A Multi-tiered Approach to Undergraduate Science Learning in an Urban Public College

城市公立学院本科生科学学习的多层次方法

• 批准号: 1245314
• 负责人: Sandra Swenson
• 金额: $ 15.01万
• 依托单位: CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-12-01 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1245314&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Multi; tiered; Approach; Undergraduate; Science

To engage undergraduate students in problem-based learning relevant to environmental issues in their own urban communities, this project is creating, implementing, and evaluating new curricular materials focused on student investigations of water pollution at three EPA Superfund sites in New York City. The project involves students enrolled in three courses at different levels (science majors studying instrumental analysis, non-science majors studying environmental science, and senior students participating in research internships) at John Jay College of the City University of New York, which is the largest four-year, Hispanic-serving institution in the Northeast. These students work together to collect, analyze, interpret, and report out on data that have been collected from the Superfund sites. Student learning objectives that are being evaluated as part of the project include: development of collaborative learning skills that help students understand how to communicate their ideas and how shared responsibilities play important roles in science; and student understanding of the process of science, including how scientists reason with data. The curriculum and instruction being developed is a working model for colleges and universities, including five current partner community colleges in the NY City area, who are interested in bridging the gap between research scientists and science-informed citizens.

为了让本科生参与与其自己城市社区中环境问题有关的基于问题的学习，该项目正在创建，实施和评估纽约三个EPA超级基金网站的学生对水污染研究的新课程材料。该项目涉及在不同级别的三门课程（科学专业的研究工具分析，研究环境科学的非科学专业的科学专业，以及参加研究实习的高级学生）纽约市约翰·杰伊学院，这是东北东北部的最大的四年制西班牙裔服务机构。这些学生一起收集，分析，解释和报告从超级基金网站收集的数据。作为项目一部分进行评估的学生学习目标包括：协作学习技能的发展，这些技能可以帮助学生了解如何传达他们的想法以及共同的责任在科学中如何发挥重要作用；学生对科学过程的理解，包括科学家如何推理数据。正在开发的课程和教学是对学院和大学的工作模式，其中包括纽约市地区的五所当前合作伙伴社区大学，他们有兴趣弥合研究科学家与科学知名公民之间的差距。