STEM-CP: BPEC - Learning From Young Women Who Participate in Computing: Longitudinal Research on the NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Program

STEM-CP：BPEC - 向参与计算的年轻女性学习：NCWIT 计算计划愿望的纵向研究

• 批准号: 1441071
• 负责人: Wendy DuBow
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1441071&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STEM; CP; BPEC; Learning; Young

The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) at the University or Colorado will investigate the characteristics and external factors influencing young women's interest in and pursuit of computing during and after high school. Current research provides much evidence about what inhibits female participation in computing, but only piecemeal insights into why, and how, some women persist in the face of many challenges. NCWIT's Aspirations in Computing (AiC) program has attracted thousands of female applicants since 2007. The project team will conduct surveys, interviews and focus groups with AiC applicants. Analyses of the resulting dataset will enable the computing community to learn more about what circumstances encourage or hinder young women's pursuit of computing.NCWIT will analyze data from the AiC application portal and program to create a dataset on women's pathways in computing from high school to college and early career. This unique, large, national dataset will be built upon through surveys, interviews and focus groups. This project will use a quasi-experimental research design to conduct a longitudinal, mixed methods study to answer the following research questions: 1) What factors support young women's pursuit of computing, and how do these influence their interest, self-efficacy, outcome expectations, perceived social supports/barriers, and intent to persist in computing over time? 2) What challenges do young women encounter in the field of computing, and how do these influence their interest, self-efficacy, outcome expectations, perceived social supports/barriers, and intent to persist in computing over time? 3) What factors contribute to why, and how, some women pursuing computing activities, study or careers, persist despite many challenges to their inclusion in the field?

国家妇女信息技术中心（NCWIT）在大学或科罗拉多将调查的特点和外部因素影响年轻女性的兴趣和追求计算期间和之后的高中。目前的研究提供了很多关于是什么阻碍了女性参与计算的证据，但对于一些女性为什么以及如何面对许多挑战而坚持下去，只有零碎的见解。自2007年以来，NCWIT的计算抱负（AIC）计划吸引了数千名女性申请人。项目团队将与AIC申请人进行调查，面试和焦点小组。分析由此产生的数据集将使计算社区能够更多地了解什么情况下鼓励或阻碍年轻女性对计算的追求。NCWIT将分析来自AiC应用程序门户网站的数据，并计划创建一个关于女性从高中到大学和早期职业生涯的计算途径的数据集。这一独特的大型国家数据集将通过调查、访谈和焦点小组来建立。本计画将采用准实验研究设计，进行一项纵向、混合方法的研究，以回答以下研究问题：1）哪些因素支持年轻女性追求计算，以及这些因素如何影响她们的兴趣、自我效能、结果预期、感知的社会支持/障碍，以及随着时间的推移坚持计算的意图？2)年轻女性在计算领域遇到了哪些挑战，这些挑战如何影响她们的兴趣、自我效能、结果预期、感知的社会支持/障碍以及随着时间的推移坚持计算的意图？3)什么因素有助于为什么，以及如何，一些妇女追求计算活动，学习或职业，坚持尽管他们在该领域的包容性的许多挑战？