Enrichment : Testing the Concept of a Virtual Alliance for Deaf and Hard of Hearing STEM Students at the Postsecondary Level

在中学后阶段测试聋重听学生虚拟联盟的概念是一个丰富的项目，将促进聋重听学生如何在STEM教育中获得网络社会和支持网络的知识。这一充实项目将建立目前和最近毕业的主流聋人和听力障碍STEM学生的全面基线概况，然后制定具体计划，通过STEM残疾学生虚拟联盟丰富这些学生的学习成绩。有一个具体的项目目标，即从四到五个被选中参加预期联盟的中学后方案中，建立STEM教育中聋哑生和重听障学生的基线概况。将创建一份基线资料，以提供足够的信息，准确描述预期参加最终联盟的第一批学生的教育、背景、STEM兴趣领域和支持要求。基线数据的结构将使最终能够在计划的联盟中建立一个学生跟踪系统。该简介将足够详细，以提供关于接受服务的学生的人口统计数据、他们在提供支持服务方面的偏好以及参与联盟的预期好处的报告。个人资料数据将与拟议的残疾研究教育项目数据管理系统保持一致。该项目将具体解决以下问题：1.检查国家数据库和报告，以获得有关全美STEM项目中耳聋和听力障碍学生的信息。分析《学院和大学聋哑生和重听生计划》(2007)中列出的计划，以确定自我报告有聋哑人或重听学生参加的STEM计划。与四个中学后教育方案网络(PEPNet)区域的主要成员和领导一起举办四个在线焦点小组，讨论与当前和最近毕业的聋哑人和听力障碍STEM学生的学业成功有关的关键因素。PEPNet网络在过去的12年里一直由美国教育部资助，并正在与这一拟议的项目合作。确定四到五所中学后教育机构作为未来STEM残疾学生联盟的合作伙伴。确定为STEM学生提供成功支持服务的要素，以2008年6月在NTID/RIT举行的全国网络基础设施峰会的成果为基线。6.确定可以为聋哑人和重听学生实施虚拟联盟的成功联盟的特征。开发和试行一个基本的、原型的、能够支持STEM残疾学生虚拟联盟特点的网络基础设施系统。项目评估领域公认的区域专家Barbara McKee将担任该项目的外部评估员。项目信息和调查结果将通过PEPNet、专业期刊出版物以及RDE资助的其他项目向公众传播。

The Testing the Concept of a Virtual Alliance for Deaf and Hard of Hearing STEM Students at the Postsecondary Level is an enrichment project that will advance the knowledge of how students who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing access a cyber-enabled social and support network in STEM education. This enrichment project will establish a comprehensive baseline profile of current and recently graduated mainstreamed Deaf and hard-of-hearing STEM students and then formulate specific plans for enriching the academic performance of these students through a virtual Alliance for Students with Disabilities in STEM. There is a specific project goal to establish a baseline profile of deaf and hard-of-hearing students in STEM education from four or five postsecondary programs selected to participate in the expected Alliance. A baseline profile will be created to provide sufficient information to accurately describe the education, background, STEM interest area, and support requirements of the expected first group of students to participate in the eventual Alliance. The structure of the baseline data will permit the eventual establishment of a student tracking system in the projected alliance. The profile will be sufficiently detailed to provide reporting on the demographics of the students served, their preferences regarding provision of support services and anticipated benefits of participating in the alliance. Profile data will be consistent with proposed Research in Disabilities Education Project Data Management System.The project will specifically address the following:1. Examine national databases and reports for information regarding deaf and hard-of-hearing students in STEM programs across the USA.2. Analyze programs listed in the College and University Programs for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students (2007) to determine STEM programs that self-reported as having deaf or hard-of-hearing students enrolled.3. Conduct four on-line focus groups with key members and leadership of the four Postsecondary Education Programs Network (PEPNet) regions regarding key attributes related to academic success of current and recently graduated deaf and hard-of-hearing STEM students. The PEPNet network has been funded by the US Department of Education for the last 12 years and is partnering on this proposed project.4. Identify four or five postsecondary institutions to partner for a future Alliance for Students with Disabilities in STEM.5. Identify elements of successful support services for STEM students, utilizing as a baseline the results of the national Summit on Cyberinfrastructure held at NTID/RIT in June 2008. 6. Identify the features of successful Alliances that can be implemented virtually for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.7. Develop and pilot a rudimentary, prototype, cyberinfrastructure system that can support the features of a virtual Alliance for Students with Disabilities in STEM.Dr. Barbara McKee, a recognized regional expert in project evaluation, will serve as the external evaluator for this project. The project information and findings will be disseminated to the public via PEPNet, professional journal publications, and to other RDE-funded projects.