Canisius Science Scholars: Providing an Integrated Academic and Social Support Scaffolding in the Biological Sciences

Canisius科学学者：在生物科学领域提供综合的学术和社会支持脚手架

• 批准号: 1643649
• 负责人: Andrew Stewart
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: Canisius College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-15 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1643649&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Canisius; Science; Scholars; Providing; Integrated

The S-STEM project at Canisius College will help academically-talented, financially-needy Biology, Environmental Science, and Animal Behavior, Ecology and Conservation (ABEC) majors make the transition from science students to scientists. The Canisius Science Scholars program will improve recruitment, retention, graduation rates, and entry into STEM careers for both traditional and transfer students pursuing undergraduate degrees in the biological sciences at Canisius College. To achieve these goals, the S-STEM scholarship recipients will participate in a biology-based learning community. Students will benefit from shared courses that help build skills and establish commitment to STEM fields; special events that they help plan; access to scientists who serve as advisors, models, teachers, and mentors; and opportunities to socialize and celebrate their academic and career-focused accomplishments. The success of the learning community and its components will be presented at STEM, social science, and/or educational conferences and will be shared broadly to provide wider application of successful initiatives to STEM education.The goals of the Canisius Science Scholars program are: 1) to recruit and retain additional students in the biological sciences, especially seeking to provide aid to those that transfer from other institutions, 2) build an active learning community across these students' course of studies, 3) increase the focus on assisting transfer students to adapt to the increased expectations of a 4-year biological sciences program, and 4) provide all these students with the necessary skills to enter the work-force directly or to prepare for graduate school. This program will increase student support systems and educational opportunities through enhanced academic support, career counseling, a transfer initiative including academic support and mentoring, seminar courses that provide professional skills and scientific training, and conference travel. Students will learn to be scientists through a variety of activities that encourage them to think critically about science, including involvement in research with faculty and critiquing scientific publications and presentations. As part of the program. Successful/impactful program components will be permanently incorporated into the curriculum, making them available to all future students. The presentation of the resulting scholarship on campus, at discipline-specific conferences, and in appropriate science education journals will allow others to incorporate successful individual program components into their own programs

凯尼修斯学院的 S-STEM 项目将帮助有学术天赋、经济困难的生物学、环境科学以及动物行为、生态和保护 (ABEC) 专业的学生从理科学生转变为科学家。 Canisius 科学学者计划将提高在 Canisius 学院攻读生物科学本科学位的传统学生和转学生的招聘、保留率、毕业率以及进入 STEM 职业的机会。为了实现这些目标，S-STEM 奖学金获得者将参加基于生物学的学习社区。学生将受益于有助于培养技能并建立对 STEM 领域的承诺的共享课程；他们帮助策划的特别活动；接触担任顾问、模特、教师和导师的科学家；以及社交和庆祝他们的学术和职业成就的机会。学习社区及其组成部分的成功经验将在 STEM、社会科学和/或教育会议上展示，并将广泛分享，以便将成功举措更广泛地应用到 STEM 教育中。Canisius 科学学者计划的目标是：1) 招募和留住更多生物科学专业的学生，​​特别是寻求为从其他机构转学的学生提供帮助，2) 在这些学生的学习过程中建立一个活跃的学习社区，3) 加强对 帮助转学生适应四年制生物科学课程日益增长的期望，4) 为所有这些学生提供直接进入劳动力市场或为研究生院做准备所需的技能。该计划将通过加强学术支持、职业咨询、包括学术支持和指导的转学计划、提供专业技能和科学培训的研讨会课程以及会议旅行来增加学生支持系统和教育机会。学生将通过各种鼓励他们批判性思考科学的活动来学习成为科学家，包括参与教师的研究以及评论科学出版物和演示文稿。作为计划的一部分。成功/有影响力的项目组成部分将永久纳入课程中，供所有未来的学生使用。由此产生的奖学金在校园、特定学科会议和适当的科学教育期刊上的展示将允许其他人将成功的个人项目组成部分纳入他们自己的项目中

项目成果

Development of a Brief College Embeddedness Scale

• DOI: 10.1177/15210251231217094
• 发表时间: 2023-12
• 期刊: Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice
• 作者: James P. Donnelly;Kristin E. Finn;Andrew D. Stewart

Making the Most of Science Seminars

充分利用科学研讨会

• DOI: 10.1525/abt.2019.81.8.585
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: The American Biology Teacher
• 作者: Morris, Sara R.;Elsinghorst, Hannah M.;Aronica, Susan M.
• 通讯作者: Aronica, Susan M.