Research Initiation Grant: Developing strategies to improve women's active participation in engineering student group project teams

这项工程教育研究启动赠款将实施严格的实验方法，以研究团队活动对工科女生自我效能的影响。 该研究项目涉及工程和心理学方面的互补专业知识，并建立在PI机构的现有网络和资源基础上。这个项目的更广泛的意义和重要性来自于工程课程和课程中团队的日益重要性。 由于最近的研究表明自我效能对学生学习的影响，这项工作可以广泛地为培养更训练有素的工程人员提供信息。 提出了一项传播这项研究成果的有力计划。 该项目与NSF的战略目标重叠，即通过准备一支具有新能力和专业知识的工程队伍来改变前沿。 此外，NSF为社会创新的目标是通过为教育政策和实践提供信息来创造对社会有用的结果和研究。

This engineering education research initiation grant will implement a rigorous experimental methodology to examine the impact of team activities on the self-efficacy of women engineering students. The research project engages complementary expertise in engineering and psychology, and builds on existing networks and resources at the PIs institution. The broader significance and importance of this project arises from the increasing importance of teams in engineering courses and curricula. Since recent research demonstrates the impact of self-efficacy on how well students learn, this work can broadly inform efforts to produce a better trained engineering workforce. A vigorous plan to disseminate the results of this research is proposed. This project overlaps with NSF's strategic goals of transforming the frontiers through preparation of an engineering workforce with new capabilities and expertise. Additionally NSF's goal of innovating for society is enabled by creating results and research that are useful for society by informing educational policy and practices.