Polar (DCL- 16-119): Development and Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience in Arctic Sciences

极地（DCL-16-119）：北极科学跨学科课程本科研究经验的开发和评估

• 批准号: 1707867
• 负责人: Becky Ball
• 金额: $ 27.18万
• 依托单位: Arizona State 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: 2017-08-15 至 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1707867&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Polar; DCL; 16; 119; Development

A team of scientists and educators at Arizona State University will develop and implement a highly interdisciplinary Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) to engage students in polar research. The interdisciplinary experience will pair undergraduate students from both science and non-science majors to conduct group research projects in the Arctic and to design innovative ways to communicate results to the public. During the course, students will compare the Arctic ecosystems, specifically ecosystems at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Research Station in northern Finland, with those from the desert environment in which they currently reside. Research opportunities for students range from Arctic ecosystem studies to use of the Kilpisjärvi Atmospheric Imaging Receiver Array, a dual array of omnidirectional VHF radio antennas focused on auroras. Through this innovative learning opportunity, students will design, implement and present both an independent science-based research project and a communications project to explain their findings. Student participants will be selected from the diverse student body at Arizona State University's West Campus. The intellectual merit of the project rests on the effectiveness of this pilot CURE, which will be evaluated using a mixed method approach to determine how the experience impacted student learning and how it impacts student interest in scientific research and in postgraduate studies. The broader impacts of the project include involving students from diverse backgrounds, including minorities, first-generation college students and veterans, in polar research and training students in the effective communication of science. This project offers an opportunity to determine the impact of a short international research experience on diverse students. In addition, the two years of support for this course will lay the foundation for the future iterations of the course, which are planned to be self-sustaining.

亚利桑那州立大学的科学家和教育工作者团队将开发和实施高度跨学科的基于课程的本科生研究体验 (CURE)，以吸引学生参与极地研究。跨学科经验将使科学和非科学专业的本科生配对，在北极开展小组研究项目，并设计创新的方式向公众传达结果。在课程中，学生将比较北极生态系统，特别是芬兰北部基尔皮斯耶尔维生物研究站的生态系统，与他们目前居住的沙漠环境中的生态系统。学生的研究机会包括北极生态系统研究和 Kilpisjärvi 大气成像接收器阵列的使用，这是一个专注于极光的全向 VHF 无线电天线双阵列。通过这个创新的学习机会，学生将设计、实施和展示一个独立的基于科学的研究项目和一个交流项目来解释他们的发现。学生参与者将从亚利桑那州立大学西校区的多元化学生群体中选出。该项目的智力价值取决于该试点 CURE 的有效性，将使用混合方法对其进行评估，以确定该经历如何影响学生的学习以及如何影响学生对科学研究和研究生学习的兴趣。该项目更广泛的影响包括让来自不同背景的学生（包括少数民族、第一代大学生和退伍军人）参与极地研究，并培训学生进行有效的科学传播。该项目提供了一个机会来确定短期国际研究经历对不同学生的影响。此外，对本课程两年的支持将为该课程的未来迭代奠定基础，该课程计划是自我维持的。