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

UT-URC：通过研究进行教学的新模式

• 批准号: 0629136
• 负责人: David Laude
• 金额: $ 270万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-10-01 至 2011-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0629136&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UT; URC; new; model; teaching

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.

化学部、生物科学局和多学科事务办公室共同资助德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校在德克萨斯大学奥斯汀自然科学学院内设立本科生研究协作组。这个项目的私人投资经理是玛丽·安·兰金，她将得到联合个人投资经理露丝·谢尔、莎拉·西蒙斯和斯科特·史蒂文斯的协助。来自CNS新生班级的120名学生将被招募参加本科生研究协作体验，该体验将向学生介绍批判性思维、数据解释、动手实验，并增加与研究人员的互动，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，并将与个别教员实验室匹配或被安排在行业中进行研究实习，以进一步进行研究培训。UT-URC模式将研究作为一种教授大量学生的手段，目标是(1)招收和留住化学及相关科学的学生，(2)让大量学生参与可发表的研究，(3)提高本科生在教育目标上的成功，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，在本科早期培养学生研究能力，(5)在德克萨斯大学校园内培养扩大的研究文化，(6)推动学院和大学层面的课程改革，以及(7)加强合作，通过研究促进本科教育。UT-URC的评估和评估将提供来自学生和教职员工的定量和定性数据，使用来自CNS内部的对照组。将使用已经开发的以学生为中心的调查工具和评估标准来跟踪学生表现的纵向成功。将通过与UTeach和TIP计划的密切合作，特别努力接触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2000名学生。