PGE/PG: Using Math: Girls Investigate Real Life

虽然干预计划和新的教学方法有助于缩小数学成绩和选课的性别差异，但它们对影响女孩选择与数学相关的大学专业和职业的影响要小得多(Campbell，1995)。此外，有大量证据表明，在女孩中，来自非裔美国人、拉丁美洲人、美洲原住民或低收入家庭的女孩特别需要这一领域的支持和鼓励(大学理事会，1997年；另见Phillips，1998年)。密歇根大学女孩是一个干预项目，通过创新的、综合的数学/社会科学研究项目来解决这个问题。密歇根州立大学女孩通过参与下一年两名主要教师的干预计划，为女孩在数学和技术方面的进步建立了结构和支持。密歇根大学女孩也是一个专业发展计划，旨在使干预计划的工具和策略可供教师在他们的家庭课堂上使用。通过将教师纳入该计划的所有方面，干预的影响成倍增加，将学生纳入下一年的教师班级--甚至更远！这笔规划拨款是基于在密歇根州安娜堡的三所中学进行的一项试点项目的结果。密歇根大学妇女和性别研究所将与密歇根州更多的学区合作，从伊普西兰蒂和底特律开始。

Although intervention programs and new teaching methods have helped to close the gender gap in mathematics achievement and course taking, they have had much less effect on influencing girls' decisions about pursuing math-related college majors and careers (Campbell, 1995). Moreover, there is substantial evidence that among girls, those from African-American, Latino, Native American or low-income backgrounds are in particular need of support and encouragement in this domain (College Board, 1997; see also Phillips, 1998). U-M GIRL is an intervention program that addresses this problem by innovative, integrated math/social scientific research projects. U-M GIRL builds in structure and support for the girls' gains in mathematics and technology by involving in the intervention program two of their key teachers for the following year. U-M GIRL is also a professional development program that aims to make the tools and strategies of the intervention program available to teachers to use in their home classrooms. By including teachers in all aspects of the program, the impact of the intervention is multiplied to include the students in the teachers' classes in the following year -- and beyond! The planning grant is based on findings of a pilot program, conducted in three middle schools in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Institute of Research on Women and Gender at the University of Michigan will build a collaborative effort with additional school districts in Michigan, beginning with Ypsilanti and Detroit.