Conference: A review of the current state of STEM sign language lexicons

STEM中的聋人和重听人（DHH）在残疾人和一般社区中所占比例仍然很小，导致STEM中的代表性严重不足。许多DHH学生在K-12班，往往是唯一的DHH学生或少数DHH学生与手语翻译之一。尽管STEM手语的发展和在媒体上的流行激增，但STEM术语和概念的手语技术术语仍然缺乏，并且存在的东西并不广为人知。目前大多数STEM手语词典主要集中在创建一个小群体内的单个单词，单个符号视频的集合。然而，目前的框架阻止了广泛传播和概念上准确的信息共享到K-12学校，K-12口译员和DHH STEM专业人员。为了解决这些问题，该项目将组织一系列研讨会，最终将举行一次峰会，讨论世界各地STEM符号词典的现状。该项目旨在评估和评价STEM手语词汇在三个关键领域的使用和成功。首先，该团队将评估研究人员强大的STEM手语开发的伦理和语言影响以及对教育界的下游影响。第二，参与者和组织者将为K-12课堂和课外活动开发评估和评价工具。最后，与会者将制定新的研究方向，以确保STEM手语词汇在数字世界中的可持续性。该项目包括一系列会议，汇集了STEM教育，语言学和人类学专家沿着与当前STEM手语词典的开发者和领导者，以领导新的研究，改善K-12设置DHH学生的STEM教育。该项目由NSF的EHR核心研究（ECR）计划支持。ECR计划强调基础STEM教育研究，产生该领域的基础知识。投资是在关键领域是必不可少的，广泛的和持久的：干学习和干学习环境，扩大参与干，干劳动力发展。该计划支持积累强有力的证据，为理解、建立理论解释、提出干预和创新建议以应对教育中持续存在的挑战提供信息。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。

Deaf and hard of hearing individuals (DHH) in STEM remain a small percentage of both the disability and general community leading to a severe underrepresentation in STEM. Many DHH students are in K-12 classes and often are the only DHH student or one of few DHH students with a sign language interpreter. Despite the surge of STEM sign language development and its popularity in the media, technical terminology in sign languages for STEM terms and concepts is still lacking, and what does exist is not widely known. Most current STEM sign language lexicons focus primarily on creating a collection of single-word, single-sign videos within a small cohort of individuals. However, this current framework prevents widespread dissemination and conceptually accurate sharing of information to K-12 schools, K-12 interpreters, and DHH STEM professionals. To solve these issues, this project will organize a series of workshops that will culminate with a summit to discuss the current state of STEM sign lexicons around the world. This project aims to assess and evaluate the use and success of STEM sign language lexicons in three critical areas. First, the team will evaluate the ethical and linguistic implications of robust STEM sign language development by researchers and the downstream impact on the educational community. Second, participants and organizers will develop assessment and evaluation tools for the K-12 classroom and extra-curricular activities. Finally, the participants will formulate new research directions to ensure sustainability of STEM sign language lexicons in the digital world. The project includes a series of convenings to bring together STEM education, linguistics, and anthropology experts along with the developers and leaders of current STEM sign language lexicons to lead new research that improves STEM education for DHH students in K-12 settings.This project is supported by NSF's EHR Core Research (ECR) program. The ECR program emphasizes fundamental STEM education research that generates foundational knowledge in the field. Investments are made in critical areas that are essential, broad and enduring: STEM learning and STEM learning environments, broadening participation in STEM, and STEM workforce development. The program supports the accumulation of robust evidence to inform efforts to understand, build theory to explain, and suggest intervention and innovations to address persistent challenges in education.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.