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这个青年媒体项目的目标是为14-24岁的年轻人提供工程、物理和生物科学方面的培训和实践经验。该项目围绕核心实践设计，通过实验、开发和创造性地使用新技术和工具，让年轻人参与原创性研究和探究，向公众传播STEM。在加州奥克兰、乔治亚州亚特兰大和华盛顿特区，青年广播项目的参与者包括540名青年，其中80%是低收入和/或有色人种青年，另外还有400名青年通过校外活动在学校和社区中心开展活动。核心成果包括：(1)“大脑和烧杯”（Brains and Beakers），每年八场现场活动，由来访的STEM研究人员将他/她的工作带出实验室，登上青年电台设施的舞台，展示关键原理和发现，并与青年参与者互动；(2)“青年电台调查”，一个每年6集的多媒体系列节目，青年与大学和行业研究人员合作，探索应用于产品和服务的科学主张的真实性，他们每天都在使用；(3)“应用程序开发实验室”，由青年开发、创建和传播在线可嵌入和可下载的应用程序（每年12个），以满足青年社区的实际需求。这些年轻人制作的数字媒体将由全国公共广播电台播放，并通过iTunes和BoingBoing.net等各种网站在线发布。BoingBoing.net是网络上访问量最大的科技网站之一。项目顾问包括大学的STEM研究人员以及经验丰富且成功的新媒体技术开发人员。项目合作伙伴包括国家公共广播电台、KQED、加州科学院和奥克兰联合学区。该项目建立在之前成功的工作（NSF #0610272）的基础上，该工作在青年广播组织内启动了一个科学和技术计划。Rockman等人的总结性评价将衡量该项目如何影响学生的科技知识、技能和态度。它将建立在先前国家科学基金会资助的项目（#0610272）的评估基础上，该项目强调了青年电台发现如何设计和实施成功的、可持续的STEM项目时组织和员工的成长过程。洛克曼将评估新项目（青年调查，大脑和烧杯，以及应用实验室），衡量以下与stem相关的学生成果/影响：作为科学或技术的生产者/创造者的自我认知；对科学的态度和科学家的看法；理解科学探究、研究和/或技术技能发展的过程；以及对科学或技术职业的理解或兴趣（基于国家研究委员会2009年的报告）。将从奥克兰站点和其他青年广播局收集数据，以确定该计划的哪些方面可以转移到多个站点，哪些方面是特定地点或特定情况下独有的。方法包括学生态度调查、参与者焦点小组、中期评估、客观技能评估和访谈。该项目为STEM研究人员与代表性不足的青年之间的合作提供了一种创新的新模式，从而产生影响青年以及公众对科学的理解和参与的数字媒体。

The objective of this youth media project is to provide 14-24 year olds with training and hands-on experience in engineering, and the physical and biological sciences. The project is designed around core practices that engage youth in original research and inquiry through experimentation, development, and creative use of new technologies and tools to communicate STEM to the public. Youth Radio project participants in Oakland, CA, Atlanta, GA and Washington, DC include 540 youth, 80% of whom are low-income and/or youth of color, plus another 400 youth via off-site outreach in schools and community centers.Core deliverables include: (1) "Brains and Beakers," eight live events per year where a visiting STEM researcher brings his/her work out of the lab and onto the stage at Youth Radio facilities, demonstrating key principles and discoveries and interacting with youth participants; (2) "Youth Radio Investigates," an annual 6-part multimedia series, where youth partner with university and industry-based researchers to explore the veracity of scientific claims applied to products and services and they use every day; (3) The "Application Development Lab," where youth develop, create and disseminate online embeddable and downloadable applications (12 annually) that serve real needs in youth communities. The digital media produced by the youth will be broadcast by National Public Radio and distributed online through various sites including iTunes and BoingBoing.net, one of the most frequently visited technology-focused sites on the web.Project advisors include STEM researchers in universities as well as highly experienced and successful new media technology developers. Project partners include National Public Radio, KQED, the California Academy of Sciences, and the Oakland Unified School District. This project builds on the successful prior work (NSF #0610272) that initiated a Science and Technology program within the Youth Radio organization. The summative evaluation by Rockman et al will measure how the program affects students' science and technology knowledge, skills, and attitudes. It will build on the evaluation from the prior NSF funded project (#0610272) that highlighted the organizational and staff growth processes as Youth Radio discovered how to design and implement successful, sustainable STEM programs. Rockman will evaluate the new programs (Youth Investigates, Brains and Beakers, and the Application Lab), measuring the following STEM-related student outcomes/impacts: perceptions of selves as producers/creators of science or technology; attitudes toward science and perceptions of scientists; understanding the process of scientific inquiry and research and/or technology skills development; and understanding or interest in careers in science or technology (based on National Research Council report, 2009). Data will be collected from the youth at the Oakland site and from the other Youth Radio bureaus to determine which aspects of the program transfer to multiple sites and which ones are unique to a specific location or set of circumstances. Methods include surveys of student attitudes, participant focus groups, interim assessments, objective skills assessments, and interviews.This project provides an innovative new model for collaborations between STEM researchers and under-represented youth resulting in digital media that impacts the youth as well as the public's understanding and engagement in science.