Developing a Science Posse Program

制定科学团队计划

• 批准号: 0856704
• 负责人: R. David Crouch
• 金额: $ 49.95万
• 依托单位: Dickinson College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-07-01 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0856704&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Developing; Science; Posse; Program

This "science posse" project is piloting and assessing a program designed to increase the total number of STEM majors from underrepresented groups. Building upon successful models already developed by The Posse Foundation and the Meyerhoff program at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, this program is enrolling 12 students per year in each of the first three years of the grant period. The posse program is recruiting students who display an interest in and aptitude for science from inner city high schools. Each science posse participant engages in a four-week pre-matriculation program introducing them to laboratory research and a series of enrichment workshops illustrating the connections between the sciences and mathematics. Each participant also receives an opportunity to take part in an eight-week summer collaborative student/faculty research experience at Dickinson after either their first or second year of study, as well as an additional eight-week summer capstone research experience at another academic or industrial research laboratory following their junior year. The goal of the program is to achieve an overall increase of at least 28 STEM graduates and to establish a cohort of science major role models for future students among underrepresented minority groups. Methods and results of the program's activities will be disseminated widely within the broader science education community through journal publications and presentations at professional meetings to serve as models for other institutions.

这个“科学波塞”项目正在试点和评估一项旨在增加代表性不足群体的STEM专业学生总数的计划。 在马里兰大学巴尔的摩县分校的波塞基金会和迈耶霍夫项目已经开发出的成功模式的基础上，该项目在赠款期的前三年每年招收12名学生。 这个波塞项目正在从市中心的高中招募对科学感兴趣和有天赋的学生。每个科学波塞参与者都要参加为期四周的预科课程，向他们介绍实验室研究和一系列丰富的研讨会，说明科学与数学之间的联系。 每个参与者还获得机会参加为期八周的夏季合作学生/教师的研究经验在迪金森后，无论是他们的第一年或第二年的研究，以及额外的八周夏季顶点研究经验在另一个学术或工业研究实验室后，他们的大三。 该计划的目标是实现至少28名STEM毕业生的总体增长，并为代表性不足的少数群体中的未来学生建立一批科学主要榜样。 该计划活动的方法和结果将通过期刊出版物和专业会议上的演讲在更广泛的科学教育界广泛传播，以作为其他机构的典范。