Combining Project-based Learning, Citizen Science, and Authentic Research to Enhance the Success of STEM and STEM Education Majors

结合项目式学习、公民科学和真实研究，促进 STEM 和 STEM 教育专业的成功

• 批准号: 1821566
• 负责人: Shawna McBride
• 金额: $ 65万
• 依托单位: University of Wyoming
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-10-01 至 2021-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1821566&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Combining; Project; based; Learning; Citizen

This project at the University of Wyoming will engage multi-disciplinary teams of undergraduate STEM and STEM education majors in designing meteorological experiments. They will then launch these experiments into near space on high-altitude balloons in collaboration with K-12 teachers and students in Wyoming. The undergraduate students will be in their second and third years of college, when students are most likely to leave STEM. It is expected that providing them with authentic, hands-on experiences will build the skills and confidence of both STEM and STEM education majors in their chosen field. Students will work in teams on a real project, effectively bringing together education and practice for both groups of students. The project integrates interdisciplinary teams of undergraduates and postdoctoral fellows to develop activities that will engage K-12 students in authentic meteorological research. The project has the potential to be transformative for the participating students, since they will be engaged in active learning, will learn by teaching one another and younger students, and will work in teams made up of scientists, engineers, and educators. A project strength is its combination of project-based learning, citizen science, entrepreneurial or experiential learning, and peer teaching. Through this project, students will learn team building skills, problem-solving skills, and STEM collaboration and communication skills by interacting with K-12 teachers and students. The project team will assess undergraduate student learning through a combination of proven and new assessment tools, compare student learning gains to a control group, and track students longitudinally as they progress through their degree and into the workforce. The project will also work with K-12 teachers and students across Wyoming, including those from schools on the Wind River Reservation. A large part of this project involves the development of scientific payloads that will be designed, built, and sent into near space by undergraduate students working closely with postdoctoral research fellows. The possibility exists that something developed in this process might have patent or technology transfer potential. Therefore, each year the postdoctoral research fellows and undergraduate students will participate in a workshop with University of Wyoming's Business Resource Network, which includes the Wyoming Technology Transfer & Research Products Center, to learn about entrepreneurship, resources, and competitions on campus.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

怀俄明州大学的这个项目将吸引本科STEM和STEM教育专业的多学科团队参与设计气象实验。 然后，他们将与怀俄明州的K-12教师和学生合作，用高空气球将这些实验发射到近太空。本科生将在大学的第二年和第三年，当学生最有可能离开STEM。 预计为他们提供真实的实践经验将建立STEM和STEM教育专业学生在所选领域的技能和信心。学生将在一个真实的项目团队工作，有效地汇集了两组学生的教育和实践。该项目整合了本科生和博士后研究员的跨学科团队，以开发将使K-12学生参与真实气象研究的活动。该项目有可能对参与的学生产生变革性影响，因为他们将参与主动学习，通过相互教学和年轻学生学习，并将在由科学家，工程师和教育工作者组成的团队中工作。项目优势是基于项目的学习，公民科学，创业或体验式学习和同伴教学的结合。通过这个项目，学生将通过与K-12教师和学生的互动学习团队建设技能，解决问题的技能，STEM协作和沟通技能。该项目团队将通过结合成熟的和新的评估工具来评估本科生的学习情况，将学生的学习成绩与对照组进行比较，并在学生完成学位并进入劳动力市场时纵向跟踪学生。该项目还将与怀俄明州的K-12教师和学生合作，包括来自风河保留地学校的教师和学生。该项目的很大一部分涉及科学有效载荷的开发，这些有效载荷将由本科生与博士后研究人员密切合作设计、建造并送入近空间。在这一过程中开发的某些产品可能具有专利或技术转让潜力。因此，每年博士后研究员和本科生将参加怀俄明州大学商业资源网络的研讨会，其中包括怀俄明州技术转移&研究产品中心，以了解创业，资源，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为是值得通过评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的支持。影响审查标准。

项目成果

Instructional Planning Modifications to Meet Social Distancing Requirements: Secondary and Post-Secondary Options

修改教学计划以满足社交距离要求：中学和高等教育选项

• DOI: 10.3390/educsci11050217
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Education Sciences
• 影响因子: 3
• 作者: Kilty, Trina Johnson;Burrows, Andrea C.;Christoffersen, Dane;Kilty, Kevin Thomas;Welsh, Kate Muir;McBride, Shawna;Bergmaier, Philip;Bitzas, Christian;Rainey, Cierra
• 通讯作者: Rainey, Cierra

Transcending disciplines: Engaging college students in interdisciplinary research, integrated STEM, and partnerships

超越学科：让大学生参与跨学科研究、综合 STEM 和合作伙伴关系

• DOI: 10.3926/jotse.1139
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Journal of Technology and Science Education
• 作者: Kilty, Trina;Burrows, Andrea;Welsh, Kate;Kilty, Kevin;McBride, Shawna;Bergmaier, Philip
• 通讯作者: Bergmaier, Philip