HBCU-UP TIP: Integrating Innovative Polymer Chemistry Research into the Introductory General Chemistry Two Course Sequence- Fostering STEM Interest and Retention

HBCU-UP 提示：将创新的聚合物化学研究融入普通化学入门两门课程序列中 - 培养 STEM 兴趣和保留率

• 批准号: 1533516
• 负责人: Natalie Arnett
• 金额: $ 37.77万
• 依托单位: Fisk University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-08-01 至 2018-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1533516&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: HBCU; UP; TIP; Integrating; Innovative

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 Fisk University seeks to develop and implement a two-semester integrated course-laboratory experience in polymer chemistry as an alternative to the traditional General Chemistry two-semester course for undergraduate students. The lecture/discussion and research-embedded laboratories will be interdependently linked to serve as a basis for engendering excitement about the impact that scientific discovery has on society and to build research skills that would be relevant for students' continued engagement in research as an undergraduate STEM major and beyond. Fisk students are disproportionately under-represented minorities; thus increasing student interest and efficacy in STEM will have the direct effect of broadening participation in STEM careers.The goal of the proposed project is to further enhance student learning and academic outcomes in Chemistry, and to increase student retention in STEM. Specifically, the goals are to: 1) deepen student learning of core concepts in General Chemistry via an Introduction to Polymer Chemistry two semester course sequence integrated with authentic research as an option for meeting the requirements for General Chemistry; 2) develop enduring materials to permit replication of this course (classroom, laboratory and Supplementary Instruction) nationally; and 3) utilize assessment of student outcomes, broadly defined, as embedded educational research. The benefits of achieving the goals of this project include increased student deeper learning of fundamental concepts in General Chemistry, whetting students' interest in STEM fields as a major and as a career.

历史上黑人学院和大学本科项目 (HBCU-UP) 通过定向注入项目支持开发、实施和研究基于证据的创新模型和方法，以改善 HBCU 本科生的准备和成功，以便他们可以追求 STEM 研究生课程和/或职业。菲斯克大学的该项目旨在开发和实施高分子化学的两学期综合课程实验室体验，作为本科生传统普通化学两学期课程的替代方案。讲座/讨论和研究嵌入式实验室将相互依存地联系起来，作为激发人们对科学发现对社会影响的兴奋的基础，并培养与学生在本科 STEM 专业及以后继续参与研究相关的研究技能。菲斯克学生是比例偏低的少数族裔；因此，提高学生对 STEM 的兴趣和效率将直接影响扩大 STEM 职业的参与。拟议项目的目标是进一步提高学生在化学方面的学习和学术成果，并提高学生在 STEM 中的保留率。具体来说，目标是： 1) 通过高分子化学导论两个学期的课程序列，结合真实的研究，加深学生对普通化学核心概念的学习，作为满足普通化学要求的一种选择； 2) 开发持久材料，以便在全国范围内复制本课程（课堂、实验室和补充教学）； 3）利用广义上的学生成绩评估作为嵌入式教育研究。实现该项目目标的好处包括增加学生对普通化学基本概念的更深入学习，激发学生对 STEM 领域作为专业和职业的兴趣。