Assessing Diversity in SMET Educational Projects

评估 SMET 教育项目的多样性

• 批准号: 9911810
• 负责人: Susan Vernon-Gerstenfeld
• 金额: $ 0.99万
• 依托单位: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-10-01 至 2000-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9911810&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Assessing; Diversity; SMET; Educational; Projects

The project provides information on the methods used to address issues of demographic diversity in recently funded SMET education projects (post-secondary). Undergraduate students (3) from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) work on this research from late October to mid-December. They receive academic credit for the research endeavor. The program is supervised by WPI faculty, with consultation from NSF. The study is based in a program previously established at WPI, which is being adapted to target an analysis of effective mechanisms to improve demographic diversity in higher education in SMET.Prior to engaging in the research activity, the students participate in a research methods course that prepares the students for the diversity study, including the development of a formal research plan. The plan includes a formal literature review, hypotheses, and a planned methodology for testing the hypotheses (qualitative and quantitative analysis). This package is reviewed by WPI faculty, with consultation from NSF. The students then proceed to pursue the research program.At the conclusion of the study, the students present their research outcomes in a formal research defense for NSF personnel, WPI faculty, and other representatives of WPI. They also provide a final project report. The project report is to include a revised literature review and methodology, the data gathered with the associated qualitative and quantitative analyses, and the resulting conclusions and recommendations.The students will benefit from the substantive learning opportunities in research development and application, as well as exposure to policy development, interaction with diverse science education professionals.

该项目提供资料，说明在最近资助的小型和微型企业教育项目（中学后）中处理人口多样性问题所使用的方法。伍斯特理工学院（WPI）的本科生（3）从10月下旬到12月中旬从事这项研究。他们的研究奋进获得学术学分。该计划由WPI教师监督，并与NSF协商。该研究是基于WPI以前建立的一个项目，该项目正在进行调整，以分析提高SMET高等教育人口多样性的有效机制。在参与研究活动之前，学生参加研究方法课程，为学生进行多样性研究做好准备，包括制定正式的研究计划。该计划包括一个正式的文献综述，假设，和一个计划的方法来测试假设（定性和定量分析）。该软件包由WPI教师审查，并与NSF协商。在研究结束时，学生们将在正式的研究答辩中向NSF人员、WPI教师和WPI的其他代表展示他们的研究成果。他们还提供了一份最终项目报告。项目报告将包括修订的文献综述和方法，收集的数据以及相关的定性和定量分析，以及由此得出的结论和建议。学生将受益于研究开发和应用方面的实质性学习机会，以及接触政策制定，与不同的科学教育专业人员互动。