ITEST Convening: Advancing Research on Youth Motivation in STEM

ITEST 召开：推进 STEM 青年动机研究

• 批准号: 1029540
• 负责人: Sarita Nair-Pillai
• 金额: $ 22.5万
• 依托单位: Education Development Center
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1029540&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ITEST; Convening; Advancing; Research; Youth

The ITEST Learning Resource Center at the Education Development Center, Inc., (EDC) requests funding for a convening designed to develop a theoretical framework to guide future research on youth motivation in STEM with a particular emphasis on populations most underrepresented in the STEM workforce. Two guiding questions will be the focus of the event: What is currently known about motivation in STEM for underrepresented youth? What can be done to cultivate new research around STEM motivation for underrepresented youth? The primary target audience is sociologists, psychologists, and researchers in STEM motivation and career development research, and members of the ITEST community including principal investigators, evaluators, and program directors. Secondary audiences include STEM program developers and practitioners, policymakers, and industry leaders that are building the STEM workforce. Prior to the conference, a select number of attendees will be invited to draft white papers on topics such as motivation, self-identity, and educational practices in formal and informal settings. The white papers will be presented during the 2.5 day convening and used to guide the conversations. A unique feature will be the inclusion of 12 youth participants who will populate a pre-conference blog with reflections of their experiences in ITEST projects and respond to an online survey. Youth will be fully integrated into the meetings as presenters and participants in sessions that focus on STEM program design. The deliverables include a theoretical research framework to guide future STEM motivation research, survey data and analysis from ITEST projects related to interest and motivation, survey data from youth participants, suggestions for ITEST PIs to integrate measures into their programs, and a post-convening webcast. The project evaluation will be conducted by MPR Associates using qualitative and survey data. Evaluation questions address planning, convening logistics, synthesis of information, and dissemination. After the convening, a final report will be published on the ITEST Learning Resource Center website. A post-convening web-conference will be held to stimulate new research projects and the development of STEM motivation instruments. It is anticipated that the convening will result in new working relationships among participants, identification of ITEST program elements that foster effective STEM motivation, career discovery, and motivation, and a map of ITEST impacts on youth motivation in STEM. New research efforts that address youth motivation in STEM should result from the research framework and the ITEST community and the field at large will be better informed about how to define, validate, and replicate motivational aspects of the STEM workforce development strategies.

教育发展中心公司 (EDC) 的 ITEST 学习资源中心请求资助一次会议，该会议旨在开发一个理论框架，指导未来关于 STEM 青年动机的研究，特别关注 STEM 劳动力中代表性最不足的人群。两个指导性问题将成为本次活动的焦点：目前对代表性不足的年轻人参与 STEM 的动机了解多少？可以采取哪些措施来培养针对代表性不足的年轻人的 STEM 动机的新研究？ 主要目标受众是社会学家、心理学家、STEM 动机和职业发展研究的研究人员，以及 ITEST 社区的成员，包括主要研究者、评估者和项目主管。次要受众包括 STEM 项目开发者和从业者、政策制定者以及正在培养 STEM 劳动力的行业领导者。会议之前，将邀请部分与会者起草关于动机、自我认同以及正式和非正式场合的教育实践等主题的白皮书。白皮书将在 2.5 天的会议期间发布并用于指导对话。一个独特的特点是将有 12 名青年参与者参与其中，他们将在会前博客中反映他们在 ITEST 项目中的经验，并回答在线调查。青少年将作为演讲者和参与者完全融入会议，重点关注 STEM 项目设计。 可交付成果包括指导未来 STEM 动机研究的理论研究框架、ITEST 项目中与兴趣和动机相关的调查数据和分析、青年参与者的调查数据、ITEST PI 将措施纳入其项目的建议以及会议后的网络广播。 MPR Associates 将使用定性和调查数据进行项目评估。评估问题涉及规划、召集后勤、信息综合和传播。 会议结束后，最终报告将在ITEST学习资源中心网站上发布。会议后将举行网络会议，以刺激新的研究项目和 STEM 激励工具的开发。预计此次会议将在参与者之间建立新的工作关系，确定促进有效 STEM 动机、职业发现和动机的 ITEST 计划要素，并绘制 ITEST 对 STEM 青年动机的影响图。解决 STEM 青年激励问题的新研究工作应该源自研究框架，ITEST 社区和整个领域将更好地了解如何定义、验证和复制 STEM 劳动力发展战略的激励方面。