Preparing Future STEM Technicians by Using Assessment as a Teaching and Learning Tool in Course-based Research at Community Colleges

在社区学院基于课程的研究中使用评估作为教学工具来培养未来的 STEM 技术人员

• 批准号: 1836033
• 负责人: Jill Singer
• 金额: $ 72.73万
• 依托单位: SUNY College at Buffalo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1836033&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preparing; Future; STEM; Technicians; Using

Community colleges play a vital role in meeting the national demand for qualified graduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). In particular, community colleges are key in preparing students to enter the skilled technical workforce. In a growing number of community college STEM programs, students are gaining technical skills by conducting course-based research. There is a need for resources and tools that can measure the impact of course-based research experiences on student outcomes, and the ways in which this type of research conducting prepares students to enter the STEM technician workforce.This project will support community college students who conduct course-based research in technician education programs. The project aims to help students identify the knowledge and skills they gain through their research experience, to identify areas in which they need to improve, and to use this knowledge to their advantage as they enter the workforce. The project aligns with the goals of the ATE program in educating a skilled technical workforce, and leverages both the Community College Undergraduate Research Initiative and the technical resources available through the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College. This project builds upon EvaluateUR, an evidence-based method developed at SUNY Buffalo State to measure a range of desirable outcomes of research participation. The EvaluateUR tool measures content knowledge, as well as outcomes that are critically important in the workplace, such as communication skills, creativity, autonomy, an ability to overcome obstacles, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. EvaluateUR also provides students with metacognition skills, as well as a strategy to identify how much academic progress they have made or still need to make. To date, EvaluateUR has focused on one-on-one student/faculty mentor relationships. This project will modify EvaluateUR to expand the number of students who can benefit from this assessment method. This expansion is designed to meet the needs of entire classrooms of students who conduct course-based research. The lessons learned during implementation of this project at community colleges may apply to course-based research conducted by undergraduates at other institutions, including four-year colleges and universities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

社区学院在满足国家对科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）中合格毕业生的国家需求方面发挥了至关重要的作用。 特别是，社区大学是准备进入熟练技术劳动力的关键。在越来越多的社区大学STEM课程中，学生通过进行基于课程的研究获得了技术技能。需要资源和工具，可以衡量基于课程的研究经验对学生成果的影响，而这种类型的研究进行的方式使学生准备进入STEM技术员劳动力。该项目将支持从事基于课程的技术教育课程研究的社区大学生。 该项目旨在帮助学生通过研究经验确定他们获得的知识和技能，以确定他们需要改进的领域，并在进入劳动力时利用这些知识来利用他们的优势。该项目符合ATE计划在教育熟练的技术劳动力方面的目标，并利用社区学院的本科研究计划和通过Carleton College的科学教育资源中心获得的技术资源。该项目建立在评估室的基础上，这是一种在纽约州立大学布法罗州开发的基于证据的方法，以衡量一系列理想的研究参与结果。评估室工具可以衡量内容知识以及在工作场所至关重要的结果，例如沟通技巧，创造力，自主权，能够克服障碍，批判性思维和解决问题的技能的能力。评估师还为学生提供了元认知技能，以及确定他们所取得或仍然需要取得多少学业进步的策略。迄今为止，评估师的重点是一对一的学生/教师教师关系。该项目将修改评估师，以扩大可以从这种评估方法中受益的学生人数。 这种扩展旨在满足进行基于课程研究的学生的整个教室的需求。在社区学院实施该项目期间汲取的经验教训可能适用于其他机构的本科生进行的基于课程的研究，包括四年制的大学和大学。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的审查标准通过评估来获得支持的。