaluations. Of the 33 students who participated, 32 completed all central elements of the program, and 25 went further and submitted summary papers and presented their research at the remote annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. External evaluation found that students saw their work as similar to that of professional scientists, and perceived themselves to have gained proficiency in the use of scientific techniques and instrumentation. Students expressed they missed elements of in-person lab work including social interactions.