I-Corps L: Journal of Undergraduate Research : An Educational Platform for Improving Scientific Literacy

I-Corps L：本科研究期刊：提高科学素养的教育平台

• 批准号: 1644450
• 负责人: Mark Brown
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Colorado State University
• 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: 2016-08-01 至 2017-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1644450&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Journal; Undergraduate; Research; Educational

The Journal of Undergraduate Research (JUR) Press is an educational platform for improving scientific literacy that includes a range of research journals that are registered with the United States Library of Congress. This innovation serves as a platform for the dissemination and sharing of scholarly work and research findings among undergraduate STEM students throughout the world. Each issue has an ISSN number and is distributed internationally in both print and electronic formats. The editorial boards are comprised of undergraduate STEM students who are trained through a series of online courses and include participating editors from around the world. JUR Press is headquartered at Colorado State University and has four domestic, regional editorial offices along with five international editorial satellite offices which are all at academic institutions. Each submission is refereed by two undergraduates, one graduate student, and one faculty member in a way that allows undergraduate referees to learn from the input of the graduate and faculty referees. The training and assessment platform for editors and referees was developed in a way that any academic institution can include its students. To do so, a faculty advisor is recruited to oversee the process at each participating institution. JUR Press provides a step-by-step procedure that guides each new faculty advisor in the on-boarding, recruitment, training, and assessment processes. This I-Corps L team will use the support and mentoring of the I-Corps L program to determine if the JUR model can be scaled to facilitate the widespread adoption, adaptation, and utilization of these materials to support the improvement of scientific literacy and STEM student engagement at academic institutions across the country. Further, they will use I-Corps L as a platform for reaching out to a broad audience of STEM faculty and students through personal interviews, conferences, and webinars. This project includes innovation in STEM education to achieve higher STEM student engagement, scientific literacy, and critical assessment skills. These innovations also provide opportunities for STEM students to execute real-world applications of the scientific method and research ethics. Finally, ongoing research associated with this innovation provides evidence that this platform serves to increase STEM persistence and rates of retention among participating students. This project is built upon prior research related to the improvement of STEM teaching methods to better engage STEM students, to accommodate a broader range of learning styles, and to improve scientific literacy among undergraduates. Products include online courses, teaching guides, supplemental teaching materials, and how-to seminars. Based on pre-/post-assessment of student referee reports, undergraduate referees consistently rank higher in critical review assessments after they have had the benefit of comparing their reviews to those of faculty referees. Almost 200 undergraduates have participated as editors for JUR Press. Based on pre-/post-assessments, editors consistently rank higher in both scientific literacy and critical review assessments after participating in the online editor training courses. These outcomes continue to improve each year that a participant serves as an editor.

本科生研究杂志（JUR）出版社是一个提高科学素养的教育平台，其中包括一系列在美国国会图书馆注册的研究期刊。这一创新作为一个平台，在世界各地的本科STEM学生之间传播和分享学术工作和研究成果。每一期都有ISSN号，并以印刷和电子形式在国际上发行。编辑委员会由本科STEM学生组成，他们通过一系列在线课程接受培训，其中包括来自世界各地的参与编辑。JUR出版社总部设在科罗拉多州立大学，有四个国内，区域编辑部沿着五个国际编辑卫星办公室，都在学术机构。每一个提交是由两个本科生，一个研究生，和一个教师的方式，让本科裁判从研究生和教师裁判的输入学习。编辑和审稿人的培训和评估平台的开发方式是任何学术机构都可以包括其学生。要做到这一点，一名教师顾问被招募来监督每个参与机构的过程。JUR Press提供了一个循序渐进的程序，指导每个新的教师顾问在入职，招聘，培训和评估过程。这个I-Corps L团队将利用I-Corps L计划的支持和指导，以确定JUR模型是否可以扩展，以促进这些材料的广泛采用，适应和利用，以支持提高科学素养和STEM学生参与全国各地的学术机构。此外，他们将使用I-Corps L作为一个平台，通过个人访谈，会议和网络研讨会接触到STEM教师和学生的广泛受众。该项目包括STEM教育的创新，以实现更高的STEM学生参与度，科学素养和批判性评估技能。这些创新还为STEM学生提供了机会，以执行科学方法和研究伦理的现实世界应用。最后，与这一创新相关的正在进行的研究提供了证据，证明这个平台有助于提高参与学生的STEM持久性和保留率。该项目是建立在与STEM教学方法的改进有关的先前研究的基础上，以更好地吸引STEM学生，以适应更广泛的学习风格，并提高本科生的科学素养。产品包括在线课程，教学指南，补充教材和如何研讨会。根据学生裁判报告的前/后评估，本科裁判在将他们的评论与教师裁判的评论进行比较后，在批判性评论评估中的排名一直较高。近200名本科生参加了JUR出版社的编辑工作。根据前/后评估，编辑在参加在线编辑培训课程后，在科学素养和批判性评论评估中的排名一直较高。这些成果每年都在继续改进，参与者担任编辑。

项目成果

Establishing a Scalable and Sustainable Business in STEM Education - Two Year Results of Commercialization

在 STEM 教育领域建立可扩展且可持续的业务 - 两年的商业化成果

• 发表时间: 2017
• 期刊: Innovative journal of business and management
• 作者: Edwards, MA;Brown, MA
• 通讯作者: Brown, MA