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Undergraduate Research in a Fully Online Engineering Program: Effects on Retention, Persistence, Performance, STEM attitudes and Identity

完全在线工程项目的本科生研究：对记忆力、持久性、表现、STEM 态度和身份的影响

基本信息

批准号：
2021221
负责人：
Emily Faulconer
金额：
$ 29.6万
依托单位：
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-10-01 至 2023-09-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2021221&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Undergraduate Research Fully Online Engineering

项目摘要

This project aims to serve the national interest by developing a framework for providing undergraduate research opportunities to students enrolled in online STEM programs. Specifically, the research team will design and test the impact of undergraduate research experiences for students in an online engineering program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The acute, longstanding need for increased numbers of well-prepared STEM graduates has driven the proliferation of online degree programs in undergraduate engineering and technology. These distance-learning programs have the potential to increase accessibility of STEM programs to diverse students, and thus support the growing demand for graduates with STEM skills. However, many online programs have low retention and graduation rates. The value of undergraduate research experiences for supporting student persistence and success is well documented for in-person learners. The goal of this project is to provide online students with undergraduate research experiences, anticipating that the experiences will have similar effects for online learners. To do so, it will develop a tailored framework that features broad research topics, increases student disciplinary knowledge and skills, and provides key supports to improve students’ academic performance, persistence, and graduation. It is expected that these outcomes will correlate with positive impacts of research experiences on the students’ attitudes toward STEM and STEM identity. The project will design, implement, and test an undergraduate research pilot program within an online engineering program at the University. Project activities include the creation of a research-oriented workshop series, addition of an elective research track, and specialized mentoring of the research students. The project will conduct a mixed-methods research study to investigate the effectiveness of the framework, the impact of the framework on students’ STEM identity and attitude toward STEM, and other research questions. The key deliverable will be a sharable, customizable, scalable framework for providing research experiences in online courses and degree programs. It is expected that the work will produce insights about online student participation, a key area of research given the COVID-19-induced pivot to online learning. It is possible that this project can debunk stereotypes about the feasibility of incorporating undergraduate research and supporting development of a strong STEM identity in distance learning environments. This project is supported by the NSF IUSE: EHR Program, which supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through the Engaged Student Learning track, the program supports the creation, exploration, and implementation of promising practices and tools.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.

该项目旨在通过开发一个框架，为参加在线STEM课程的学生提供本科研究机会，从而为国家利益服务。具体来说，研究团队将为安柏瑞德航空大学（Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University）在线工程项目的学生设计和测试本科生研究经历的影响。对越来越多准备充分的STEM毕业生的迫切而长期的需求推动了本科工程和技术在线学位课程的激增。这些远程学习项目有可能增加不同学生对STEM项目的可及性，从而支持对具有STEM技能的毕业生日益增长的需求。然而，许多在线课程的留校率和毕业率都很低。本科研究经历对支持学生坚持和成功的价值对于面对面的学习者来说是有充分证明的。该项目的目标是为在线学生提供本科研究经验，预计这些经验将对在线学习者产生类似的影响。为此，它将开发一个量身定制的框架，以广泛的研究主题为特色，增加学生的学科知识和技能，并提供关键支持，以提高学生的学习成绩，坚持不懈和毕业。预计这些结果将与研究经历对学生STEM态度和STEM身份的积极影响相关。该项目将在该大学的在线工程项目中设计、实施和测试一个本科生研究试点项目。项目活动包括创建以研究为导向的系列研讨会，增加选修研究课程，以及对研究学生进行专门指导。该项目将进行一项混合方法的研究，以调查该框架的有效性，该框架对学生STEM身份和对STEM态度的影响以及其他研究问题。关键成果将是一个可共享、可定制、可扩展的框架，用于提供在线课程和学位课程的研究体验。预计这项工作将产生关于在线学生参与的见解，这是一个关键的研究领域，因为covid -19导致了在线学习的重点。这个项目有可能打破关于在远程学习环境中整合本科研究和支持强大STEM身份发展可行性的刻板印象。该项目由美国国家科学基金会IUSE: EHR项目支持，该项目支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。通过参与学生学习轨道，该计划支持有前途的实践和工具的创建，探索和实施。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。