(SGER) Youth-based Program Impact on Education and Career Choices: An Exploration of Issues in Planning and Implementing Longitudinal Research

(SGER) 基于青年的计划对教育和职业选择的影响：规划和实施纵向研究中问题的探索

• 批准号: 0748041
• 负责人: Robert Tai
• 金额: $ 30.83万
• 依托单位: University of Virginia Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-11-01 至 2011-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0748041&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SGER; Youth; based; Program; Impact

This Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER) explores the timely issue of how to conduct a feasibility study on the question of whether youths who participate in after-school information technology-oriented science-engagement programs are more likely to eventually choose a STEM related career. This project examines programs such as Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) along with other similar programs to determine innovative approaches to conducting such a long-term study so that it is methodologically sound and as economical as possible. The PI proposes to conduct the following activities:1.Produce an expansive literature review, drawn from multiple interdisciplinary sources;2.Produce a report comparing and contrasting the programmatic approaches and organizational structures implemented by existing youth-based programs;3.Produce a report summarizing the insights of experts on longitudinal study design and implementation; and4.Design and develop a longitudinal study of youth-based STEM programs.ITEST and similar programs represent a significant NSF investment and recent calls for more rigorous studies of such programs from both the Academic Competitiveness Council and the Office of Management and Budget make it imperative that new methods and approaches for determining the impact of such programs on students and teachers are developed and implemented as soon as possible.

探索性研究（SGER）探索了如何进行可行性研究的问题，即参与课后信息技术导向的科学参与计划的青年是否更有可能最终选择STEM相关职业。该项目审查了学生和教师信息技术体验（ITEST）等项目以及其他类似项目，沿着，以确定进行此类长期研究的创新方法，使其在方法上合理且尽可能经济。 PI建议开展以下活动：1.编写一份广泛的文献综述，来自多个跨学科来源; 2.编写一份报告，比较和对比方案方法和组织方法。 3.制作一份报告，总结专家对纵向研究设计的见解， 实施; 4.设计和开发一个以青年为基础的STEM项目的纵向研究。ITEST和类似的项目代表了NSF的一个重要投资，最近学术竞争力理事会和管理和预算办公室都呼吁对这些项目进行更严格的研究，这使得尽快开发和实施新的方法和途径来确定这些项目对学生和教师的影响变得至关重要。