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

摘要1928405在改进的本科生STEM教育：西班牙裔服务机构(HSI计划)的支持下，这个Track 1项目旨在通过吸引学生作为研究人员来改变STEM课程。具体地说，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。该项目寻求通过在课程课程中增加动手研究项目来改变一年级和二年级的STEM课程，包括生物、化学、地球科学和统计学。这种研究经验通常被称为基于课程的本科生研究经验。或者治愈的方法。为了加强S项目与社区的相关性，来自圣克里斯托国家遗产区的代表将通过与教职员工和学生的接触来与该项目合作。通过这一项目，该项目将把圣路易斯河谷的遗产和传统土地使用做法纳入STEM课程。通过将STEM与当地联系起来，培训文化响应型教学的教员，并发展学生主导的同伴辅导，该项目旨在增强学生的参与度，这是众所周知的提高STEM的持久度、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来开发基于地点的治疗方法。课程将研究在公共土地上放牧的生态影响，以增强学生在STEM中的体验和动机。该项目将在与文化相关的教学实践中提供教师发展，以及为同伴导师提供指导，以帮助培养学生？通过以资产为基础的方法提高STEM的归属感和效率。该项目将调查：1)农村拉美裔服务机构以地方为基础的治疗的学徒模式的有效性；以及2)同伴辅导和响应文化的教学做法的影响。该项目位于一个地理和文化截然不同的地区的中心，被指定为Sangre de Cristo国家遗产区，该项目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家庭的社区成员接触。将STEM内容与当地联系起来，可能会增强学生在STEM中的动机，并扩大学生和教职员工对当地遗产的认识。该项目的准实验研究包括分析STEM学科中比较组的入学人数、通过率、留校率和学位完成率的纵向数据，以及心理因素。该项目将通过在区域和国家会议上的发言，分享关于在适应文化的教学环境中制定以地点为基础的治疗方法的有效战略的新知识。HSI计划旨在加强本科生STEM教育和HSI的能力建设。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。

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.