Women in Science: A CD-Rom Multimedia Database

尽管在过去几十年里，一些阻碍女性进入科学和工程职业的障碍已经减少或消失了，但美国女性科学家和工程师的数量仍然少得不成比例。第一阶段小企业创新研究（SBIR）的研究结果为一种新的教育工具建立了技术基础，这是一种交互式光盘-只读存储器（CD-ROM）程序，名为“展望”，其目的是向学生介绍女科学家和科学事业。通过音频、照片、插图和文字，原型向学生们传授了重要而鼓舞人心的信息：他们正在了解顶尖的女科学家，在个人基础上了解她们令人兴奋的工作，并发现成为一名科学家需要什么。二期研究的研究目标主要集中在：(1)对原型软件的格式、内容和技术途径进行规划设计；(2)制作第二期原型包（光盘和教师指南）；(3)进行发展、实施和影响研究。这项工作将提供一个多媒体CD-ROM方案，突出妇女在科学领域的成就，并以引人入胜的互动形式提供科学和职业教育的视听资源。

Although some of the barriers preventing women from entering science and engineering careers have diminished or disappeared over the last several decades, the number of women scientists and engineers in the United States is still disproportionately small. Results of the Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) study establish the technical basis for a new educational tool, an interactive Compact Disc - Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM) program, Outlooks, that has as its purpose the introduction of students to women scientists and scientific careers. Through audio, photos, illustrations and text, the prototype imparted to students significant and inspiring information: They were getting to know top women scientists, to learn about their exciting work on a personal basis, and to find out what it takes to become a scientist. The research objectives of the Phase II research focus on (1) planning and designing the format, content, and technical approach of prototype software; (2) producing Phase II prototype packages (the CD-ROM and the teacher's guide); and (3) conducting development, implementation and impact studies. The work will provide a multimedia CD-ROM program highlighting the accomplishments of women in science and an audiovisual resource for science and career education in an engaging, interactive format.