Collaborative Research: Development and Evaluation of a Service-Learning Focused Chemistry Curriculum

合作研究：以服务学习为中心的化学课程的开发和评估

• 批准号: 1830124
• 负责人: Emily Lesher
• 金额: $ 18.28万
• 依托单位: Saint Joseph's College
• 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 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1830124&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Development; Evaluation; Service

This project will examine the value of a fully integrated service-learning-oriented chemistry curriculum. Specifically, this project will focus on students' gains as they engage in service-learning throughout their undergraduate chemistry curriculum. Service-learning provides students with opportunities for authentic engagement with their communities, and there is evidence that it can lead to increased student confidence and competence in the sciences. Project objectives include: 1) developing and implementing a fully integrated, service-learning-oriented chemistry curriculum at Saint Joseph's College; 2) evaluating the specific benefits of this curriculum as students build on their evolving roles as community-engaged scientists; and 3) creating and disseminating a new service-learning-oriented chemistry instructional model called "Chemistry for the Community." The project not only has the potential to enhance the chemistry curriculum at Saint Joseph's College, but could also provide benefits to community partners involved in the project. These partners include younger students in K-12 classes who will have increased opportunities to actively engage in STEM activities that may foster interest and self-confidence in STEM.The project will develop and disseminate the Chemistry for the Community model based on information gained through the implementation of the multi-year curriculum at Saint Joseph's College. Toward this end, the project will generate new knowledge about service learning and its advantages using the following methodologies. First, the implementation will include a control vs. treatment group assessment in the first year. Second, multi-year implementation will enable rigorous quantification of the accrued benefits across multiple semesters. Third, the use of SPIRES (Self-determination, Purpose, Identity, and Engagement in Science) as an assessment tool will provide new knowledge regarding scientific identity and professional disposition in the service learning modality. Finally, a focused, sequential series of dissemination platforms (online social networks, symposium, and workshop) will help other institutions implement Chemistry for the Community, while materials developed through this project will be made available via a dedicated project website to reach institutions beyond those directly participating in the dissemination activities.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.

该项目将研究完全集成的以服务学习为导向的化学课程的价值。 具体来说，该项目将重点关注学生在整个本科化学课程中参与服务学习时的收获。 服务学习为学生提供了真正参与社区的机会，并且有证据表明，它可以提高学生对科学的信心和能力。 项目目标包括：1）在圣约瑟夫学院开发和实施完全集成的、以服务学习为导向的化学课程； 2) 评估本课程在学生不断发展成为社区科学家的角色时的具体好处； 3）创建和传播一种新的以服务学习为导向的化学教学模式，称为“社区化学”。 该项目不仅有可能加强圣约瑟夫学院的化学课程，而且还可以为参与该项目的社区合作伙伴带来好处。 这些合作伙伴包括 K-12 班级的低年级学生，他们将有更多机会积极参与 STEM 活动，从而培养对 STEM 的兴趣和自信。该项目将根据通过圣约瑟夫学院实施多年课程获得的信息，开发和传播社区化学模型。 为此，该项目将使用以下方法产生有关服务学习及其优势的新知识。 首先，实施将包括第一年的对照组与治疗组评估。 其次，多年实施将能够严格量化多个学期的应计收益。 第三，使用SPIERS（科学的自我决定、目的、身份和参与）作为评估工具将提供有关服务学习模式中的科学身份和专业倾向的新知识。 最后，一系列有针对性的、连续的传播平台（在线社交网络、研讨会和研讨会）将帮助其他机构实施社区化学，而通过该项目开发的材料将通过专门的项目网站提供给直接参与传播活动的机构以外的机构。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查进行评估，被认为值得支持 标准。

项目成果

Speaking to Learn and Learning to Speak: Service-Learning Involving Communication in the Chemistry Curriculum

从口语到学习和学口语：化学课程中涉及沟通的服务学习

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00985
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Journal of Chemical Education
• 影响因子: 3
• 作者: Bowe, Kathleen A.;Green, Alexa R.;Gorske, Yi Jin;Lesher, Emily;Bauer, Christopher F.
• 通讯作者: Bauer, Christopher F.

Protecting Little Sebago: A Model College-Lake Association Sustainable Partnership

保护小塞巴戈：模范大学湖协会可持续合作伙伴关系

• DOI: 10.1089/scc.2022.0012
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Sustainability and Climate Change
• 作者: Post, Kimberly M.;Lesher, Emily
• 通讯作者: Lesher, Emily