Integrating Science with Mathematics and Engineering: Linking Home and School Learning for All Young Learners

将科学与数学和工程相结合：将所有年轻学习者的家庭和学校学习联系起来

• 批准号: 1813280
• 负责人: Maria Ximena Dominguez
• 金额: $ 275.44万
• 依托单位: Digital Promise Global
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2023-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1813280&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrating; Science; Mathematics; Engineering; Linking

Children in preschool programs have few opportunities to engage meaningfully in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. This is especially true in programs serving children from low-income communities, where resources are scarce. This study will investigate the integration of science with mathematics and engineering and develop resources that provide preschool children with integrated STEM learning experiences. The study will also investigate the connection between home and school learning and will develop resources that strengthen children's experiences at school and home. This will include investigating the needs of and designing for dual language learners who represent a large (and growing) proportion of the population served in public preschool programs. This project is funded by the Discovery Research preK-12 program (DRK-12), which seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of STEM by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of innovative resources, models and tools. 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. Using design based research (DBR), the researchers will: (1) Develop learning blueprints to guide the design of classroom and family learning resources. (2) Co-design resources with teachers and parents from low-income as well as culturally and linguistically diverse communities. (3) Conduct a series of formative pilot studies with partner teachers and parents. (4) Conduct a quasi-experimental field study in preschool classrooms and homes to examine both implementation and learning outcomes. Data sources will include observations in classrooms and homes, surveys and interviews with teachers and parents, and child learning assessments. Analysis will include qualitative approaches to examine patterns of interaction and engagement with resources in classrooms and homes, as well as quantitative approaches to examine children's learning accounting for the multilevel structure of the data. The project involves a collaboration between Digital Promise Global, Education Development Center, WGBH and multiple early childhood programs in California and New York. A total of 28 preschool centers, 56 classroom teachers, 208 families and 560 children are expected to participate. Results from this project are intended to inform understanding of how young children learn STEM, how adults at school and home can support children's early STEM learning, and what supports are useful to diverse learners specifically. Results could also highlight design principles that can inform future early STEM education research and development efforts integrating media and technology.This 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.

学龄前儿童很少有机会有意义地参与科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学科。在为资源稀缺的低收入社区儿童提供服务的方案中，情况尤其如此。这项研究将调查科学与数学和工程的整合，并开发资源，为学龄前儿童提供综合STEM学习经验。这项研究还将调查家庭和学校学习之间的联系，并将开发资源，加强儿童在学校和家庭的经验。这将包括调查的需求和设计的双语学习者谁代表一个大的（和不断增长的）比例的人口在公立学前教育计划。该项目由Discovery Research preK-12计划（DRK-12）资助，该计划旨在通过研究和开发创新资源，模型和工具，显着提高preK-12学生和教师的STEM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。本研究以设计为基础的研究（DBR），将：（1）发展学习蓝图，以指导教室和家庭学习资源的设计。(2)与来自低收入以及文化和语言多样化社区的教师和家长共同设计资源。(3)与合作教师和家长进行一系列的形成性试点研究。(4)在学前班教室和家庭进行准实验性实地研究，以检查实施情况和学习成果。数据来源将包括在教室和家庭中的观察，对教师和家长的调查和采访，以及儿童学习评估。分析将包括定性的方法来检查互动和参与的模式与资源在教室和家庭，以及定量的方法来检查儿童的学习会计的多层次结构的数据。该项目涉及数字承诺全球、教育发展中心、WGBH和加州和纽约的多个幼儿项目之间的合作。预计共有28个学前中心、56名任课教师、208个家庭和560名儿童参加。该项目的结果旨在了解幼儿如何学习STEM，学校和家庭的成年人如何支持儿童的早期STEM学习，以及哪些支持对不同的学习者特别有用。结果还可以突出设计原则，可以为未来的早期STEM教育研究和开发工作提供信息，将媒体和技术相结合。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。