BPC-DP: Community Outreach Opportunities with Research in Data Science (COORDS)

该奖项的全部或部分资金来自《2021年美国救援计划法案》(公法117-2)。为了更好地培养一支精通数据的劳动力队伍，大学越来越多地将数据科学的原则纳入STEM课程。新兴的教学实践鼓励学生对主题产生真正的兴趣，并在他们能够解决问题的水平上理解材料，这对于扩大对计算的参与特别有效。这是洛约拉大学、阿鲁普学院和芝加哥青年学习组织MAPSCorps的合作伙伴关系，旨在为来自代表性不足群体的学者在芝加哥设计一条数据科学途径。通过研究、培训和指导机会，本科生、博士后研究员和教职员工将在指导下一批学者的同时解决具有挑战性的数据科学研究问题。将计算/数据科学原理纳入STEM课程已变得更加普遍。通过芝加哥洛约拉大学种族正义研究所(IRJ)的课程，学生将在整个日历年度沉浸在实践体验中，并辅之以密集的本科暑期实习计划。作为IRJ近同行指导设计的教学方法的一部分，该项目将招募本科生直接与高中生合作，由芝加哥的IRJ(博士后)研究员监督。在与芝加哥青年学习组织MAPSCorps的数据科学编程的合作中，该项目将通过结构化指导以体验式STEM学习为中心。这个BPC示范项目的主要目标是1)通过实习、研讨会和在线课程，为STEM研究和学习方法创造成功的经验，提供培训机会，并为研究活动提供种子；2)培养一批学生，特别是来自芝加哥的代表性不足的学生，他们为劳动力做好了充分的准备，并将选择继续他们在STEM相关学科的教育和培训。作为MAPSCorps编程的结果，该编程还将通过利用一群训练有素的教职员工和具有广泛专业知识的本科生研究人员作为研究导师和导师，加强芝加哥现有的信息学和计算科学外展项目。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。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).To better prepare a data-savvy workforce, universities are increasingly incorporating principles of data science throughout STEM curricula. Emerging teaching practices that encourage students to take a genuine interest in the subject matter and understand the material on a level where they can problem solve can be particularly effective for broadening participation in computing. This partnership between Loyola University, Arrupe College, and the Chicago youth learning organization, MAPSCorps aims to design a data science pathway in Chicago for scholars from underrepresented groups. Through research, training, and mentorship opportunities, undergraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty will address challenging data science research questions while mentoring the next cohort of scholars. Incorporating principles of computational/data science in STEM curriculums has become more prevalent. Through the programming at the Institute for Racial Justice (IRJ) at Loyola University Chicago, students will be immersed in hands-on experiences throughout the calendar year as well as complemented by an intensive undergraduate summer internship program. As part of IRJ’s pedagogical approach of near-peer mentoring design, the project will recruit undergraduate students to work directly with high school students overseen by an IRJ (Postdoctoral) Fellow in Chicago. In a collaborative effort with the data science programming of the Chicago youth learning organization, MAPSCorps, the project will be centered on experiential STEM learning through structured guidance. The primary objectives of this BPC demonstration project are to 1) create an experience for successful STEM research and learning methods through internships, symposium, and online coursework, providing training opportunities, and seeding research activities, and 2) generate a pipeline of students, particularly underrepresented students from Chicago, who are well prepared for the workforce and will choose to continue their education and training in STEM related disciplines. As a result of the programming with MAPSCorps, this programming will also strengthen the existing informatics and computational science outreach programs in the Chicagoland are by utilizing a group of well-trained faculty and undergraduate researchers with broad expertise as research mentors and instructors.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.