HSI-DCL STEM Experiences in Research for Early Science Success

本项目是对西班牙裔服务机构的致敬同事信NSF15-078《促进两年制拉美裔服务机构本科生STEM教育有效策略研究》的回应。它正在与仙童热带植物园合作，在迈阿密-戴德学院美洲校区为正在崛起的STEM专业学生实施一套教育方法。这些经验建立在两种循证教学模式的基础上，适用于STEM入门课程和真实的8周生物学研究经验。这种方法的组合对提高西班牙裔学生在STEM领域的留存率的影响在很大程度上没有在西班牙裔服务的社区大学环境中得到检验。这类大学对拉美裔学生的高等教育尤为重要。教学模式有同伴引导的小组学习(PLTL)和过程导向的研究性学习(POGIL)。该项目将提供植物生物学/环境科学的早期研究沉浸，以及同伴辅导、教师指导、科学讲座、研究演示和其他活动等支持性服务。该项目将确定这些高影响力教育方法的影响，并重新设计科学课程，以吸引和激励学生在STEM领域坚持和取得成就。

This project was submitted in response to the Dear Colleague Letter for Hispanic Serving Institutions "Stimulating Research on Effective Strategies in Undergraduate STEM Education at Two-Year Hispanic Serving Institutions," NSF15-078. It is implementing a suite of educational approaches for rising STEM majors at Miami-Dade College InterAmerican Campus in partnership with Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. These experiences are built around two evidence-based teaching modalities applied to introductory STEM courses and authentic 8-week research experiences in biology. The impact of this combination of approaches on improving the retention of Hispanic students in STEM fields is largely untested in a Hispanic Serving community college environment. Such colleges are particularly important to the high education of Hispanic students. The teaching modalities are Peer Led Team Learning (PLTL) and Process-oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL). The project will provide early research immersion in plant biology/environmental science alongside supportive services such as peer tutoring, faculty mentoring, science lectures, research presentations, and other activities. The project will determine the impact of these high-impact educational approaches and redesigned science curricula to engage and motivate students to persist and achieve in STEM fields.