Phase II: Evaluative Research and Capacity Building in the Mississippi Delta

评估性研究和能力建设（ERCB）三角洲项目的主要目的是培养STEM教师对关键的STEM教育问题和问题进行评估研究的兴趣和能力，这些STEM教师来自密西西比三角洲地区和历史上的黑人高等教育机构。尽管这些学院和大学毕业了大部分在三角洲学校工作的教师和管理人员，除了那些在本项目第一阶段接受培训的教师和管理人员，但这些学院以前没有参与STEM教育政策和实践的全面评估。本提案（项目的第二阶段）的主要目标是继续在原始项目下开始的工作，作为一个模型，以提高选定的一组教师的评估能力，以及为密西西比三角洲地区服务的机构的基础设施。这需要发展教师技能和机构专业知识，以建立对STEM和STEM相关问题进行评估和评估研究的持续能力。

The primary purpose of the Evaluative Research and Capacity Building (ERCB) Delta project is to develop an interest and capacity for evaluative studies of critical STEM educational issues and problems among STEM faculty at five of the regional and historically black Mississippi Delta higher education institutions. Although these colleges and universities graduate most of the teachers and administrators working in Delta schools, with the exception of those trained in Phase I of this project, the faculties have not previously been involved in comprehensive evaluation of STEM educational policies and practices. The principal objective of this proposal (Phase II of the project) is to continue the work begun under the original project as a model to enhance the evaluation capacity of a selected group of faculty members, and the infrastructure ofinstitutions that serve the Mississippi Delta region. This entails developing faculty skills and institutional expertise in order to build sustained capacity to conduct evaluation and evaluation research on STEM and STEM-related issues.