REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research for Students who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing in Applying Mathematical and Statistical Methods to Problems from the Sciences

该奖项支持一项面向聋人和重听学者需求的暑期本科生研究体验计划。该网站将设在罗切斯特理工学院的国家聋人技术学院(NTID)。教师导师--所有对科学、数学或科学教育感兴趣的NTID教师--精通美国手语，习惯于与使用各种交流方法的聋哑人和重听学生互动。该课程由数学系和本科教育系共同资助。学生将在天体物理、生物化学、化学、数学、科学教育和调查分析等研究项目中进行选择，并将接受统计和数学工具的培训，这些工具直接应用于他们选择的项目。学生将学习的具体统计和数学工具取决于具体的研究项目，可能包括t检验、误差分析、因子分析、相关性、统计推断、统计或数学编程软件的使用，如SPSS或PYTHON，或证据书写。这一经历将包括职业发展课程。这些课程是为聋生和重听学生量身定做的，内容包括伦理、实验室中的沟通策略、申请研究生院以及在会议上的沟通策略。此外，该计划还将包括与会议报告和海报相关的科学写作培训。学生将定期向REU小组报告他们的研究进展，并在项目结束时在本科生研究研讨会和研究会议上公开展示他们的研究进展。在准备过程中，学生将定期与写作教练会面，后者将支持学生在创作演示文稿和海报方面的努力，并为学生提供提高科学写作的技巧。

This award supports a summer undergraduate research experience program that is geared toward the needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing scholars. The site will be based at National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at Rochester Institute of Technology. Faculty mentors -- all NTID faculty whose research interests lie in science, mathematics, or science education -- are proficient in American Sign Language and accustomed to interacting with deaf and hard-of-hearing students who use a variety of communication methods. This program is funded by the Division of Mathematical Sciences along with co-funding from the Division of Undergraduate Education.Students will choose between research projects in astrophysics, biochemistry, chemistry, mathematics, science education, and survey analysis, and will receive training in statistical and mathematical tools that apply directly to their chosen projects. The specific statistical and mathematical tools that students will learn depend on the specific research project, and may include t-tests, error analysis, factor analysis, correlation, statistical inference, use of statistical or mathematical programming software such as SPSS or Python, or proof writing. The experience will include professional development sessions. Tailored to the needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing students, these sessions will include topics such as ethics, communication strategies in a laboratory, applying to graduate school, and communication strategies at conferences. In addition, the program will include training on scientific writing related to conference presentations and posters. Students will present their research progress regularly to the REU group, as well as publicly -- at an undergraduate research symposium and a research conference -- at the end of the program. In preparation, students will meet regularly with a writing coach who will support the students' efforts in creating presentations and posters and provide students with techniques to improve their scientific writing.