"Enhancing STEM Student Success by Connecting Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences to the Local Ecology and Community"

“通过将基于课程的本科生研究经验与当地生态和社区联系起来，提高 STEM 学生的成功”

• 批准号: 1928405
• 负责人: Benita Brink
• 金额: $ 180.21万
• 依托单位: Adams State 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: 2019-10-01 至 2025-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1928405&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Enhancing; STEM; Student; Success; Connecting

Abstract for 1928405With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this Track 1 project aims to transform STEM courses by engaging students as researchers. Specifically, the students will do research to determine the impacts of grazing on local, rural, public lands. The project seeks to transform first- and second-year STEM courses, including biology, chemistry, geosciences, and statistics by adding hands-on research projects into the course curricula. Such research experiences are often called ?course-based undergraduate research experiences,? or CUREs. To enhance the project?s relevance to the community, representatives from the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area will collaborate with the project by engaging with the faculty and the students. Through this engagement, the project will bring the heritage and traditional land use practices of the San Luis Valley into the STEM courses. By connecting STEM with the local area, training faculty in culturally responsive teaching, and developing student led peer-mentoring, this project seeks to enhance student engagement, which is known to increase persistence, retention, and graduation rates in STEM.The project will develop place-based CUREs by engaging students as researchers in an apprenticeship model. The CURES will examine the ecological impacts of grazing on public lands to enhance the student experience and motivation in STEM. The project will provide faculty development in culturally relevant teaching practices as well as coaching for peer-mentors to help build students? sense of belonging and efficacy in STEM via an asset-based approach. The project will investigate: 1) the effectiveness of an apprenticeship model of place-based CUREs at a rural Hispanic-serving Institution; and 2) the impacts of peer-mentoring and culturally responsive teaching practices. Located at the center of a geographically and culturally distinct region designated as the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area, the project will engage with local non-profit agencies, governmental representatives, and community members whose families have lived on the land for generations. Connecting STEM content with the local area may enhance student motivation in STEM as well as broaden awareness of the local heritage among students and faculty. The project's quasi-experimental study includes analyzing longitudinal data in enrollment, pass rates, retention, and degree completion, as well as psychological factors, across comparison groups in STEM disciplines. The project will share new knowledge of effective strategies on developing place-based CUREs in a culturally responsive teaching environment through presentations at regional and national conferences. The HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at HSIs. Projects supported by the HSI Program will also generate new knowledge on how to achieve these goals.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.

在改善本科STEM教育：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI计划）的支持下，这个Track 1项目旨在通过让学生成为研究人员来改变STEM课程。具体来说，学生们将进行研究，以确定放牧对当地、农村和公共土地的影响。该项目旨在通过在课程课程中增加实践研究项目，改变一年级和二年级的STEM课程，包括生物学、化学、地球科学和统计学。这样的研究经历通常被称为？基于课程的本科研究经历？或治疗。为了加强项目？鉴于该项目与社区的相关性，圣基督国家遗产区的代表将通过与教师和学生的互动与该项目合作。通过这种参与，该项目将把圣路易斯山谷的遗产和传统土地使用实践纳入STEM课程。通过将STEM与当地地区联系起来，培训教师进行文化响应式教学，并发展学生主导的同伴指导，该项目旨在提高学生的参与度，从而提高STEM的持久性、保留率和毕业率。该项目将通过让学生作为研究人员参与学徒模式，开发基于地点的治愈方法。CURES将研究在公共土地上放牧的生态影响，以增强学生在STEM中的体验和动力。该项目将为教师提供与文化相关的教学实践方面的发展，并为同侪导师提供指导，以帮助培养学生？通过基于资产的方法提高STEM的归属感和效率。该项目将调查：1)在一个为拉美裔服务的农村机构实施基于地方的治疗的学徒模式的有效性；2)同伴指导与文化响应式教学实践的影响。该项目位于地理上和文化上都很独特的圣克里斯多国家遗产区的中心，将与当地非营利机构、政府代表和世代居住在这片土地上的社区成员合作。将STEM内容与当地联系起来可以增强学生学习STEM的动力，并扩大学生和教师对当地传统的认识。该项目的准实验研究包括分析STEM学科各组间入学率、通过率、保留率和学位完成率以及心理因素的纵向数据。该项目将通过在区域和国家会议上的演讲，分享在文化响应型教学环境中开发基于地方的治愈方法的有效战略的新知识。HSI计划旨在加强HSI的本科STEM教育和能力建设。HSI计划支持的项目也将产生关于如何实现这些目标的新知识。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。