Making the LEAP from transfer student to research scientist

从转学生到研究科学家的飞跃

• 批准号: 1644236
• 负责人: Sara Brownell
• 金额: $ 99.93万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-02-15 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1644236&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Making; LEAP; transfer; student; research

This project aims to improve transfer student success at Arizona State University (ASU). A significant problem is that although transfer students make up 33% of entering science majors at ASU, they have lower retention rates, a slower time to graduation, and do not participate as much in undergraduate research as students who begin their college experience at ASU. This project uses a scholarship program to give transfer students access to a set of courses that help support and mentor them in undergraduate research experiences. By focusing on transfer students, the project will broaden the participation of students underrepresented in science at ASU because transfer students are a more diverse student population. The goal of this project is to integrate transfer students into the high impact practice of scientific research through a scholarship program. Fifty transfer students will progress through four levels of courses that will take them from novice to practicing scientist. These course-supported undergraduate research experiences will provide the structure for a unique research learning community among transfer students in biological sciences, physical sciences, and geosciences and the integration of these transfer students into the established scientific research community. The impact of this program is being measured to determine factors that increase the quality of the experience of transfer students, specifically leading to better research experiences, graduation rates, and entry into the workforce or graduate school. This project will advance understanding of how participation in research can positively impact the experience of transfer students. Further, the curriculum will be packaged for broad dissemination and could be used as a model for other institutions who are interested in engaging transfer students in research.

该项目旨在提高亚利桑那州立大学 (ASU) 转学生的成功率。一个重要的问题是，尽管转学生占亚利桑那州立大学理科专业学生的 33%，但他们的保留率较低，毕业时间较慢，并且不像在亚利桑那州立大学开始大学生活的学生那样参与本科生研究。 该项目利用奖学金计划为转学生提供一系列课程，帮助支持和指导他们的本科研究经验。 通过关注转学生，该项目将扩大亚利桑那州立大学科学领域代表性不足的学生的参与，因为转学生是一个更加多元化的学生群体。 该项目的目标是通过奖学金计划将转学生融入高影响力的科学研究实践中。 五十名转学生将完成四个级别的课程，将他们从新手变成实践科学家。 这些课程支持的本科研究经验将为生物科学、物理科学和地球科学的转学生提供独特的研究学习社区的结构，并将这些转学生融入已建立的科学研究社区。正在衡量该计划的影响，以确定提高转学生体验质量的因素，特别是带来更好的研究体验、毕业率以及进入劳动力市场或研究生院的机会。该项目将加深人们对参与研究如何对转学生的经历产生积极影响的理解。此外，该课程将被打包以供广泛传播，并可以作为其他有兴趣让转学生参与研究的机构的模型。

项目成果

Factors that predict life sciences student persistence in undergraduate research experiences

预测生命科学专业学生本科研究经历坚持性的因素

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220186
• 发表时间: 2019-08
• 期刊: PLOS ONE
• 影响因子: 3.7
• 作者: Cooper, Katelyn M.;Gin, Logan E.;Akeeh, Barierane;Clark, Carolyn E.;Hunter, Joshua S.;Roderick, Travis B.;Elliott, Deanna B.;Gutierrez, Luis A.;Mello, Rebecca M.;Pfeiffer, Leilani D.;et al
• 通讯作者: et al

Developing Course-Based Research Experiences in Discipline-Based Education Research: Lessons Learned and Recommendations

在基于学科的教育研究中发展基于课程的研究经验：经验教训和建议

• DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.v19i2.1567
• 发表时间: 2018-05
• 期刊: Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
• 影响因子: 1.9
• 作者: Cooper, Katelyn M.;Brownell, Sara E.
• 通讯作者: Brownell, Sara E.

An Exploration across Institution Types of Undergraduate Life Sciences Student Decisions to Stay in or Leave an Academic-Year Research Experience

跨机构类型生命科学本科生决定留在或离开学年研究经历的探索

• DOI: 10.1187/cbe.21-04-0108
• 发表时间: 2021-09
• 期刊: CBE Life Sciences Education
• 作者: Gin LE;Clark CE;Elliott DB;Roderick TB;Scott RA;Arellano D;Ramirez D;Vargas C;Velarde K;Aeschliman A;Avalle ST;Berkheimer J;Campos R;Gerbasi M;Hughes S;Roberts JA;White QM;Wittekind E;Zheng Y;Cooper KM;Brownell SE
• 通讯作者: Brownell SE