PGE/SEP: E-WOMS: Expanding Women's Opportunities through Mathematical Science

北方伊利诺伊大学（NIU）将参与一个小型的实验项目，以提高妇女在数学方面的参与和保留。 E-WOMS：“以数学科学拓展女性就业机会”，提供一个双管齐下的方法，以解决女性在大学数学系升学率低的问题，第一个组成部分是国立宜兰大学文理学院数学科学系、传播系和女性研究计划三个单位之间的新合作。 这一部分的目标是改变校园对妇女的角色、能力和数学成绩的消极看法。 传播系的研究生实习生将与其他两个单位合作，设计一个公共信息运动，在资助期间教育社区。 这项活动将使实习生有机会将其研究和理论知识转化为实践，然后在最后的论文中回顾其经验，第二部分包括教学干预，重点是在北方第一学期学习微积分一的60名妇女（2001年和2002年秋季各30名学生）。 这些干预措施将建立一个学生社区，参与合作解决问题和其他活动（在课堂上和在一个单独的支持小组），由UNIV 101的相关部分加强。一个迎新班。 通过一起注册这些课程，参加专业女性谁使用数学在他们的职业生涯中的演示文稿，并提供充分的机会，由数学科学系的成员作为妇女的研究计划的指导，参与的学生将获得必要的支持和知识，继续采取许多专业所需的高等数学课程。 在整个过程中，将特别注意到这样一个事实，即许多NIU学生来自农村社区，其中很少有（如果有的话）在涉及数学和高等教育的职业生涯中取得成就的女性模式。

Northern Illinois University (NIU) will engage in a small, experimental project to improve the participation and retention of women in mathematics. E-WOMS: Expanding Women's Opportunities through Mathematical Science, offers a twopronged approach to solving the problem of low continuation rates for women in college mathematics.The first component of the project includes a novel collaboration among three units in NIU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences-the Department of Mathematical Sciences, the Department of Communication, and the Women's Studies Program. The objective of this component is to change negative campus perceptions regarding women's roles, abilities, and achievement in mathematics. Graduate interns in Communication will work with the other two units in designing a public information campaign to educate the community during the funding period. This activity will give the interns opportunities to translate their research and theoretical knowledge into practice, and then to reflect back on their experiences in final papers.The second component consists of teaching interventions focusing on 60 women taking Calculus I during their first semesters at Northern (30 students each in fall 2001 and 2002). The interventions will create a community of students engaged in collaborative problem solving and the other activities (both in class and in a separate support group) enhanced by an associated section of UNIV 101. An orientation class. By enrolling in these courses together, attending presentations by professional women who use mathematics in their careers, and being offered ample opportunities for mentoring by members of the Department of Mathematical Sciences as the Women's Studies Program, the students involved will receive support and knowledge necessary to continue to take the higher mathematics courses required for many majors. Throughout, particular attention will be paid to the fact that many NIU students come from rural communities in which there are few (if any) female models of achievement in careers involving mathematics and higher education.