DCL:HSI Course Based Research Experiences in STEM Education at a two-year HSI College

该项目将支持圣罗莎初级学院所有学生的科学教学改革。研究人员将结合以学生为中心的教学实践，提高学生的学习动机和兴趣，并改善生物学，化学，环境科学，地质学，数学和物理学的实验室教学。这些改进将利用以前由NSF资助的CUReNet项目，从而增加该投资的影响。该项目将改善非理科专业的教学，提高普通民众的科学素养。由于该学院是一个西班牙裔服务机构，该项目还将促进西班牙裔学生更广泛地参与科学专业。 该项目的目标是从传统的，以教师为中心的教学，以证据为基础，以学生为中心的做法。专注于服务于STEM专业和非STEM专业的课程将扩大STEM劳动力，提高所有学生的STEM素养。项目评估将考察学生科学自我认同的发展情况及其对学生学业成绩的影响。该项目将产生关于学生学习的影响，由于研究丰富，以学生为中心，以问题为基础的学习STEM课程的证据;学生如何发展科学的自我认同;说服非STEM学生转向STEM专业的因素;以及来自多个学科的教师如何形成一个有凝聚力的专业学习社区，在西班牙裔服务社区学院进行富有成效的合作。

This project will support changes in science teaching for all students at Santa Rosa Junior College. The investigators will incorporate student-centered teaching practices that increase student motivation and interest in learning and improve laboratory instruction in biology, chemistry, environmental science, geology, math, and physics. These improvements will leverage the CUREnet project, which was previously funded by the NSF, therefore increasing the impact of that investment. The project will improve instruction for non-science majors, increasing the scientific literacy of the general population. Because the college is a Hispanic-Serving institution, the project will also promote the broader participation of Hispanic students majoring in the sciences. The goals of this project are to shift from traditional, faculty-centered instruction to evidence-based, student-centered practices. The focus on courses that serve both STEM majors and non-STEM majors will broaden the STEM workforce and improve STEM literacy for all students. Project evaluation will examine the development of students' scientific self-identity and impacts on students' academic performance. This project will generate evidence regarding the impacts on student learning due to a research-rich, student-centered, problem-based learning STEM curriculum; how students develop scientific self-identity; the factors that convince non-STEM students to switch to STEM majors; and how faculty members from multiple disciplines form a cohesive professional learning community that collaborates productively at a Hispanic-serving community college.