SSC: Minority Middle School Summer Science Program

普渡大学西拉斐特，印第安纳州托德-希克斯，里贾纳和瓦纳布尔，约瑟夫这个项目的主要目标是激发少数民族中学生发展对科学的兴趣和设施，并因此选择科学作为职业。第二个目标（其成就应有助于实现第一个目标）是激励中学教师在其所在机构重新开展教学工作。为了实现这些目标，将从印第安纳州主要城市选出50名未被充分代表的少数族裔学生和他们的8名教师，参加普渡大学西拉斐特校区的一个暑期项目。这些学生将完成七年级的学业，必须在科学和数学方面表现出取得成就的希望。该项目将持续4周，并以前一年为基础，以3年为一个周期进行。在周期结束时（假设该项目继续得到支持），将招收一批新的学生。为了弥补在一个周期内因人员流失而流失的学生，将分别从完成8年级和9年级的学生中招收第二和第三年的新生。家长将是这个项目不可或缺的一部分；她们将在项目开始和中期参加讲习班，重点讨论她们在帮助子女选择职业和维持教育努力方面的作用。暑期课程将采用以下几种方法：(1)以探究为基础的讲座/讨论/实验室体验，重点关注四个科学领域的有趣方面：生物、化学、地球与大气科学和物理（每年每周一次）。虽然没有数学或计算机科学本身。这些学科将贯穿于所选的四个学科中。这些经历应该增加学生对这些领域的知识，但更重要的是，他们应该产生一种感觉，即做科学是一种探索，而不仅仅是记忆“事实”。我们非常希望这一点能在这些学生的中学老师身上得到加强，在他们参加讲座、实验和讨论时也是如此。(2)科学领域的就业机会将在白天的讲座/实验室/讨论中确定，并通过参观校园内外的实验室来确定。职业探索和评估也将是与大学工作人员和行业代表在宿舍举行的晚间会议的重要组成部分。将特别强调指出少数民族在科学领域代表性不足的问题，并强调过去和现在少数民族科学家的贡献。(3)不仅在白天的讲座、实验活动和讨论中，而且在晚上的课程中，通过各种方式（例如，在有趣的游戏中磨练推理能力，探索应试技巧，强调小组学习的价值），帮助鼓励分析思维，帮助制定学习成功的策略。

SSC-9353162 Purdue University West Lafayette, IN Todd-Hicks, Regina and Vanable, Joseph The primary objective of this project is to stimulate minority Middle School students to develop an interest in and a facility for science, and as a result, to choose science as a career. A secondary objective (whose achievement should help with attaining the first) is to stimulate Middle School teachers to reinvigorate their teaching efforts in their home institutions. To achieve these objectives, 50 under-represented minority students from major Indiana cities and eight of their teachers will be selected for a summer program on the West Lafayette campus of Purdue University. The students will have finished the 7th grade and must show promise for achievement in science and mathematics. The program will be held for four weeks, and will progress through a three-year cycle, each successive year building on the previous one. At the end of the cycle (assuming the program continues to be supported), a new cohort of students will be recruited. To replace those lost by attrition during a cycle, new students will be recruited for the 2nd and 3rd years from students who have completed the 8th and 9th grades, respectively. Parents will be an integral part of the program; they will attend workshops at the beginning and at the mid-point of the program that focus on their role in helping their sons and daughters to choose a career, and in sustaining their educational efforts. The summer program will use several approaches: (1) Inquiry-based lecture/discussion/laboratory experiences that focus on interesting aspects of four areas of science: Biology, chemistry, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, and Physics (one per week each year). Although there will be no Mathematics or computer Sciences per se. These disciplines will permeate the four subjects chosen. These experiences should increase the students' knowledge of these areas, but more importantly, they should engender a sense that doing science is a quest, rather than merely memorizing "facts." We very much hope that this point would be reinforced in the Middle school teachers of these students, as well, as they participate in the lectures, laboratories, and discussions. (2) Opportunities for careers in science will be identified during the daytime lecture/ laboratory/discussion sessions, and by visits to laboraties on and off campus. Career exploration and evaluation will also be an important part of evening sessions held in the dormitories, both with University staff and with representatives from industry. Particular emphasis will be given to pointing out the issue of under- representation of minority persons in science, and highlighting the contributions of minority scientists, both past and present. (3) Help to encourage analytical thinking and help to develop strategies for academic success not only in the lectures, lab activities, and discussions during the day, but also by various means in the evening sessions (e.g., sharpening reasoning powers in the context of enjoyable games; exploring test-taking skills; emphasizing the value of studying in groups).