"Enhancing STEM Student Success by Connecting Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences to the Local Ecology and Community"

“通过将基于课程的本科生研究经验与当地生态和社区联系起来，提高 STEM 学生的成功”

• 批准号: 1928405
• 负责人: Benita Brink
• 金额: $ 180.21万
• 依托单位: Adams State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-10-01 至 2025-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1928405&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Enhancing; STEM; Student; Success; Connecting

Abstract for 1928405With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this Track 1 project aims to transform STEM courses by engaging students as researchers. Specifically, the students will do research to determine the impacts of grazing on local, rural, public lands. The project seeks to transform first- and second-year STEM courses, including biology, chemistry, geosciences, and statistics by adding hands-on research projects into the course curricula. Such research experiences are often called ?course-based undergraduate research experiences,? or CUREs. To enhance the project?s relevance to the community, representatives from the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area will collaborate with the project by engaging with the faculty and the students. Through this engagement, the project will bring the heritage and traditional land use practices of the San Luis Valley into the STEM courses. By connecting STEM with the local area, training faculty in culturally responsive teaching, and developing student led peer-mentoring, this project seeks to enhance student engagement, which is known to increase persistence, retention, and graduation rates in STEM.The project will develop place-based CUREs by engaging students as researchers in an apprenticeship model. The CURES will examine the ecological impacts of grazing on public lands to enhance the student experience and motivation in STEM. The project will provide faculty development in culturally relevant teaching practices as well as coaching for peer-mentors to help build students? sense of belonging and efficacy in STEM via an asset-based approach. The project will investigate: 1) the effectiveness of an apprenticeship model of place-based CUREs at a rural Hispanic-serving Institution; and 2) the impacts of peer-mentoring and culturally responsive teaching practices. Located at the center of a geographically and culturally distinct region designated as the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area, the project will engage with local non-profit agencies, governmental representatives, and community members whose families have lived on the land for generations. Connecting STEM content with the local area may enhance student motivation in STEM as well as broaden awareness of the local heritage among students and faculty. The project's quasi-experimental study includes analyzing longitudinal data in enrollment, pass rates, retention, and degree completion, as well as psychological factors, across comparison groups in STEM disciplines. The project will share new knowledge of effective strategies on developing place-based CUREs in a culturally responsive teaching environment through presentations at regional and national conferences. The HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at HSIs. Projects supported by the HSI Program will also generate new knowledge on how to achieve these goals.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.

1928405的摘要与改善本科STEM教育的支持：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI计划），该曲目1项目旨在通过吸引学生作为研究人员来改变STEM课程。 具体而言，学生将进行研究以确定放牧对当地，农村，公共土地的影响。该项目旨在通过将动手研究项目添加到课程课程中，以改变第一年和二年级的STEM课程，包括生物学，化学，地球科学和统计。 这样的研究经历通常被称为？基于课程的本科研究经验？或治疗。为了增强该项目与社区的相关性，Sangre de Cristo National Heritage地区的代表将通过与教职员工和学生互动来与该项目合作。 通过这种参与，该项目将将圣路易斯谷的遗产和传统土地使用实践带入STEM课程。通过将STEM与本地联系起来，在文化响应式教学方面进行培训，并发展学生LED的同伴学习，该项目旨在增强学生的参与度，众所周知，该项目可以提高STEM中的持久性，保留和毕业率。该项目将通过使学生作为研究人员参与学徒模型来开发基于位置的治疗方法。 这些治疗方法将检查放牧对公共土地的生态影响，以增强学生体验和STEM的动力。该项目将在文化相关的教学实践中提供教师发展，并为同伴训练者提供教练，以帮助建立学生？通过基于资产的方法，STEM的归属感和功效感。该项目将调查：1）在西班牙裔服务机构中，基于地方治疗的学徒模型的有效性； 2）同伴入学和文化响应式教学实践的影响。该项目位于地理和文化上不同地区的中心，该地区被指定为Sangre de Cristo国家遗产地区，该项目将与当地的非营利机构，政府代表和社区成员互动，其家人已经在土地上居住了几代人。将STEM内容与本地联系起来可能会增强学生在STEM中的动力，并扩大对学生和教职员工之间当地遗产的认识。该项目的准实验研究包括分析在STEM学科的比较组中，分析入学率，通过率，保留率和程度完成以及心理因素的纵向数据。该项目将通过在区域和民族会议上的演讲中分享有关在文化响应式教学环境中开发基于地点治疗的有效策略的新知识。 HSI计划旨在增强本科STEM教育并在HSIS的建立能力。 HSI计划支持的项目还将为如何实现这些目标提供新的知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被视为值得通过评估来获得支持。