Developing a Summer Research Internship Program for Underrepresented Community College Engineering Students
Developing a Summer Research Internship Program for Underrepresented Community College Engineering Students
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为代表性不足的社区学院工程学生制定暑期研究实习计划
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2017
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P. E. Z. Jiang
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A. Enriquez;Nicholas Langhoff;P. E. W. Pong;H. Mahmoodi;Xiaorong Zhang;Cheng Chen;K. Teh;P. E. Z. Jiang
在过去的几年里，高等教育机构投入资源，通过解决大学前两年的保留问题来增加工程毕业生的数量和多样性。改善本科 STEM 教育常用的策略之一是为学生提供研究经验。有许多研究记录了本科生研究机会的好处，包括提高学生对教育的参与度、增强研究和实验室技能、提高学业成绩、提高学生自我效能以及增加对学科的理解和兴趣。这些研究还表明，早期和多次接触本科生研究经验可以带来最大的好处。然而，最近对本科生研究经验 (REU) 项目的广泛研究表明，绝大多数研究经验是提供给初中生和高年级学生的。在社区学院中，开发成功的研究项目尤其具有挑战性，其中大多数社区学院没有持续的研究项目。本文描述了加利福尼亚州一所西班牙裔服务社区学院的小型工程转学项目如何开发适合处于学术生涯不同阶段的社区学院学生的三层研究实习项目。该计划的第一部分是在寒假期间为刚开始学习阶段的学生举办的为期两周的冬季研究学者计划。第二部分是为期十周的暑期小组研究实习计划，对象是没有研究经验且在转学前至少还要在社区学院完成一年课程的大二学生。暑期个人研究实习计划是一个为期十周的计划，针对已完成转入四年制大学所需的所有低年级课程并在参加该计划后的秋季学期转学的即将升入初中的学生。该文件将重点介绍与邻近大学和研究机构的合作伙伴关系的发展、两个暑期实习项目试点实施的结果和经验教训，以及未来改进这些项目并最大限度地提高其在提高社区大学工程学生的学业成功和加强社区大学工程转学项目方面的影响的计划。
For the past several years, institutions of higher education have devoted resources towards increasing the number and diversity of engineering graduates by addressing the retention problem in the first two years of college. One of the strategies commonly employed in improving undergraduate STEM education is providing students access to research experiences. There are many studies documenting the benefits of research opportunities for undergraduate students including increased student engagement in their education, enhanced research and laboratory skills, improved academic performance, increased student self-efficacy, and increased understanding and interest for their discipline. These studies also show that early and multiple exposures to undergraduate research experiences offer the greatest benefit. However, a recent extensive study of Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs shows that the vast majority of these research experiences are provided to junior and senior students. Developing successful research programs is particularly challenging in community colleges, most of which do not have on-going research programs. This paper is a description of how a small engineering transfer program at a Hispanic-Serving community college in California developed a three-tier research internship program suitable for community college students at different stages of their academic careers. The first part of the program is a two-week Winter Research Scholars Program held during the winter break for students in the beginning stages of their studies. The second part is a ten-week Summer Group Research Internship Program for sophomore students who have no previous research experience and have at least one more year of courses to complete at the community college before transfer. The Summer Individual Research Internship Program is a ten-week program for rising junior students who have completed all the required lower-division courses for transfer to a four-year university and are transferring in the fall semester following their participation in the program. The paper will highlight the development of partnerships with neighboring universities and research institutions, the results and lessons learned from the pilot implementation of the two summer internship programs, and future plans to improve the programs and maximize their impact in enhancing the academic success of community college engineering students and strengthening community college engineering transfer programs.