MPWG: An Intervention Model Program for Girls Using Laboratory Activities in Science, Math and Engineering

9353746荷兰该项目的目的是制定一个干预模式计划，以提高女孩最终选择科学、工程和数学（SEM）职业的可能性。该项目将由德克萨斯农工大学（TAMU）和德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校（UTSA）联合开发。UTSA是TAMU的分包商。开发的项目将在全州的大专院校复制。该项目旨在将120名进入七年级的女孩安置在大学宿舍环境（TAMU）中，并让她们有机会成功地“动手”使用复杂的（对她们来说）科学设备的实验室经验。该计划旨在提高他们在小学和中学之间的关键过渡时期的自信心。实验室活动包括显微镜、电子学、应变、材料测试、计算机辅助设计、色谱和化学反应的介绍。计划到TAMU兽医学院进行实地考察，因为许多这个年龄的女孩都表达了成为兽医的愿望。这种经历在过去被证明是一种动力。参加者将从在TAMU和UTSA举行的拓展视野（EYH）会议中选出。参加EYH会议表明对SEM有初步的兴趣。UTSA的参与者大部分是西班牙裔，有几个身体残疾。TAMU的参与者分布很好。参与者将在暑期课程前后接受评估，以确定他们的兴趣和对自己在SEM职业生涯的看法是否发生了变化或增加。TAMU学术提升中心将跟踪这些女孩到高中，以评估该计划的长期有效性。除了出版物和演讲外，还将为中小学教师和大专教授举办研讨会，介绍该模式，并鼓励他们使用研讨会上提供的材料在全州推广该计划。

9353746 Holland The purpose of this project is to develop an Intervention Model Program that will enhance the probability that girls will eventually choose careers in science, engineering, and math (SEM). The program is to be developed jointly between Texas A&M University (TAMU) and the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). UTSA is a subcontractor to TAMU. The developed program will be replicated at junior colleges across the state. This project is designed to place 120 girls entering the seventh grade in a university residence setting (TAMU) and allow them the opportunity to have a successful "hands-on" laboratory experience with complex (to them) scientific equipment. The program is designed to enhance their self confidence at a crucial transition period between elementary and middle school. The laboratory activities include introductions to microscopy, electronics, strain, material testing, computer-aided design, chromatography, and chemical reactions. A field trip to the TAMU School of Veterinary Medicine is planned since many of the girls at this age express a desire to be a veterinarian. This experience has proven to be a motivator in the past. The participants will be selected from the Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) Conferences held at TAMU and UTSA. Participation in the EYH Conference demonstrates an initial interest in SEM. The UTSA participants are for the most part Hispanic with several physically disabled. The TAMU participants are well distributed. The participants will be evaluated before and after the summer session to determine if their interests and perceptions of themselves having careers in SEM have changed or increased. The girls will be followed through high school by the TAMU Center for Academic Enhancement to evaluate the long term effectiveness of the program. In addition to publications and presentations, a workshop will be held for primary and secondary teachers and junior college professors to introduce the model and enc ourage them to spread the program across the state using the materials provided at the workshop.