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From High School Students to College Geoscience Majors: The Critical Math Connection

从高中生到大学地球科学专业：关键的数学联系

基本信息

批准号：
1202858
负责人：
Eleanour Snow
金额：
$ 14.46万
依托单位：
University of Texas at Austin
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2012-09-01 至 2014-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1202858&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Students College Geoscience Majors Critical

项目摘要

The GeoFORCE Texas Critical Math Connection targets a group of high school juniors and seniors who have a strong interest in majoring in geology in college, and provides them with critical interventions while in high school in order to 1) improve their math knowledge, confidence, and preparedness, and 2) engage their geoscience problem solving skills. The target students are participants in a high school outreach program called GeoFORCE Texas. The group is 82% minority, from challenged schools in rural southwest Texas and inner-city Houston. While GeoFORCE gives them a strong interest in geosciences, their high schools leave them poorly prepared for college level math. This project is investigating two critical research questions: 1. Can the persistence of students in geoscience majors be affected by improving math preparedness in high school? 2. Can an engaging geologic problem sustain interest in the geosciences and prove to be a critical incident in moving students from liking geology to majoring in geology? It is expected that together these activities will result in an easier path from high school into a college geology major, and that this will be reflected in retention and persistence data. Ultimately, the project seeks to identify an effective model for engaging more minority youth in the geosciences.

GeoFORCE德州关键数学连接项目针对的是一群对大学地质学专业有浓厚兴趣的高中三年级和四年级学生，为他们在高中阶段提供关键干预，以便1)提高他们的数学知识、信心和准备能力，2)提高他们解决地球科学问题的能力。目标学生是高中外展项目GeoFORCE Texas的参与者。这个群体中82%是少数民族，来自德克萨斯州西南部农村和休斯顿市中心的困难学校。虽然GeoFORCE让他们对地球科学产生了浓厚的兴趣，但他们的高中教育却让他们对大学水平的数学准备不足。这个项目正在调查两个关键的研究问题：1。提高高中数学准备水平能影响地学专业学生的坚持吗？2. 一个引人入胜的地质问题能否保持学生对地球科学的兴趣，并证明它是促使学生从喜欢地质学转向主修地质学的关键事件？预计这些活动将使学生更容易从高中升入大学地质学专业，这将反映在保留和持久性数据中。最终，该项目寻求确定一种有效的模式，使更多的少数民族青年参与地球科学。