Catalyst Project: Infusing evidence - based hand-on activities into general education science core courses through the existing on-campus Observatory

催化剂项目：通过现有的校园观测站将基于证据的实践活动融入通识教育科学核心课程

• 批准号: 2106538
• 负责人: Lei Zhang
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Winston-Salem State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-15 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2106538&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Catalyst; Project; Infusing; evidence; based

Catalyst Projects provide support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to work towards establishing research capacity of faculty to strengthen science, technology, engineering and mathematics undergraduate education and research. It is expected that the award will further the faculty member's research capability, improve research and teaching at the institution. and involve undergraduate students in research experiences. Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) is establishing a project that will infuse interactive, multidisciplinary research activities in existing science courses that satisfy their general education requirements. The project has been designed to recruit more African American STEM students to study Astronomy. The project goal will be accomplished the following objectives: (1) the development of the hands-on research projects that will utilize the university’s Observatory in physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, and math courses; (2) the upgrade of the Observatory; (3) the infusion of the research projects into the selected courses; and (4) the engagement learning community. The project will enable and support the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based, innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of WSSU and other HBCU undergraduates. Furthermore, it promises to support student recruitment into existing STEM majors with this novel approach.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.

催化剂项目为历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）提供支持，努力建立教师的研究能力，以加强科学，技术，工程和数学本科教育和研究。预计该奖项将进一步提高教师的研究能力，改善该机构的研究和教学。并让本科生参与研究体验。温斯顿-塞勒姆州立大学（WSSU）正在建立一个项目，该项目将在现有的科学课程中注入互动的、多学科的研究活动，以满足他们的普通教育要求。 该项目旨在招募更多的非洲裔美国STEM学生学习天文学。 该项目的目标将实现以下目标：（1）开发实践研究项目，将利用大学的物理，化学，生物，计算机科学和数学课程的天文台;（2）升级天文台;（3）将研究项目注入选定的课程;和（4）参与学习社区。 该项目将使和支持开发，实施和基于证据的创新模式和方法的研究，以提高WSSU和其他HBCU本科生的准备和成功。 此外，该奖项还承诺支持现有STEM专业的学生招聘。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。