Bridging the Gap: A Synthesis of Findings from SMET Research and Demonstration Projects in K-12 and Higher Education 1993-2001

美国大学妇女协会（AAUW）教育基金会正在总结从1993年到2001年由美国国家科学基金会和AAUW教育基金会资助的项目中学到的东西。这两个组织都资助了教育方面的研究和示范项目，特别是科学、数学、工程和技术教育，以增加女孩和妇女的参与，并提供平等的学习机会。研究小组将总结在许多领域的发现，包括数学和科学技能和表现方面的性别差异、由于族裔和种族导致的女孩之间的差异、吸引女学生的成功方法、影响女孩和妇女在这些领域学习的因素、高等教育中女性SMET专业的关键时刻以及在研究生阶段坚持学习的决定因素。该研究将使用由美国国家科学基金会资助的175个项目和AAUW教育基金会资助的200个项目的研究结果、评估结果和创新努力报告。发表的综合研究结果和结果将通过AAUW的出版和营销计划广泛传播给教育政策制定者、教师和管理人员。

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation is producing a summary of what has been learned from projects funded by NSF and the AAUW Educational Foundation from 1993 through 2001.Both organizations have funded research and demonstration projects in education, particularly science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education, that increase the participation of girls and women, and provide equal access to learning. The research team will summarize what is found in a number of areas, including gender differences in math and science skills and performance, differences among girls due to ethnicity and race, successful approaches that engage female students, factors that influence girls and women to pursue study in these fields, critical junctures for female SMET majors in higher education, and determinants to persistence at the graduate level. The study will use findings, evaluation results and accounts of innovative efforts reported in 175 projects funded by NSF and 200 projects funded by AAUW Educational Foundation.The published synthesis of findings and results will be disseminated widely to education policy makers, teachers and administrators via AAUW's publishing and marketing programs.