Full-Scale Development: "Citizen SciGirls" Transmedia and Research to Encourage Girls in STEM

全面发展：“公民科学女孩”跨媒体和研究，鼓励女孩参与 STEM

• 批准号: 1323713
• 负责人: Rita Karl
• 金额: $ 267.49万
• 依托单位: Twin Cities Public Television
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-15 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1323713&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Full; Scale; Development; Citizen; SciGirls

This integrated research and implementation project would advance the understanding of how interconnected transmedia platforms build children's motivation to take part in Citizen Science and contributes to girl's science self-identify. This project would deepen the engagement of girl's in Citizen Science projects by leveraging the success of SciGirls, the transmedia TV and web series, as well as other NSF investments in citizen science evaluation methods and instruments.Project deliverables include 6 Citizen SciGirls TV programs for PBS broadcast and online streaming; Spanish translations; a mobile citizen science app; a SciGirls web portal for each featured Citizen Science project; activity guides and outreach. Project partners include the National Girls Collaborative Project (4-H, Girls, Inc., and Girl Scouts among others) that will conduct national outreach, and AAAS that will develop the open source SciGirls app.The research component will build on the NSF funded DEVISE project adapting the Citizen Science research instruments for use with younger audiences. Research questions include: Does audience identification with media characters influence participation in Citizen Science Projects? Does watching Citizen SciGirls programs influence development of science identity among girls? What role do demographic factors (ethnicity /age/gender) have in influencing learning outcomes and participation in Citizen Science projects?The formative evaluation will apply iterative small-group studies of the transmedia deliverables in order to improve the user experience and learning outcomes. The summative evaluation will focus on in-depth observational, non-experimental studies of selected groups of girls in afterschool settings.The reach of the project will be extensive via PBS with a projected broadcast coverage of 90% of TV households and a million unique online users of the games and apps. Projected learning outcomes include girl's increased knowledge and interest in science and the environment, their skills of science inquiry, and behavior change resulting from participation in Citizen Science projects.

这个综合研究和实施项目将促进对相互关联的跨媒体平台如何建立儿童参与公民科学的动机和促进女孩科学自我认同的理解。该项目将利用跨媒体电视和网络系列节目《科学女孩》的成功，以及美国国家科学基金会在公民科学评估方法和工具方面的其他投资，加深女孩对公民科学项目的参与。项目成果包括6部PBS广播和在线播放的《公民女孩》电视节目；西班牙语翻译;一个移动公民科学应用程序；为每个特色的公民科学项目建立一个SciGirls门户网站；活动指南和外联。项目合作伙伴包括全国女童合作项目（4-H、女童公司和女童军等）和美国科学促进会（AAAS），前者将进行全国推广，后者将开发开放源代码的SciGirls应用程序。研究部分将建立在美国国家科学基金会资助的设计项目的基础上，使公民科学研究工具适用于更年轻的受众。研究问题包括：受众对媒体角色的认同是否会影响公民科学项目的参与？看公民科学女孩节目会影响女孩科学认同的发展吗？人口因素（种族/年龄/性别）在影响学习成果和参与公民科学项目方面起什么作用？形成性评估将应用跨媒体交付成果的迭代小组研究，以改善用户体验和学习成果。总结性评价将侧重于对课后环境中选定的女孩群体进行深入的观察性、非实验性研究。该项目将通过美国公共广播公司（PBS）广泛传播，预计将覆盖90%的电视家庭和100万游戏和应用程序的独立在线用户。预计的学习成果包括女孩对科学和环境的知识和兴趣的增加，他们的科学探究技能，以及因参与公民科学项目而导致的行为改变。