Project Accelerate: Increasing STEM Opportunities for Underserved High School Students
Project Accelerate: Increasing STEM Opportunities for Underserved High School Students
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项目加速：为服务不足的高中生增加 STEM 机会
DOI：
10.1119/perc.2018.pr.duffy
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发表时间：
2019
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通讯作者：
Greenman, Mark
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作者：
Duffy, Andrew;Greenman, Mark
Project Accelerate是一个NSF资助的项目，旨在帮助那些没有得到足够教育的高中生准备AP物理1考试。这些学生就读于不提供AP物理1考试的学校。所有Project Accelerate的学生都参加了一个搭建的小型私人在线课程（SPOC），该课程以互动的方式让他们了解物理材料。很大一部分学生，包括波士顿地区的所有学生，也参加每周2.5小时的校园会议，做动手实验室活动和背诵练习。这些课程由受过教育学培训的本科生主持。我们的数据表明，Project Accelerate的参与者在AP物理考试中的表现至少与通过传统课堂课程参加AP物理1的类似学生一样好。Project Accelerate的主要目标之一是让服务不足的学生获得严格的科学课程，帮助这些学生为可能获得STEM本科学位奠定坚实的基础。我们还提出了证据，成功完成项目加速使学生更有可能追求在干进一步的机会。
Project Accelerate is a NSF-funded project aimed at helping prepare underserved high school students for the AP Physics 1 exam. The students attend schools that do not offer AP Physics 1. All Project Accelerate students are enrolled in a scaffolded small private online course (SPOC) that takes them through the physics material in an interactive way. A significant fraction of the students, including all those in the Boston area, also attend weekly 2.5-hour sessions on campus to do hands-on lab activities and recitation exercises. These sessions are led by undergraduate students who have pedagogical training. Our data indicate that Project Accelerate participants do at least as well on the AP Physics exam as similar students who take an AP Physics 1 through a traditional classroom-based course. One of the main goals of Project Accelerate is to give underserved students access to a rigorous science course, helping these students to build a solid foundation for a possible undergraduate degree in STEM. We also present evidence that successfully completing Project Accelerate makes students more likely to pursue further opportunities in STEM.