Center of Excellence for Women in Science at Bay Path College: Improving Academic Success, Engagement and Retention in STEM Among Low-Income, Minority and First-Generation Women

Bay Path 学院女性科学卓越中心：提高低收入、少数族裔和第一代女性在 STEM 领域的学业成功、参与度和保留率

• 批准号: 1432622
• 负责人: Gina Semprebon
• 金额: $ 30.03万
• 依托单位: Bay Path University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-10-01 至 2018-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1432622&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Center; Excellence; Women; Science; Bay

Bay Path College will increase the academic success, engagement and retention of undergraduate women enrolled in baccalaureate degree programs in Biology, Forensic Science and Cybersecurity. The purpose of this design and development research project is to refine, expand and pilot strategies that will lead to improved learning, engagement and retention outcomes, particularly among low-income, minority and first-generation college students. The project seeks to implement and extend recommendations for effective teaching in the biological sciences promulgated through the Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education Initiative. This will include an expansion of course redesign and faculty professional development to implement active, student-centered teaching and learning strategies in upper-level science courses, and integrate core concepts and competencies throughout the curriculum.Project activities will be coordinated through the new Bay Path College Center of Excellence for Women in Science, a facility designed to nurture women's scientific career aspirations and ensure they develop the experience, skills and confidence to be competitive, to succeed and to thrive in their professional lives. The project will also build upon successful results from a prior NSF grant through the Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) Program. Broadening participation of students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in STEM will be achieved through high impact practices, including early student research, mentoring by faculty and STEM professionals, academic enrichment and career exploration through internships and other experiential learning opportunities. These strategies are expected to improve the academic achievement, engagement and retention of all participating students. Formative and summative evaluation will address two questions (1) Does course redesign through implementation of Vision and Change recommendations lead to improved student learning outcomes in these courses at Bay Path College? And (2) Does broadening student participation in high impact learning experiences through the project lead to increased student engagement and retention in STEM in the first two years, and are there differences for low-income Pell-eligible, minority and first-generation college students? Descriptive and inferential statistics will be used to determine the effectiveness of course redesign on student learning. Students will participate in the National Survey of Student Engagement during their first and final years of college. Dissemination of new materials and results will be presented at national meetings such as the High Impact Technology Exchange and the National Association of Biology Educators conferences. Journal articles will be submitted to The American Biology Teacher.

湾路学院（Bay Path College）将增加参加生物学，法医学科学和网络安全学位学位课程的本科妇女的学术成就，参与和保留。该设计和开发研究项目的目的是完善，扩展和试点策略，这些策略将改善学习，参与和保留成果，尤其是在低收入，少数民族和第一代大学生中。 该项目旨在在本科生物学教育计划的愿景和变化中实施和扩展有效教学的建议。 这将包括在课程上进行重新设计和教师专业发展的扩展，以在上层科学课程中实施积极的，以学​​生为中心的教学和学习策略，并在整个课程中整合核心概念和能力。项目的活动将通过新的Bay Path Path College Collect of Excellience and Scientive new Bay Path Path College Countre of Science和Seartive Inder Interive Intersival of Scient andive of Scient andival of Sciention tecriping the Offorty of Sciention攻击自己的经验，并将其培养为能够培养的经验，并在这些设施中进行协调，以确保他们的经验，并培养自己的经验。职业生活。该项目还将通过先前通过STEM（S-STEM）奖学金的NSF赠款获得成功的结果。 通过高影响力实践，包括早期的学生研究，教师和STEM专业人员的指导，学术丰富和职业探索，通过实行和其他体验式学习机会来实现传统上代表性不足的群体的学生的参与。 这些策略有望改善所有参与学生的学术成就，参与度和保留。 形成性和总结性评估将解决两个问题（1）是否通过实施愿景和变化建议重新设计课程会导致在湾路学院的这些课程中提高学生学习成果吗？ （2）通过项目扩大学生参与高影响力的学习经验是否会导致最初两年的学生参与度和在STEM中的保留率增加，并且低收入符合资格，少数族裔和第一代大学生会有差异吗？ 描述性和推论统计信息将用于确定课程重新设计对学生学习的有效性。 学生将在大学的第一年和最后几年中参加全国学生参与调查。 新材料和结果的传播将在全国会议上（例如高影响力技术交易所和全国生物学教育工作者会议）介绍。 期刊文章将提交给美国生物学老师。