Collaborative Research: Authentic Project-based Research in College Sciences Curricula: Assessing the Impacts on Students and Faculty

合作研究：大学科学课程中基于项目的真实研究：评估对学生和教师的影响

• 批准号: 1408106
• 负责人: David Rhoads
• 金额: $ 1.8万
• 依托单位: University Enterprises Corporation at CSUSB
• 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: 2013-10-02 至 2018-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1408106&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Authentic; Project; based

This collaboration among Seattle Pacific University, Augustana College, the University of Arizona, and Hiram College will formally evaluate the impact of authentic project-based research in core sciences curricula. In a previous CCLI project, the PI team constructed the Genomics Education National Initiative (GENI portal), a web-based project delivery system that provides remote access to authentic research. GENI supports classroom implementation of this research by providing protocols, training materials, expert advice, a networking community, and physical resources. The PI team is using this resource to integrate authentic project-based research into the curricula of five participating institutions (those listed above and the University of Wisconsin Madison). The PI team is also inviting current and future users of the program to participate in this assessment. The project is focusing on the evaluation of student learning, engagement, scientific literacy, problem-solving, and retention in the sciences and will study factors that influence faculty integration of authentic research into courses. In addition, they are evaluating the utility of the GENI portal curricula delivery system.The Intellectual Merit of the proposed project lies in the systematic implementation and assessment of authentic project-based research in science curricula. These results will add to the limited research base on the effectiveness of integrating authentic research in major and non-major components of core science curricula across multiple disciplines and institutions. Through the use of mixed research methods, including controlled studies and qualitative approaches, data are being collected regarding the impact of authentic project-based research on student learning, attitudes, science career involvement and retention, problem solving, and collaboration. A focus on process and context variables is providing critical information regarding integration of authentic research into core science curricula including benefits and challenges for faculty and students, the role of an electronic delivery and project management system, and their use in multiple settings and across disciplines.The Broader Impacts of this proposal reside in the comprehensive application of project-based research as the foundation of institutional change in undergraduate education. The combination of the resources provided by the GENI portal and the community it supports, complemented by in-depth assessment across multiple educational levels will facilitate integration of research at institutions that were unable to offer a high-quality research experience to their students and will allow the integration of research across curricula, making it an outstanding tool for reaching underserved populations and non-majors. It also provides a way for instructional faculty to re-integrate with mainstream research communities and for full-time researchers to disseminate their science to students of all levels at any institution or location. The data produced will help faculty and administrators integrate undergraduate research at their institutions.

西雅图太平洋大学、奥古斯塔纳学院、亚利桑那大学和希拉姆学院之间的这种合作将正式评估核心科学课程中真实的基于项目的研究的影响。在之前的CCLI项目中，PI团队构建了基因组学教育国家倡议（GENI门户网站），这是一个基于网络的项目交付系统，提供远程访问真实研究的机会。 GENI通过提供协议、培训材料、专家建议、网络社区和物理资源来支持这项研究的课堂实施。PI团队正在利用这一资源将真实的基于项目的研究整合到五个参与机构的课程中（上述机构和威斯康星州麦迪逊大学）。PI团队还邀请该计划的当前和未来用户参与此次评估。该项目的重点是学生学习，参与，科学素养，解决问题和保留在科学的评价，并将研究影响教师的真实研究融入课程的因素。 此外，他们正在评估GENI门户课程提供系统的效用，拟议项目的智力价值在于系统地实施和评估科学课程中基于项目的真实研究。这些结果将增加有限的研究基础上整合跨多个学科和机构的核心科学课程的主要和非主要组成部分的真实研究的有效性。通过使用混合研究方法，包括对照研究和定性方法，正在收集关于真实的基于项目的研究对学生学习，态度，科学职业参与和保留，解决问题和协作的影响的数据。对过程和背景变量的关注提供了关于将真实研究融入核心科学课程的关键信息，包括教师和学生的利益和挑战，电子交付和项目管理系统的作用，及其在多种环境和跨学科中的使用。本提案的更广泛影响在于项目的全面应用-基础研究作为本科教育制度变革的基础。GENI门户网站及其支持的社区所提供的资源相结合，再加上对多个教育层次的深入评估，将促进无法为学生提供高质量研究体验的机构的研究整合，并将允许跨课程整合研究，使其成为接触服务不足人口和非专业人员的杰出工具。它还为教学教师提供了一种与主流研究社区重新整合的方式，并为全职研究人员提供了一种向任何机构或地点的各级学生传播科学的方式。所产生的数据将帮助教师和管理人员整合其机构的本科研究。