EMSW21-MCTP: Long-Term Undergraduate Research Experience (LURE)

EMSW21-MCTP：长期本科研究经验（LURE）

• 批准号: 0636528
• 负责人: James Davis
• 金额: $ 149.54万
• 依托单位: University of Richmond
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard 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=0636528&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EMSW21; MCTP; Long; Term; Undergraduate

The Long-term Undergraduate Research Experience (LURE) model for the mathematical sciences is a collaboration between the mathematics faculty at Central Michigan University, Coppin State University, Olin College, and the University of Richmond. The LURE model emphasizes the early recruitment of undergraduates to mathematical research and the cultivation of interest in the mathematical sciences. It builds upon the success of the apprentice model often used in the physical and life sciences, wherein scientists routinely engage first- and second-year undergraduates in research and then continue to mentor these students until they are prepared to pursue graduate degrees. Specifically, LURE recruits students early in their undergraduate careers and pairs them with faculty who serve as mentors throughout a two-year research experience in the mathematical sciences. Through closely supervised research and independent study activities spanning two summers (ten weeks each) and two academic years, students experience all steps in a research project, from background reading to the professional presentation of results. This allows undergraduates to be involved with mathematics research experiences that are more sophisticated than possible with traditional single-summer research experiences. brbrLURE also provides support and training for faculty to mentor undergraduate research projects. Over the four years of the grant, LURE will engage a total of 80 undergraduates and 28 faculty from a diverse collection of institutions (a comprehensive university, a historically black university, a gender-balanced engineering college, a selective liberal arts college, and an all-women's college). The diversity of our collaboration increases the transferability of our model and findings to a wide range of institutions. LURE will proactively recruit women and minorities, with specific aspects of the program having been developed in consultation with literature on cultivating the success of underrepresented groups. We expect that the LURE program will increase the number of undergraduates electing mathematics courses beyond institutional requirements, the number of undergraduates and faculty members engaging in undergraduate research experiences, and the number of undergraduates feeling prepared to pursue graduate work. A yearly LURE conference will showcase the results of the teams at all participating institutions, serve as a dissemination outlet for the apprentice model applied to mathematics, and provide an opportunity for assessment, reflection, and programmatic improvements.

数学科学的长期本科生研究经验（LURE）模型是由中密歇根大学、科普平州立大学、奥林学院和里士满大学的数学教师合作建立的。LURE模式强调早期招募本科生进行数学研究和培养对数学科学的兴趣。它建立在物理和生命科学中经常使用的学徒模式的成功基础上，在这种模式下，科学家通常会让一年级和二年级的本科生进行研究，然后继续指导这些学生，直到他们准备攻读研究生学位。具体来说，LURE在本科阶段招募学生，并将他们与教师配对，在他们为期两年的数学科学研究经历中担任导师。通过密切监督的研究和独立学习活动，横跨两个暑假（每个十周）和两个学年，学生体验研究项目的所有步骤，从背景阅读到结果的专业展示。这使得本科生能够参与到比传统的单夏季研究经验更复杂的数学研究经验中。brbrLURE还为指导本科生研究项目的教师提供支持和培训。在四年的资助期内，斯坦福大学将招收来自不同机构（一所综合性大学、一所历史上的黑人大学、一所性别平衡的工程学院、一所选择性文理学院和一所全女子学院）的80名本科生和28名教师。我们合作的多样性增加了我们的模式和发现的可转移性，以广泛的机构。学校将积极招收妇女和少数民族学生，该方案的具体方面是在参考有关培养代表性不足群体取得成功的文献后制定的。我们预计，LURE计划将增加选择超出机构要求的数学课程的本科生人数，增加从事本科研究经历的本科生和教师人数，以及增加准备从事研究生工作的本科生人数。一年一度的LURE会议将展示所有参与机构的团队成果，作为将学徒模型应用于数学的传播渠道，并提供评估、反思和方案改进的机会。