Testing the Impact of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Streamline Transfer Support on STEM Success for Underrepresented Students

标题：测试文化响应教育学和简化转移支持对STEM成功的影响代表不足的学生在改进的本科生STEM教育：西班牙裔服务机构(HSI计划)的支持下，这个Track 2项目将研究STEM文化响应教育学(CRP)的综合影响，加上转移的结构性障碍的消除，将导致STEM管道的修复代表不足的人才。我们的国家必须为许多福祉危机找到创新的答案：食物、水、能源和健康，仅举几例。这些解决方案将需要着眼于未来的创造性思维，只有在我们培养多元化的STEM劳动力的情况下才能实现。计划在两年制院校主修STEM的高中毕业生比例正在上升，这表明高中到社区大学的管道正在增长。然而，尽管社区大学STEM的招生人数在增加，但代表不足的学生的学位完成率仍然很低。该项目认为，CRP和战略转移支持是解决问题的办法。该项目将建立在新兴文献的基础上，这些文献认为，在K-12水平上，CRP对于让服务不足的学生参与STEM学术经历至关重要。该项目还将建立在最近的研究基础上，这些研究表明，如果不修复两年制和四年制大学之间的“漏洞”，STEM管道中的多样性就无法实现。该项目将联合利用这些基于证据的见解来探索CRP的优势是否可以跨越K-12来修复STEM管道中最关键的过渡，从2年制学校到4年制学校。该项目的研究干预将通过测试CRP和简化的转学支持结构对服务不足的学生的综合影响，填补我们国家对社区大学到学士学位毕业生STEM持久性的理解的一个关键空白。这项研究将为大幅改善代表不足学生的STEM教育的战略提供新的证据基础。此外，该项目将测试和实施一个包容性的、公平驱动的社区大学STEM成功模式，作为高等教育的典范。课程将通过会议报告和发表在同行评议的期刊上在全国范围内传播，承诺提供有效的策略和做法，使代表性不足的学生获得更大的成功，同时应对STEM劳动力包容性这一紧迫的国家挑战。认识到代表不足、低收入和第一代大学生将是下一代STEM劳动力的领导者和创新者，该项目旨在产生突破性知识，使他们的未来和国家的长期繁荣成为可能。该HSI项目旨在加强高等专科学校本科生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。

TITLE: Testing the Impact of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Streamline Transfer Support on STEM Success for Underrepresented StudentsWith the support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this Track 2 project will examine whether the combined impact of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (CRP) in STEM, coupled with the removal of structural barriers for transfer, will result in the repair of the STEM pipeline for underrepresented talent. Our nation must discover innovative answers for numerous crises of well-being: food, water, energy, and health, to name a few. These solutions will require future-focused, creative thinking, achievable only if we are educating a diverse STEM workforce. The percentage of high school graduates who plan to major in STEM at a 2-year institution is rising, demonstrating growth for the high school-to-community college pipeline. Yet, even as community college STEM enrollment is increasing, degree completion remains persistently low for underrepresented students. This project posits that CRP, alongside strategic transfer supports, is the answer. The project will build on emerging literature, which argues that CRP is critical at the K-12 level to engage underserved students in STEM academic experiences. The project will also build upon recent studies which indicate that diversity in the STEM pipeline cannot be achieved without repairing the “leak” between 2-year and 4-year colleges. This project will jointly leverage these evidence-based insights to explore whether CRP’s advantages can be scaffolded across from K-12 to repair the STEM pipeline’s most critical transition, from 2- to 4-year schools. The research intervention for this project will fill a critical gap in our national understanding of community college-to-baccalaureate STEM persistence by testing the combined impact of CRP and streamlined transfer support structures for underserved students. This research will generate a new evidence basis for strategies to drastically improve STEM education for underrepresented students. Furthermore, the project will test and implement an inclusive, equity-driven model of community college STEM success to serve as an exemplar in higher education. Lessons will be disseminated nationwide through conference presentations and publication in peer-reviewed journals, with a promise to inform effective tactics and practices that will lead to increased success for underrepresented students while meeting the urgent national challenge of STEM workforce inclusivity. Recognizing that underrepresented, low-income, and first-generation college students will be the leaders and innovators of the next-generation STEM workforce, this project is designed to generate the groundbreaking knowledge that enables both their future and the nation’s long-term prosperity. This 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 aims.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.