Summer Institute in Math Modeling

该项目将促进中学女生的计算机平等。 学校 该项目的第一阶段将开展培训， 这些材料将使学区计算机 协调员举办计算机公平教师讲习班 并指导实施计算机公平战略 在他们辖区的学校里。 这些战略基于 让女孩对电脑感兴趣的最好方法 首先是将它们引入基本的应用， 如文字处理和计算机图形学， 更高层次的使用。 培训材料将 包括一个研讨会领导者指南，一个两小时的研讨会， 讨论了“计算机性别差距”的原因， 总结了关闭它的策略， 研讨会详细审查这些战略， 为参与者的学校制定具体计划。 在项目的第二阶段，这些材料将 在纽约州的四个学区进行了试点测试。 一 电脑协调员和每个地区的一名管理员 将首先参加为期两天的培训课程， 准备计算机协调员进行两个 为他们所在地区的教师举办讲习班。 每个测试学校 然后将开发和实施自己的计算机资产 程序. 该项目将根据其对 * 女孩对数学、科学和 计算机科学 将收集有关自愿 男女儿童使用计算机的情况以及 数学、科学和计算机选修课 科学 妇女行动联盟和参与学校 地区在分担费用方面的贡献是 相当于NSF奖金的26%。

This project will promote computer equity for girls in middle school. The first phase of the project will develop training materials that will enable school district computer coordinators to conduct faculty workshops on computer equity and to guide the implementation of computer equity strategies in schools in their districts. These strategies are based on the premise that the best way to interest girls in computers is to introduce them first to elementary applications, such as word-processing and computer graphics, and then to lead them to higher-level uses. The training materials will consist of a workshop Leader's Guide, a two-hour workshop that discusses the causes of the "computer gender gap" and summarizes strategies for closing it, and a three-hour workshop that examines these strategies in detail and develops a specific program for the participants' school. In the second phase of the project, these materials will be pilot-tested in four school districts in New York State. A computer coordinator and an administrator from each district will first attend a two-day training session that will prepare the computer coordinators to conduct the two workshops for teachers in their districts. Each test school will then develop and implement its own computer equity program. The project will be evaluated by its impact on girls' interest and achievement in mathematics, science, and computer science. Data will be collected about voluntary computer use by boys and girls and about enrollments in elective courses in mathematics, science, and computer science. The Women's Action Alliance and the participating school districts are contributing an amount in cost-sharing that is equal to 26% of the NSF award.