Collaborative Research: Teacher Research Teams II: Expanding Pathways

在国家科学基金会Robert Noyce教师奖学金项目的资助下，科罗拉多大学博尔德分校（CU-Boulder）将与Front Range社区学院（FRCC，博尔德县校区）合作。该奖学金和助学金第二阶段项目“合作研究：教师研究团队II：扩展途径”将支持最多36名主修数学、科学学科或工程（或已完成该专业）并准备在高需求地区教授中学数学或科学的大三/大四/本科以上学生。大约40%的奖学金将颁发给从FRCC转学到科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的本科生。每位诺伊斯奖学金获得者将获得1至2年的奖学金支持。项目活动包括学习助理（LA）计划，在该计划中，教师与选定的本科生接触，思考他们如何改善入学学生的体验和成果，以及教师研究团队（TRT）经验，其中未来的教师（诺伊斯学者），经验丰富的和新手教师，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。在先前工作的基础上，该项目将(a)在FRCC开发一个LA项目，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，包括转到科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的FRCC学生；(c)利用TRT经验作为教师准备、新教师入门和教师专业发展的机制。关注两年制到四年制大学课程的研究将解决以下问题：(1)在FRCC有洛杉矶经历的学生在多大程度上增加了转到科罗拉多大学博尔德分校和在科罗拉多大学博尔德分校完成STEM学位的机会？FRCC LA项目的哪些因素会影响学生转到科罗拉多大学博尔德分校并完成STEM学位的决定？(2)学生转学到科罗拉多大学博尔德分校后，在多大程度上参加另一次洛杉矶经历或TRT会导致在科罗拉多大学博尔德分校注册并完成执照计划？在科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的这些经历中，有哪些因素影响了学生们追求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?