A Multi-tiered Approach to Undergraduate Science Learning in an Urban Public College

城市公立学院本科生科学学习的多层次方法

• 批准号: 1245314
• 负责人: Sandra Swenson
• 金额: $ 15.01万
• 依托单位: CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-12-01 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1245314&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Multi; tiered; Approach; Undergraduate; Science

To engage undergraduate students in problem-based learning relevant to environmental issues in their own urban communities, this project is creating, implementing, and evaluating new curricular materials focused on student investigations of water pollution at three EPA Superfund sites in New York City. The project involves students enrolled in three courses at different levels (science majors studying instrumental analysis, non-science majors studying environmental science, and senior students participating in research internships) at John Jay College of the City University of New York, which is the largest four-year, Hispanic-serving institution in the Northeast. These students work together to collect, analyze, interpret, and report out on data that have been collected from the Superfund sites. Student learning objectives that are being evaluated as part of the project include: development of collaborative learning skills that help students understand how to communicate their ideas and how shared responsibilities play important roles in science; and student understanding of the process of science, including how scientists reason with data. The curriculum and instruction being developed is a working model for colleges and universities, including five current partner community colleges in the NY City area, who are interested in bridging the gap between research scientists and science-informed citizens.

为了让本科生在他们自己的城市社区中进行与环境问题相关的基于问题的学习，该项目正在创建、实施和评估新的课程材料，重点关注学生在纽约市三个EPA超级基金站点对水污染的调查。该项目涉及在纽约城市大学约翰·杰伊学院（John Jay College of New York City University）就读三门不同级别课程的学生（学习仪器分析的理科专业学生，学习环境科学的非理科专业学生，以及参加研究实习的高年级学生）。纽约城市大学是美国东北部最大的四年制西班牙裔大学。这些学生一起工作，收集、分析、解释并报告从超级基金网站收集的数据。作为项目的一部分，正在评估的学生学习目标包括：培养协作学习技能，帮助学生了解如何交流他们的想法，以及分担责任如何在科学中发挥重要作用；以及学生对科学过程的理解，包括科学家如何用数据进行推理。正在开发的课程和教学是学院和大学的工作模式，包括纽约市地区目前的五所合作社区学院，它们有兴趣弥合研究科学家和科学知识公民之间的差距。