The UT-URC: A new model for teaching through research

化学部，生物科学理事会和多学科事务办公室共同资助该奖项给德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校，以在德克萨斯大学奥斯汀自然科学学院内建立本科生研究合作。该项目的PI是玛丽安兰金，谁将协助共同PI露丝剪切，莎拉西蒙斯和斯科特史蒂文斯。从CNS进入新生班一百二十名学生将被招募参加本科研究合作的经验，将介绍学生批判性思维，数据解释，动手实验，也增加了与研究教师的互动，包括同行指导。培训结束后，学生将在化学，生物化学，分子生物学或纳米技术领域的广泛技术方面获得经验，并将与个别教师实验室相匹配，或在工业中进行研究实习，以进一步进行研究培训。UT-URC模式将研究作为教学大量学生的一种手段，其目标是（1）招募和留住化学和相关科学的学生，（2）让大量学生参与可持续的研究，（3）提高本科生在教育目标方面的成功，并产生对科学和研究的持久兴趣，（4）通过将真实的研究经验融入教学环境，在本科阶段早期对学生进行研究培训，（5）在UT校园内培养扩展的研究文化，（6）推动学院及大学层面的课程改革;及（7）加强合作，透过本科生研究促进教育。UT-URC的评估和评价将提供来自学生和教师的定量和定性数据，使用CNS内的对照组。学生表现的纵向成功将采用以学生为中心的调查工具和评估规则，已经开发出来。将作出特别努力，通过与UTeach和TIP计划的密切合作，达到目前在科学和数学方面代表性不足的学生群体。当UT-URC在五年内全面实施时，每年将影响2,000名学生。

The Division of Chemistry, the Biological Sciences Directorate and the Office of Multidisciplinary Affairs jointly fund this award to the University of Texas at Austin to establish an Undergraduate Research Collaborative within the University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences. The PI for this project is Mary Ann Rankin, who will be assisted by Co-PIs Ruth Shear, Sarah Simmons and Scott Stevens. One hundred twenty students from the CNS entering freshman class will be recruited to participate in an Undergraduate Research Collaborative experience that will introduce the student to critical thinking, data interpretation, hands-on experimentation, and also increase interaction with research faculty and includes peer mentoring. After their training, students will be experienced in a broad range of techniques in the areas of chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, or nanotechnology and will be either matched with individual faculty laboratories or placed in research internships in industry to further their research training. The UT-URC model incorporates research as a means of teaching large numbers of students with the goals of (1) recruiting and retaining students in chemistry and allied sciences, (2) engaging large numbers of students in publishable research, (3) improving the success of undergraduates in their education goals and engendering lasting interest in science and research, (4) training students in research early in their undergraduate experience by incorporating authentic research experiences into a teaching setting, (5) cultivating an expanded research culture on the UT campus, (6) driving curriculum reform at the College and University levels and (7) enhancing collaboration to promote education through undergraduate research. Assessment and evaluation of the UT-URC will provide quantitative and qualitative data from both students and faculty, using control groups from within CNS. Longitudinal success of student performance will be followed using student centered survey tools and assessment rubrics that have already been developed. Special efforts will be made to reach student populations that are currently underrepresented in science and mathematics through close cooperation with the UTeach and TIP programs. When fully implemented in five years, the UT-URC will impact 2,000 students annually.