Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences for Place-Bound Students to Promote Student Persistence

为本地学生提供基于课程的本科生研究经验，以促进学生的坚持

• 批准号: 2246468
• 负责人: Melanie Will Cole
• 金额: $ 103.92万
• 依托单位: Central New Mexico Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2028-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2246468&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Course; Based; Undergraduate; Research; Experiences

This project aims to serve the national interest by developing and investigating a model for engaging students from diverse backgrounds in undergraduate research. The project is centered at Central New Mexico Community College, a 2-year Hispanic Serving Institution, where the principal investigators will implement and examine a hybrid undergraduate research experience (URE) consisting of an integrated course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) and a traditional apprenticeship undergraduate research experience with stipend support. The hybrid URE model addresses and builds upon the place-bound and cultural experiences of the students, high impact practices, core competency instructional modules, and professional development activities. In particular, the research experiences will focus on advancing knowledge about the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, of which Albuquerque is one of the top ten cities in the country experiencing this phenomenon. As such, the project has the potential to inform institutions interested in fostering undergraduate research experiences for students who bring place-bound experiential knowledge to investigate local research problems. The project will also contribute systematically collected information to the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS), thus further situating the research in a societally important context. The project has the potential to contribute to student success and retention in STEM, to advance knowledge about CUREs and UREs broadly, contribute to the national investigation of UHI effect, and the development of a hybrid model of CUREs for community colleges.The project has three objectives: (1) To strengthen students’ persistence in STEM; (2) to develop students’ content knowledge to promote research practices; and (3) to create an operational framework (STEM content and implementation) to enable a robust year-long course-based undergraduate research experience. Place-bound students typically have family and cultural responsibilities and face challenges to participating in traditional apprenticeship research experiences. However, course-based undergraduate research experiences provide a practical alternative. For this project ten students per year will participate in a year-long series of special project courses and will receive significant stipend support. A mixed methods culturally responsive study will investigate expected outputs and outcomes, alignment of project activities to outcomes and implementation, and fidelity to the logic model. The study will conduct document analyses of student products, quantitative analysis of institutional data, assessment of student knowledge and skills, qualitative analysis of interview data, and analyses of retention and graduation rates. Findings from each type of data collection and analysis will inform project improvement, document outcomes for accountability, and advance knowledge and understanding of the undergraduate research experience. Additionally, data collected in Albuquerque, New Mexico by student research teams will contribute to documenting the UHI effect. The Advancing Innovation and Impact in Undergraduate STEM Education at Two Year Institutions program description supports research and development projects supporting education and research efforts at two-year colleges.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.

该项目旨在通过开发和调查与来自潜水员背景的学生在本科研究中吸引学生的模型来为国家利益提供服务。该项目集中在新墨西哥州中部社区学院，这是一家为期两年的西班牙裔服务机构，主要研究人员将在其中实施和检查由基于课程的本科本科研究经验（治疗疗法）和传统的学徒学徒研究的本科生研究经验，并研究了混合研究生研究经验（URE）。混合动力模型探讨了学生的地位和文化经验，高影响力实践，核心能力教学模块和专业发展活动。特别是，研究经验将集中于促进有关城市热岛（UHI）效应的知识，而阿尔伯克基（Albuquerque）是该国十大城市之一，经历了这种现象。因此，该项目有可能告知有兴趣培养本科研究经验的机构，为那些带来隔离经验来调查当地研究问题的学生。该项目还将系统地收集信息到国家综合热健康信息系统（NIHHIS），从而在社会上重要的背景下进一步介绍研究。该项目有可能为学生在STEM的成功和保留率做出贡献，以广泛地提高有关治愈和UHI效应的国家投资的知识，并为社区学院的混合疗法建立混合模型。该项目具有三个目标：（1）增强学生在STEM中的持久性； （2）发展学生的内容知识以促进研究实践； （3）创建一个操作框架（STEM内容和实施），以实现强大的基于一年的课程的本科研究经验。束缚的学生通常承担家庭和文化责任，并面临参与传统学徒研究经验的挑战。但是，基于课程的本科研究经验提供了一种实用的选择。对于这个项目，每年有十名学生将参加为期一年的特殊项目课程，并将获得重大的压力终结支持。一项具有文化响应式研究的混合方法将调查预期的产出和结果，项目活动与结果和实施的一致性以及对逻辑模型的忠诚。该研究将对学生产品进行文档分析，机构数据的定量分析，学生知识和技能的评估，对访谈数据的定性分析以及保留和成绩分析。每种类型的数据收集和分析的发现将为项目的改进提供信息，对责任制的记录结果以及对本科研究经验的知识和理解。此外，学生研究团队在新墨西哥州阿尔伯克基收集的数据将有助于记录UHI效应。在两年制度计划中，在本科STEM教育方面的创新和影响支持研究和发展项目，支持两年学院的教育和研究工作。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来通过评估来进行评估的。