Implementation Project: SURE (Scaffolding Undergraduate Research Experiences)

实施项目：SURE（支架本科生研究经验）

• 批准号: 2106784
• 负责人: Marie-Michelle Saint Hubert
• 金额: $ 125万
• 依托单位: ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT - St. Philip's College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-08-15 至 2025-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2106784&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Implementation; Project; SURE; Scaffolding; Undergraduate

Implementation Projects in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) provide support to design, implement, study, and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the numbers of students and the quality of their preparation by strengthening science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and research. This implementation project at Alamo Community College District – St. Philip’s College provides a scaffolded approach to broaden opportunities for community college, first generation, and HBCU students to succeed in STEM majors. The project has a strong focus on professional development of faculty (including adjunct faculty) to strengthen teaching and mentoring of students engaged in research experiences and preparing undergraduate students for graduate school or the workforce, focusing on the critical transition from community college to Bachelor of Science programs. The project is guided and informed by an on-going evaluation, as well as by internal and external advisory committees.The goal of the project is to enrich STEM education quality, increase STEM student research and internship experiences and facilitate community college student transfer to universities to earn Bachelor of Science degrees. The four objectives are: (1) increase STEM faculty use of evidence-based pedagogy instruction in lecture and lab classes, leading to (2) improved STEM student retention and (3) a substantial increase in the number of STEM students who participate in experiential learning opportunities, thereby increasing student retention in the critical transition years and (4) increasing the number of STEM students who transfer and earn BS degrees from universities. The project aims to advance knowledge and understanding in STEM education by outlining how faculty use of evidence-based pedagogy impacts underrepresented STEM majors’ academic outcomes, how quality education and mentoring/advising impacts access to research/internship opportunities and how two-year colleges can collaborate with four-year STEM programs to create transfer pipelines and support for students.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.

历史黑人学院和大学-本科课程(HBCU-UP)中的实施项目为设计、实施、研究和评估全面的机构努力提供支持，以通过加强科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教育和研究来增加学生数量和提高他们的准备质量。阿拉莫社区学院-圣菲利普学院的这一实施项目为社区大学、第一代学生和HBCU学生提供了一种在STEM专业取得成功的机会。该项目非常注重教师(包括兼职教师)的专业发展，以加强对从事研究经验的学生的教学和指导，并为本科生进入研究生院或劳动力市场做好准备，重点是从社区大学到理科学士课程的关键过渡。该项目由正在进行的评估以及内部和外部咨询委员会提供指导和信息。该项目的目标是丰富STEM教育质量，增加STEM学生的研究和实习经验，并促进社区大学生转到大学获得理科学士学位。这四个目标是：(1)增加STEM教师在讲课和实验课程中使用循证教学法教学，从而(2)改善STEM学生的保留率，(3)大幅增加参加体验式学习机会的STEM学生的数量，从而在关键的过渡期增加学生保留率，以及(4)增加STEM学生从大学转学并获得学士学位的人数。该项目旨在通过概述教师对循证教学法的使用如何影响未被充分代表的STEM专业的学术成果，优质教育和指导/建议如何影响获得研究/实习机会，以及两年制大学如何与四年制STEM项目合作，为学生创造转学渠道和支持，来增进对STEM教育的了解和理解。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。