Program for Gender Equity in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (PGE): DEM-Girls Exploring Mathematics through Social Sciences (GEMS)

科学、数学、工程和技术领域的性别平等计划 (PGE)：DEM-女孩通过社会科学探索数学 (GEMS)

• 批准号: 0114683
• 负责人: Pamela Reid
• 金额: $ 84.29万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-01 至 2006-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0114683&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Program; Gender; Equity; Science; Mathematics

This demonstration project grows out of planning grant activity, which designed a multi-level approach to adapting a successful, intensice two-week summer program to reach a broader audience of urban girls. The present project (GEMS, or Girls Explore Mathematics through Social Science) encompasses an integrated set of three programs designed to strengthen middle-school girls' interest, competence and confidence in mathematics and mathematics-related activities through engaging them in social science research on adolescents. All three progams offer a curriculum that is attractive to middle-school girls, and that encourages their interest in mathematics, science and technology through their pre-existing interest in social issues. All three programs enhance girls' technical skills and itnerests by building on their preference for collaboration and connection; and all three encourage contact with older, relevant model-mentors. The project includes a 10 week, Saturday morning version of the program (GO-GIRL or Gaining Options: Girls Investigate Real Life) that can be offered to urban girls, but retains the key features of high interest, hands-on experience, collaboration, and intergenerational mentoring; and a web based version of the program (SMART-GIRL or Surveys Mathematics and Research Technology: Girls Investigate Real Life) that expands the capacity of a popular existing website to teah girls how to gather and analyze survey data online. At both the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, this project will provide opportunities for the pre-service teachers of mathematics and social studies who are also students, to observe, train, and teach girls on a small scale. The project will yield an economical version of the GEMS curriculum that is usable in urban settings, a teacher professional development program that is exportable to other institutions, as well as appropriate support materials to enable others to implement this curriculum in other cities.

这个示范项目源于规划赠款活动，该活动设计了一个多层次的方法，以适应一个成功的，intensice为期两周的夏季方案，以达到更广泛的城市女孩观众。目前的项目（GEMS，即女孩通过社会科学探索数学）包括一套三个方案，旨在通过让中学女孩参与关于青少年的社会科学研究，加强她们对数学和数学相关活动的兴趣、能力和信心。这三个大学都提供了一个对中学女生有吸引力的课程，并通过她们对社会问题的原有兴趣来鼓励她们对数学、科学和技术的兴趣。所有这三个方案都加强了女孩的技术技能，并通过建立她们对合作和联系的偏好，加强了她们的兴趣;所有这三个方案都鼓励与年长的、相关的模范导师接触。该项目包括一个为期10周，星期六上午版本的程序（GO-GIRL或增益选项：女孩调查真实的生活），可以提供给城市女孩，但保留了高兴趣，实践经验，合作和代际指导的主要特点;和基于网络的版本的程序（聪明女孩或调查数学和研究技术：女孩调查真实的生活），扩大了一个流行的现有网站的能力，教女孩如何收集和分析在线调查数据。在密执安大学和韦恩州立大学，这一项目将为同时也是学生的数学和社会研究职前教师提供机会，以小规模观察、培训和教授女孩。该项目将产生一个可在城市环境中使用的全球环境监测系统课程的经济版本，一个可出口到其他机构的教师专业发展方案，以及适当的辅助材料，使其他人能够在其他城市实施这一课程。