Enhancing Research Skills of STEM Majors at Alcorn State University

在NSF的支持下，奥尔康州立大学将在之前的HBCU-UP奖期间开发的有效实践的基础上，进一步加强科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）教学。 本科STEM学生将大大扩大他们在校内和校外进行的研究的参与。在大一之后的夏天，学生将获得数学和沟通方面的分析技能，并学习基本的实验室研究技术。通过大二，学生将继续通过使用技术增强教学策略的研究培训。 在大二之后的夏天，学生将在合作研究机构从事教师监督的研究。 额外的研究培训提供了整个学生的本科经验的平衡。在大三和大四的时候，学生还担任STEM新生和大学生的同侪导师。该项目的智力价值在于促进有关STEM本科教学的知识基础，强调研究的理论和实践方面。该项目的更广泛影响在于提高了STEM本科生的参与，在STEM学科和国家STEM劳动力，将从奥尔康州立大学HBCU-UP项目产生的代表少数民族。

With NSF support, Alcorn State University will build upon effective practices developed during a previous HBCU-UP award to further strengthen science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) instruction. Undergraduate STEM students will expand significantly their participation in research conducted both on- and off- campus. During the summer following their freshmen year, student participants will acquire analytical skills in mathematics and communication and learn basic laboratory research techniques. Through the sophomore year, students will continue research training through the use of technology enhanced instructional strategies. In the summer following their sophomore year, students will engage in faculty-supervised research at a partner research institution. Additional research training is provided throughout the balance of students' undergraduate experience. During their junior and senior years, students also serve as peer-tutors to STEM freshmen and sophomores.The intellectual merit of the project lies in the advancement of the knowledge base concerning STEM undergraduate teaching and learning emphasizing both the theoretical and practical aspects of research.The broader impact of the project lies in the enhanced participation of under-represented minorities in STEM disciplines and the national STEM workforce that will result from the Alcorn State University HBCU-UP project.