Workshop: Training the Trainers in Pre-Research Coursework

该项目正在支持一个研讨会，以在全国范围内传播ppi在早期nsf资助项目“EURO：增强本科生研究机会”（奖励1123068）中获得的教材和经验教训。在这个早期的项目中，来自3个大型机构的教师合作开发课程，为低年级的STEM本科生提供研究经验，比传统的实验室方法成本更低。欧洲大学在以负担得起的方式增加早期本科生研究的参与方面遇到了相当大的挑战。这是通过开设旨在教授一般研究技能的课程和项目来实现的，而不仅仅是让学生参与特定学科的研究活动。通过专注于“研究型”或“研究技能”的经历，更多的学生可以在本科学习的早期就从事研究，而不会增加专业的费用。当前项目的目标受众是有兴趣增加其所在机构参与本科研究的学生数量的教师和管理人员。研讨会的组织者是从欧锦赛团队中挑选出来的。他们都在过去的四年里教过这些课程。该讲习班可容纳27名与会者，预计他们将成为这种方法的培训人员。组织者致力于跟进参与者，支持在参与者所在机构采用这种方法。PI团队正在继续征求和开发模块和信息，以与本科生研究的实践者分享。讲习班的参加者将被期望对以前开发的研究概念清单问题作出贡献，增加来自广泛机构的内容。通过在牵头机构开设短期课程的同时举办讲习班，项目小组还计划衡量这种传播方法的有效性，并确定它是否比传统方法更有效。如果大多数参与者坚持到底，并使用项目团队提供的材料，建立自己的区域培训计划，那么这个项目的培训培训师方面将产生重大影响，也将成为自我维持的。

This project is supporting a workshop to nationally disseminate the educational materials and lessons learned during the PIs' earlier NSF-funded project, "EURO: Enhancing Undergraduate Research Opportunities" (award 1123068). In this earlier project, faculty from 3 large institutions collaborated in developing coursework to provide lower division undergraduate STEM students with research experiences that were less costly than traditional methods involving labs. EURO met the considerable challenge of increasing participation in early undergraduate research in an affordable way. This was done through the creation of courses and programs designed to teach general research skills, rather than only engaging students in specific disciplinary research activities. By focusing on "research-oriented" or "research skills" experiences, more students can engage research early in their undergraduate studies without major increased expense. The target audience for the current project is comprised of faculty and administrators interested in increasing the number of students involved in undergraduate research at their institution. The workshop organizers are drawn from the EURO team. All of them have taught these courses over the past four years. The workshop has a capacity for 27 participants who are expected to become trainers in this method. The organizers are committed to following up with the participants to support adaptation of this approach at the participants' home institutions. The PI team is continuing to solicit and develop modules and information to share with practitioners of undergraduate research. Workshop participants will be expected to contribute to the research concept inventory problems previously developed, adding content from a broad range of institutions. By holding the workshop concurrently with the short course taught at the lead institution, the PI team is also planning to measure the effectiveness of this method of dissemination and determine if it is more effective than the conventional methods. If most of the participants follow through and set up their own regional training programs, using materials that the project team will make accessible, the train-the-trainers aspect of this project will have a substantial impact and also become self-sustaining.