STEM Integration in the Digital Forensics Science Learning Environment Grades 9-12

该项目由STEM+计算伙伴关系(STEM+C)计划资助，该计划旨在促进STEM教与学中计算集成的新方法和基于证据的理解。该项目将促进这一努力，使年轻妇女参与应用于网络取证领域的计算机科学，并将计算整合到计算密集型STEM领域。该项目的指导研究表明，年轻女性被改善社会的职业所吸引；因此，学习应用计算机科学来解决网络犯罪，有可能吸引女性参与网络安全领域。学生将通过创新的网络犯罪系统学习计算技能，该系统将使学生参与真正的调查。该项目将向9-12年级的年轻女性传授一系列基本主题，包括法医学、科学探究、批判性思维、计算思维、数据分析、基础编程和计算伦理。通过一个互动平台，学生将扮演法医和网络犯罪调查人员的角色。该项目与巴尔的摩、新奥尔良和西雅图的学校和组织、国家女孩合作项目、数字法医专家、私营和公共部门的STEM组织以及来自行业的内容专家和导师合作，将建立对STEM和计算的广泛支持和兴趣，这些可能会指导学生在STEM和计算领域的职业生涯，包括网络安全，这是一个关键的国家优先事项。调查人员打算通过该项目接触到600多名女孩，并将设计30小时的数字取证、基于目标的场景和课程以及支持资源，使用基于目标的情景理论和调查和决定学习环境(IDLE)作为他们的教学框架。他们将为STEM的年轻女性和代表性不足的学生设计基于角色的课程，培训18名试点教师提供互动模块，并从STEM公共、私人和政府社区招聘导师和合作伙伴，以鼓励参与者考虑与STEM相关的职业道路。招聘将通过新奥尔良的火花行动、埃德蒙兹学区、核心元素和马里兰州的课外时间(MOST)网络进行。辅导员将从专业人士和大学生社区招聘，目标是招募女性。该项目将由一个顾问委员会进行外部审查，评估将包括关于学生结果、教师结果、辅导员结果和导师结果的问题。调查结果将通过项目网站、教育工作者和青年部分、在研究会议上介绍、通过与国家女童合作项目协调的网络研讨会以及通过社交媒体传播。

This project is funded by the STEM+Computing Partnership (STEM+C) program which seeks to advance new approaches to, and evidence-based understanding of, the integration of computing in STEM teaching and learning. This project will contribute to that effort by engaging young women in computer science as applied to the field of cyber forensics, and the integration of computing in computing-intensive STEM fields. The project is guided by research showing that young women are attracted to careers that improve society; thus, learning the application of computer science to solve cyber crimes, has potential to attract female participation in the cybersecurity field. Students will learn computing skills through an innovative cybercrime system that will engage students in real investigations. The project will teach young women in grades 9-12 a range of essential topics, including forensic science, scientific inquiry, critical thinking, computation thinking, data analysis, basic programming, and ethics in computing. Through an interactive platform, students will act as forensic, cybercrime investigators. Partnering with schools and organizations in Baltimore, New Orleans, and Seattle, the National Girls Collaborative Project, digital forensic experts, private and public sector STEM organizations, and content experts and mentors from industry, the project will build broad support and interest in STEM and computing that has potential to guide students toward careers in STEM and computing, including cybersecurity, a critical national priority.The investigators intend to reach over 600 girls through the project, and will design 30 hours of digital forensic, goal-based scenarios and curriculum along with supporting resources using a Goal-Based Scenario theory and the Investigate and Decide Learning Environment (IDLE) as their instructional framework. They will design a role-based curriculum in an accessible interface for young women and underrepresented students in STEM, train 18 pilot site teachers to deliver the interactive modules, and recruit mentors and partners from the STEM public, private and government community to encourage the participants to think about STEM-related career paths. Recruitment will occur through Operation Spark in New Orleans, the Edmonds School District, Core Element, and Maryland Out of School Time (MOST) network. Facilitators will be recruited from the professional and college student communities, with a goal to recruit women. The project will be reviewed externally by an advisory board, and the evaluation will include questions about student outcomes, teacher outcomes, facilitator outcomes and mentor outcomes. Findings will be disseminated through the project website with sections for educators and youth, presented at research conferences and through webinars in coordination with the National Girls Collaborative Project, and through social media.