Studies: Expanding Opportunities for Innovative and Technology-Rich STEM Experiences through Florida's High School Career Academies (ITEST/Workforce Development STUDIES Project)

DRL - 0833503研究：通过佛罗里达扩大创新和技术丰富的STEM经验的机会？高中职业学院 南佛罗里达大学Becky Smerdon，教育发展学院项目概述本研究项目将调查学生入学的决定因素和后果，该项目是一个新的佛罗里达高中“职业学院”项目，旨在将严格的学术课程与行业驱动的职业相结合。 研究人员创建了一些关于课程和学校组织的具体假设，以及它们与选择STEM职业的关系，这些假设可以通过他们设计的研究进行测试。 该研究将使用佛罗里达州现有行政统计数据的统计分析模型，以测试在高中阶段参加特殊“学院”以鼓励学生进入STEM领域的影响。 他们将测试这样一种观点，即参加特殊学院的学生在上学之前已经选择了一个特定的职业。 就读特殊学校的学生很可能是因为他们的背景而选择了这所学校。 这项研究将衡量佛罗里达学生根据他们将就读的学校或学校改变他们职业选择的程度选择职业领域的程度。 通过定性分析，他们将确定影响学生选择就读学校的新因素。 这项趋势研究将表明，参加这些特殊学校是否会增加代表性不足的学生参加STEM课程的人数。 研究人员将使用多层次模型分析现有数据，以考虑教师和学生的差异，将对一些学校的学生进行调查，并将对课程进行定性分析。

DRL - 0833503 Studies: Expanding Opportunities for Innovative and Technology-Rich STEM Experiences through Florida?s High School Career Academies Borman, Kathryn M. University of South FloridaBecky Smerdon, Academy for Educational DevelopmentPROJECT SUMMARYThis research project would investigate the determinants and consequences of student enrollment in a new Florida program of high school "career academies" intended to integrate rigorous academic curriculum with industry-driven careers. The researchers have created some specific hypotheses about curriculum and school organization and their relationship to choosing STEM careers that can be tested with the study they have designed. The study will use statistical analysis models of existing administrative statistics from the State of Florida to test the influence of attending special "academies" at the high school level to encourage students into STEM fields. They will test the idea that students attending a special academy had already chosen a particular career before attending the school. Students attending special schools are likely to have selected the school because of their background. This study will measure the extent to which Florida students chose their career fields based on the school they would attend or the extent that the school changed their career choice. Through qualitative analysis they will identify new factors of the schools that affect choices of students to attend them. The trends study will indicate whether attending these special schools increase STEM course taking among underrepresented students. The researchers will analyze existing data using a multilevel model to account for both teacher and student variances, will conduct surveys of students in some schools, and will conduct qualitative analysis of course taking.