Collaborative Research: Teacher Research Teams II: Expanding Pathways

在国家科学基金会罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划的资助下，科罗拉多大学博尔德分校(CU-Boulder)将与前线社区学院(FRCC，博尔德县校区)合作。这一奖学金和津贴用于第二阶段的项目，合作研究：教师研究团队II：拓展途径，将支持多达36名大三/大四/学士学位后的学生，他们主修数学、科学学科或工程(或已完成此类专业)，并准备在高需求地区教授中学数学或科学。大约40%的奖学金将颁发给从FRCC转到CU-Boulder的本科生。每名诺伊斯奖学金获得者将获得一到两年的奖学金支持。项目活动包括学习助理(LA)项目，在该项目中，教职员工与选定的本科生接触，思考如何改善在校学生的体验和成果，以及教师研究团队(TRT)体验，在该项目中，未来的教师(诺伊斯学者)、有经验的和新手教师、教师教育工作者和未来的教师教育工作者(教育研究生)讨论和计划研究、实践、评估和课程。该项目将(A)在FRCC开发一个LA项目，该项目将为两年制大学STEM学生提供早期教学机会；(B)扩大Noyce奖学金计划，将转学到CU-Boulder的FRCC学生包括在内；以及(C)利用TRT经验作为教师准备、新手教师入职和教师专业发展的机制。对两年至四年大学课程的研究将解决以下问题：(1)在FRCC拥有洛杉矶经验在多大程度上增加了到CU-Boulder的转学和在CU-Boulder完成STEM学位的机会？FRCC LA项目的哪些因素会影响学生在CU-Boulder转学并完成STEM学位的决定？(2)在学生转学到CU-Boulder后，参加另一项LA体验或TRT在多大程度上会导致注册和完成CU-Teach许可项目？在CU-Boulder的这些经历中，哪些因素会影响学生继续K-12 STEM教学的决定？

With funding from the National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder) will partner with Front Range Community College, (FRCC, Boulder County campus). This Scholarships & Stipends Phase II project, Collaborative Research: Teacher Research Teams II: Expanding Pathways, will support up to 36 juniors/seniors/post-baccalaureate students who are majoring in mathematics, a science discipline, or engineering (or who have completed such a major), and who are preparing to teach secondary mathematics or science in a high-need district. Approximately 40% of the scholarship funds will be awarded to undergraduates who transfer to CU-Boulder from FRCC. Each Noyce Scholar will receive 1 or 2 years of scholarship support. Project activities include a Learning Assistant (LA) program, in which faculty members engage with selected undergraduates to think about how they might improve the experience and outcomes for enrolled students, and Teacher Research Team (TRT) experiences, in which prospective teachers (Noyce Scholars), experienced and novice teachers, teacher educators, and prospective teacher educators (education graduate students) discuss and plan research, practice, assessment, and curriculum.Building on prior work, the project will (a) develop a LA program at FRCC, which will provide early teaching opportunities to two-year college STEM students; (b) expand the Noyce Scholarship program to include FRCC students who transfer to CU-Boulder; and (c) leverage the TRT experience as a mechanism for teacher preparation, novice teacher induction, and professional development of teachers. Research focused on the two-year to four-year college pathway will address the following questions: (1) To what extent does having an LA experience at FRCC increase transfer to CU-Boulder and completion of a STEM degree at CU-Boulder? What factors of the FRCC LA program influence students' decisions to transfer to and complete a STEM degree at CU-Boulder? (2) After students transfer to CU-Boulder, to what extent does participating in another LA experience or TRT lead to enrollment and completion in the CU-Teach licensure program? What factors of these experiences at CU-Boulder influence students' decisions to pursue K-12 STEM teaching?