Summer Institute in Math Modeling

这个项目将促进中学女生的电脑平等。该项目的第一阶段将编制培训材料，使学区计算机协调员能够举办关于计算机公平的教员讲习班，并指导在其地区的学校实施计算机公平战略。这些策略的前提是，让女孩对计算机感兴趣的最好方法是首先向她们介绍基本的应用，比如文字处理和计算机图形学，然后引导她们进入更高层次的应用。培训材料将包括讲习班领导指南，这是一个两小时的讲习班，讨论“计算机性别差距”的原因并总结缩小这一差距的战略；还有一个三小时的研讨会，详细研究这些策略，并为参与者所在的学校制定具体的计划。在该项目的第二阶段，这些材料将在纽约州的四个学区进行试点测试。每个地区的一名计算机协调员和一名行政人员将首先参加一个为期两天的培训课程，该课程将为计算机协调员在其地区为教师举办两个讲习班做准备。然后，每个测试学校将开发并实施自己的计算机权益计划。该项目将根据其对女孩在数学、科学和计算机科学方面的兴趣和成就的影响进行评估。将收集关于男孩和女孩自愿使用计算机的数据，以及关于数学、科学和计算机科学选修课程的注册情况。妇女行动联盟和参与的学区共同承担的费用相当于国家科学基金会奖金的26%。

This project will promote computer equity for girls in middle school. The first phase of the project will develop training materials that will enable school district computer coordinators to conduct faculty workshops on computer equity and to guide the implementation of computer equity strategies in schools in their districts. These strategies are based on the premise that the best way to interest girls in computers is to introduce them first to elementary applications, such as word-processing and computer graphics, and then to lead them to higher-level uses. The training materials will consist of a workshop Leader's Guide, a two-hour workshop that discusses the causes of the "computer gender gap" and summarizes strategies for closing it, and a three-hour workshop that examines these strategies in detail and develops a specific program for the participants' school. In the second phase of the project, these materials will be pilot-tested in four school districts in New York State. A computer coordinator and an administrator from each district will first attend a two-day training session that will prepare the computer coordinators to conduct the two workshops for teachers in their districts. Each test school will then develop and implement its own computer equity program. The project will be evaluated by its impact on girls' interest and achievement in mathematics, science, and computer science. Data will be collected about voluntary computer use by boys and girls and about enrollments in elective courses in mathematics, science, and computer science. The Women's Action Alliance and the participating school districts are contributing an amount in cost-sharing that is equal to 26% of the NSF award.