Using Validation Theory to Enhance the Recruitment, Retention and Success of Academically Talented Low-Income STEM Students at a Rural Institution.

利用验证理论提高农村机构学术才华低收入 STEM 学生的招募、保留和成功率。

• 批准号: 1643499
• 负责人: Austin Mohr
• 金额: $ 64.99万
• 依托单位: Nebraska Wesleyan University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-01-15 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1643499&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Using; Validation; Theory; Enhance; Recruitment

The Nebraska Wesleyan University (NWU) Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics will recruit 14 new students who are both academically talented and have unmet financial need to pursue majors in these disciplines. The program will provide them with scholarships, and academic and social support, including orientation, Archway Seminar, faculty advising and mentoring, tutoring and Supplemental Instruction, career exploration, internships, research projects, cohort housing, and retreat and regular cohort meetings, to enable them to graduate in four years and successfully pursue either graduate education or a career in a STEM field. The project will simultaneously develop a deeper understanding and increased knowledge of the factors that affect the recruitment, retention, graduation, and post-graduation success of talented low-income students entering STEM disciplines, often from small rural schools.The project includes an in-depth examination of current institutional practices to address the following research questions: 1) How can STEM faculty adjust curricular and pedagogical norms to foster self-efficacy and the development of a science identity in students? 2) From a student perspective, what experiences influence persistence and success in STEM education? The study will contribute to the knowledge regarding the connections between validation, self-efficacy, science identity and culturally responsive pedagogy, and STEM persistence and success, especially in regards to undergraduate students from low-income backgrounds. The results of this inquiry shared with the STEM education community via publications, presentations at professional meetings and conferences, and via the project website and related media. The project's expected impact also includes strengthening recruitment channels that will steer academically talented, financially needy students from many remote rural high schools to STEM careers; spurring economic growth by building a larger, better-prepared STEM workforce for area employers; and strengthening engagement with businesses and professional alumni.

内布拉斯加卫斯理大学（NWU）生物，化学，数学和物理系将招收14名新学生，他们既有学术天赋，又有未满足的经济需求，可以攻读这些学科的专业。该计划将为他们提供奖学金，学术和社会支持，包括方向，拱门研讨会，教师咨询和指导，辅导和补充教学，职业探索，实习，研究项目，队列住房，务虚会和定期队列会议，使他们能够在四年内毕业，并成功地追求研究生教育或在STEM领域的职业生涯。该项目将同时发展更深入的理解和增加对影响有才华的低收入学生进入STEM学科的招聘，保留，毕业和毕业后成功的因素的知识，通常来自小型农村学校。该项目包括对当前机构实践的深入研究，以解决以下研究问题：1）STEM教师如何调整课程和教学规范，以培养学生的自我效能感和科学身份的发展？2)从学生的角度来看，什么样的经历会影响STEM教育的坚持和成功？该研究将有助于有关验证，自我效能，科学身份和文化响应的教学法之间的联系的知识，以及干持久性和成功，特别是对于来自低收入背景的本科生。调查结果通过出版物、在专业会议和大会上的演讲以及通过项目网站和相关媒体与STEM教育界分享。该项目的预期影响还包括加强招聘渠道，引导许多偏远农村高中有学术天赋、经济困难的学生从事STEM职业;通过为地区雇主建立一支规模更大、准备更充分的STEM劳动力队伍来刺激经济增长;加强与企业和专业校友的接触。