STEM Sea, Air, and Land Remotely Operated Vehicle Design Challenges for Rural, Middle School Youth

探索研究K-12计划（DRK-12）旨在通过研究和开发创新资源，模型和工具（RMT），显着提高学前班学生和教师的科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的学习和教学。DRK-12计划中的项目建立在STEM教育的基础研究和先前的研究和开发工作的基础上，这些研究和开发工作为拟议项目提供了理论和经验依据。北佛罗里达社区学院项目通过提供高质量和相关的STEM设计，为佛罗里达北方高度贫困农村地区的中学生提供了在STEM领域进行中学后学习的机会。设计挑战将在农村地区（即，GIS制图和无人机用于测量大型牧场，农场和森林），制作了一系列六个设计挑战模块和两个竞赛设计挑战，并附有教师指南，为90名中学生准备相关的STEM模块。该项目将整合4个组成部分：（a）工程设计，（B）技术和社会，（c）电气知识，（d）计算机科学。该项目旨在通过工程设计挑战中的经验来提高中学生的空间推理能力。竞赛设计挑战与陪同教师指导准备相关STEM模块为老年学生合作伙伴组成的学校一级，大学一级，和STEM专业人士将开发设计挑战，使用STEM学习研究的最佳实践，与推进STEM途径的认识和参与历史上欠发达的学生在农村，高贫困地区北佛罗里达社区学院服务的意图。实施前后将收集有关学生成果的数据，包括内容掌握、空间推理技能、自我效能、对STEM的态度和兴趣，对数据的评估将涉及六个课程单元的研究和开发阶段，以及（2）在一个延迟的-治疗设计模型越来越多的人需要扩大STEM的范围。通过增加参与STEM实践的农村学生人数，该项目有可能扩大对数学和科学的兴趣和能力，并扩大了解STEM职业道路的学生人数。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

The Discovery Research K-12 program (DRK-12) seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of innovative resources, models and tools (RMTs). Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects. The North Florida Community College project provides middle school students in a high poverty rural area in Northern Florida an opportunity to pursue post-secondary study in STEM by providing quality and relevant STEM design. The design challenges will be contextualized within a rural region (i.e., GIS mapping and drones used for surveying large ranches, farms, and forests), producing a series of six design challenge modules and two competition design challenges with accompanying teacher guides for preparing relevant STEM modules for 90 middle school aged students. The project will integrate 4 components: (a) engineering design, (b) technology and society, (c) electrical knowledge, and (d) computer science. The project aims to improve middle school students' spatial reasoning through experiences embedded within engineering design challenges. competition design challenges with accompanying teacher guides for preparing relevant STEM modules for aged studentsCollaborative partners consisting of school level, college level, and STEM professionals will develop the design challenges, using best practices from STEM learning research, with the intent of advancing STEM pathway awareness and participation among historically underserved students in the rural, high-poverty region served by North Florida Community College. Data regarding student outcomes will be collected before and after implementation, including measures of content mastery, spatial reasoning skills, self-efficacy, attitudes and interests in STEM, and academic achievement in science courses Assessment of the data will involve the research and development phases of six curriculum modules and (2) an intervention study following a delayed-treatment design modelThere is a growing need for the increased broadening of STEM by underserved groups. By increasing the number of rural students who participate in STEM hands on, interdisciplinary experiences, the project has the potential to expand interest and competency in mathematics and science and expand the number of students who are aware of STEM career pathwaysThis award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteriaThis award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.