Targeted Infusion Project: Enhancing Undergraduate Research Experience in the Chemistry Curriculum at WSSU

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科项目（HBCU- up）通过有针对性的输液项目支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以攻读STEM研究生课程和/或职业。温斯顿-塞勒姆州立大学的这个项目旨在通过为有效的研究技能奠定基础，最终促进学生的成功，从而提高化学本科学位课程本科生研究经验的质量。本项目探索基础研究技能建设作为一种干预措施，以增强学习和专业识别，这是提高学生在STEM领域的保留率和成功的两个重要决定因素。该调解还寻求纳入高影响力的实践，以提高代表性不足的学生在化学科学方面的成就，从而促进STEM学生的多样性。学生的保留和成绩将通过采用以前建立的评估工具进行评估。支持这一目标的项目活动是：(i)实施两门研究基础课程（研究方法导论和计算分析实验室），以及一门跨学科研究导向的高级实验课程；（ii）在实验课程中加入短期指导的研究项目；（三）提供仪器，以支持研究型实验室实验和研究工作，使学生对当前科学研究和工业中使用的现代仪器有更敏锐的洞察力。有效的实验室指导和学习方法也将被调整或发展，以激发更高水平的批判性思维技能，并提高学生对研究过程的理解。该项目的预期结果是：(i)提高学生的保留率和化学学位课程的成绩；（ii）改善本科生研究生课程和/或化学职业的准备；（三）增加本科生的研究报告和出版与教师。可衡量的结果包括：(i)增加了化学课程的学生保留率和成绩，包括代表性不足的学生，以及ii)因此增加了进入高级学位课程或加入研究或行业劳动力的毕业生。这些预期的项目成果支持了WSSU培养能够在全球经济中成功领导和竞争的杰出毕业生的愿景。通过将现代仪器整合到实验室教学和本科生研究项目中，预计学生将有实践经验和对最先进设备的培训，为他们更好地做好工作准备。项目活动和成果将在适当的期刊上发表，在地方和国家会议上传播，并通过网站提供，以促进教学、培训和学习。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. The project at Winston-Salem State University seeks to enhance the quality of the undergraduate research experience in the Chemistry undergraduate degree program by laying the foundation for effective research skills that will ultimately promote student success. This project explores foundational research skill-building as an intervention to enhance learning and professional identification, which are two important determinants for increasing student retention and success in STEM fields. The mediation also seeks to incorporate high-impact practices to increase underrepresented student achievement in the chemical sciences, and thereby to promote student diversity in STEM. Student retention and achievement will be assessed by adapting previously established evaluation tools. The project activities to support this goal are: (i) to implement two research foundation courses (Introduction to Research Methods and Computational Analysis Lab), and a capstone interdisciplinary research-oriented upper-level laboratory course; (ii) to adapt and infuse short guided research-oriented projects into laboratory courses; and (iii) to provide instrumentation to support the research-oriented laboratory experiments and research efforts toward preparing students to be more perceptive to modern instrumentation used in current scientific research and industry. Effective laboratory instruction and learning approaches will also be adapted or developed to motivate higher-level critical thinking skills and to improve student understanding of the research process.The expected outcomes of this project are: (i) increased student retention and achievement in the chemistry degree program; (ii) improved preparation of undergraduate students for graduate programs and/or chemical careers; and (iii) increased undergraduate research presentation and publication with faculty. Measurable outcomes include: (i) an increase in student retention and achievement, including underrepresented students, in the chemistry program, and ii) a resultant increase in graduates who will enter advanced degree programs or join the workforce in research or industry. These expected project outcomes support WSSU's vision to produce graduates of distinction who will lead and compete successfully in the global economy. By integrating modern instrumentation into laboratory instruction and undergraduate research projects, it is anticipated that students will have hands-on experiences and training on state-of-the-art equipment that better prepares them for the workforce. The project activities and outcomes will be published in appropriate journals, disseminated at local and national meetings, and made available via websites to promote teaching, training, and learning.