Implementation Project: Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CURE) Program

实施项目：基于课程的本科生研究经验（CURE）计划

• 批准号: 1436759
• 负责人: Myra Burnett
• 金额: $ 175.48万
• 依托单位: Spelman College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2021-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1436759&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Implementation; Project; Course; based; Undergraduate

Implementation Projects in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program provide support to design, implement, study and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the number of students and the quality of their preparation by strengthening STEM education and research. This implementation project at Spelman College seeks to increase the number of African American women who pursue STEM-related advanced degrees and fields, particularly in PhD programs, while at the same time addressing the quality of the educational experience. Preliminary data from other work at Spelman College reveal an increase in the number of students identifying interest in earning advanced STEM degrees following course-based research experiences and summer research experiences. The project is guided and informed by an on-going evaluation.New insights on integrating teaching and research in undergraduate STEM education could work to foster success for student retention and faculty productivity, especially at small liberal arts and minority-serving institutions. This project is designed to provide relatively novel undergraduate development activities that will enhance the undergraduate student research experience by expanding the ways Spelman College STEM undergraduate students gain research experiences through directed-supplemental instruction, investigative laboratories, course-based and summer research experiences. One key factor in implementing this program is a small cohort of postdoctoral fellows gaining both extensive research experiences and teaching experiences in pedagogy, course design and student mentoring. This project will use undergraduate research experiences as a means to address the transition from undergraduate to graduate STEM programs, ultimately leading to advanced degrees. It is proposed that through curricular research opportunities, faculty at minority serving institutions or small liberal arts colleges seeking to achieve excellence in teaching and research could improve the efficiency of their effort by conducting a single activity with multiple beneficial outcomes.

传统黑人学院和大学的实施项目-本科项目为设计，实施，研究和评估全面的机构努力提供支持，通过加强STEM教育和研究来增加学生数量和他们的准备质量。斯佩尔曼学院的这一实施项目旨在增加攻读stem相关高级学位和领域的非裔美国女性的数量，特别是在博士课程中，同时解决教育体验的质量问题。斯佩尔曼学院其他工作的初步数据显示，在经历了基于课程的研究经历和暑期研究经历后，对获得高级STEM学位感兴趣的学生人数有所增加。该项目由正在进行的评估指导和通知。在本科STEM教育中整合教学和研究的新见解可能有助于促进学生保留率和教师生产力的成功，特别是在小型文科和少数族裔服务机构。该项目旨在提供相对新颖的本科生发展活动，通过扩展Spelman学院STEM本科生通过定向补充教学、调查实验室、课程和暑期研究经验获得研究经验的方式，增强本科生的研究经验。实施该计划的一个关键因素是一小批博士后在教育学、课程设计和学生指导方面获得了广泛的研究经验和教学经验。该项目将利用本科研究经验作为解决从本科到研究生STEM项目过渡的手段，最终获得高级学位。建议通过课程研究机会，少数民族服务机构或小型文理学院的教师寻求在教学和研究方面取得卓越成就，可以通过开展具有多种有益结果的单一活动来提高他们努力的效率。