GSE/RES: Club to School (C2S): Rethinking the SMT Pipeline

智力优势：中学女生是如何参与科学的，尤其是当她们发展中的“自我意识”似乎与传统的优秀理科生或科学家的形象不一致的时候？本调查的目的是为了更好地了解城市中学女生在科学中创造可能自我的机制，以及这对她们对科学、数学和技术（SMT）管道的兴趣和参与的影响。该项目的目标是：1。跟踪四个城市的一群女孩在她们的中学时代，记录她们在科学中创造可能自我的机制，她们在不同数字世界中的身份形成（以及随之而来的资源和地位）如何支持她们这样做，以及这对她们对科学课和SMT管道的兴趣和参与有什么影响。2 .建立一个模型，说明女孩如何以及为什么在不同的数字世界中获得身份，以及女孩如何寻求利用这些身份来支持对科学的参与和兴趣。创建一套案例和指导设计原则，重点关注女孩的身份发展和SMT渠道的参与，可作为教师学习和项目设计的工具。这项研究对美国四个城市的400名女孩进行了为期三年的跟踪调查。利用一项全国认可的调查工具，专注于身份发展和管道参与，数据将在三年内收集，以确定身份发展和管道参与的模式。该项目还包括对其中两个地点的40名女孩进行为期三年的民族志纵向案例研究。案例研究数据将允许深入分析女孩在校外图形世界和学校科学图形世界中的参与和经历，以揭示与她们相关的突出身份，以及她们如何选择和融合图形世界中的身份，以进一步提高她们在科学方面的兴趣和表现。更广泛的影响：本项目为来自不同种族背景的低收入城市女孩的身份发展与参与SMT管道之间的关系提供了一个基于理论和经验驱动的模型。通过创建一组案例以及指导设计原则，重点关注女孩的身份发展和SMT管道的参与，项目团队将与教师和项目组织者合作，量身定制项目设计和教学实践，以最好地支持女孩。

Intellectual Merit: How do middle school girls become engaged in science, especially when their developing "sense of self" can seem to be at odds with traditional images of what it means to be a good science student or a scientist? The purpose of this investigation is to better understand the mechanisms by which urban middle school girls author possible selves in science, and what impact this has on their interest and participation in the science, mathematics and technology (SMT) pipeline. The objectives of the project are:1. To follow a cohort of girls in four cities over their middle school years to document the mechanisms by which they author possible selves in science, how their identity formation (and their attendant resources and positions) in different figured worlds support them in doing so, and what impact this has on their interest and participation in science class and the SMT pipeline.2. To develop a model for how and why girls recruit identities across different figured worlds and how girls seek to leverage them in support of participation and interest in science.3. To create a set of cases along with guiding design principles focused on girls' identity development and SMT pipeline participation that can be used as tools for teacher learning and program design.The research follows 400 girls in four US cities over three years. Utilizing a nationally validated survey instrument focused on identity development and pipeline participation, data will be gathered over the three years to ascertain patterns in identity development and pipeline participation. The project also includes ethnographic longitudinal case studies of 40 girls in two of the sites over three years. Case study data will allow for an in depth analysis into girls' participation and experiences in out-of-school figured worlds and the figured world of school science, to uncover the salient identities pertinent to them, and how they select and coalesce identities across figured worlds to further their interest and performance in science. Broader Impacts: This project yields a theoretically-based, empirically-driven model for the relationship between identity development and participation in the SMT pipeline for low-income urban girls from racially diverse backgrounds. By creating a set of cases along with guiding design principles focused on girls' identity development and SMT pipeline participation, the project team will work with teachers and program organizers to tailor program design and instructional practice to best support girls.