Engaging Undergraduates in Science Communication to Support Persistence, Graduation, and Development of Scientific and Professional Skills

让本科生参与科学传播，以支持科学和专业技能的坚持、毕业和发展

• 批准号: 1833918
• 负责人: Brian Wysor
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: Roger Williams University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-02-01 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1833918&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Engaging; Undergraduates; Science; Communication; Support

The NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program supports the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need. This S-STEM project at Roger Williams University aims to increase the retention, persistence, graduation, and career placements of lower income students. Over a five-year period, this project will provide 68 annual scholarships to 20 students who are pursuing bachelor's degrees in applied math, biology, biochemistry, chemistry, computer science, engineering, environmental science, forensic science, marine biology, or mathematics. The project aims to educate students to become critical thinkers who can collect, interpret, translate, and share scientific information critical to informed decision making. The project will train the scholarship students in science communication, using popular platforms to emphasize STEM issues of personal and societal relevance. The project aims to investigate science communication as a potential high-impact practice for increasing persistence, engagement, and placement of students in STEM careers. Although science communication has become a crucial element of graduate and professional development, relatively few programs emphasize this kind of training at primarily undergraduate institutions. A summer bridge program will introduce students to the science communication initiative via projects that target communities outside of traditional academic environments. The general education courses in public speaking and writing studies will incorporate science communication enhancements. To promote student engagement and success in STEM, the project will implement an early intervention program to identify potential academic and personal challenges. In addition, research experiences, industry internships, faculty mentoring, tutoring, and other student support services will promote persistence and student success in the STEM fields. The students will interact with academic and professional networks at meetings and conferences to strengthen their sense of self-identification with the STEM community. The project assessment and evaluation studies will explore whether participation in the program increases: 1) academic performance, retention, and career or graduate school placement; 2) self-identify and self-efficacy as STEM practitioners; and 3) the ability to communicate STEM knowledge. This project has the potential educate STEM graduates who can contribute to the STEM workforce and to the growing STEM-based economy, as well as increase knowledge about high impact practices that support the success of lower income STEM students.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.

国家科学基金科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金(S-STEM)计划支持有经济需求的高成就、低收入学生的留校和毕业。罗杰·威廉姆斯大学的这个S-STEM项目旨在提高低收入学生的保留率、坚持性、毕业和就业安置。该项目将在五年内为20名攻读应用数学、生物、生物化学、化学、计算机科学、工程学、环境科学、法医学、海洋生物学或数学学士学位的学生提供68个年度奖学金。该项目旨在教育学生成为批判性思考者，他们能够收集、解释、翻译和分享对明智决策至关重要的科学信息。该项目将对获得奖学金的学生进行科学传播方面的培训，利用流行的平台强调与个人和社会相关的STEM问题。该项目旨在调查科学传播作为一种潜在的高影响实践，以提高学生在STEM职业生涯中的坚持性、参与度和安置。尽管科学交流已经成为研究生和专业发展的关键要素，但相对较少的课程在主要是本科生的机构中强调这种培训。暑期桥项目将通过针对传统学术环境以外的社区的项目，向学生介绍科学交流倡议。公共演讲和写作研究的通识教育课程将纳入加强科学传播的内容。为了促进学生在STEM中的参与和成功，该项目将实施一项早期干预计划，以确定潜在的学业和个人挑战。此外，研究经验、行业实习、教师指导、辅导和其他学生支持服务将促进STEM领域的坚持不懈和学生成功。学生将在会议和会议上与学术和专业网络互动，以加强他们对STEM社区的自我认同感。项目评估和评估研究将探索参与该项目是否会增加：1)学业成绩、保留率和职业或研究生入学情况；2)作为STEM从业者的自我认同和自我效能；以及3)交流STEM知识的能力。该项目具有培养STEM毕业生的潜力，他们可以为STEM劳动力和不断增长的STEM经济做出贡献，并增加支持低收入STEM学生成功的高影响力实践的知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。