Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences for Place-Bound Students to Promote Student Persistence

为本地学生提供基于课程的本科生研究经验，以促进学生的坚持

• 批准号: 2246468
• 负责人: Melanie Will Cole
• 金额: $ 103.92万
• 依托单位: Central New Mexico Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2028-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2246468&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Course; Based; Undergraduate; Research; Experiences

This project aims to serve the national interest by developing and investigating a model for engaging students from diverse backgrounds in undergraduate research. The project is centered at Central New Mexico Community College, a 2-year Hispanic Serving Institution, where the principal investigators will implement and examine a hybrid undergraduate research experience (URE) consisting of an integrated course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) and a traditional apprenticeship undergraduate research experience with stipend support. The hybrid URE model addresses and builds upon the place-bound and cultural experiences of the students, high impact practices, core competency instructional modules, and professional development activities. In particular, the research experiences will focus on advancing knowledge about the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, of which Albuquerque is one of the top ten cities in the country experiencing this phenomenon. As such, the project has the potential to inform institutions interested in fostering undergraduate research experiences for students who bring place-bound experiential knowledge to investigate local research problems. The project will also contribute systematically collected information to the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS), thus further situating the research in a societally important context. The project has the potential to contribute to student success and retention in STEM, to advance knowledge about CUREs and UREs broadly, contribute to the national investigation of UHI effect, and the development of a hybrid model of CUREs for community colleges.The project has three objectives: (1) To strengthen students’ persistence in STEM; (2) to develop students’ content knowledge to promote research practices; and (3) to create an operational framework (STEM content and implementation) to enable a robust year-long course-based undergraduate research experience. Place-bound students typically have family and cultural responsibilities and face challenges to participating in traditional apprenticeship research experiences. However, course-based undergraduate research experiences provide a practical alternative. For this project ten students per year will participate in a year-long series of special project courses and will receive significant stipend support. A mixed methods culturally responsive study will investigate expected outputs and outcomes, alignment of project activities to outcomes and implementation, and fidelity to the logic model. The study will conduct document analyses of student products, quantitative analysis of institutional data, assessment of student knowledge and skills, qualitative analysis of interview data, and analyses of retention and graduation rates. Findings from each type of data collection and analysis will inform project improvement, document outcomes for accountability, and advance knowledge and understanding of the undergraduate research experience. Additionally, data collected in Albuquerque, New Mexico by student research teams will contribute to documenting the UHI effect. The Advancing Innovation and Impact in Undergraduate STEM Education at Two Year Institutions program description supports research and development projects supporting education and research efforts at two-year colleges.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和研究一种让来自不同背景的学生参与本科生研究的模式来服务于国家利益。该项目以新墨西哥州中部社区学院为中心，这是一所为期两年的拉美裔服务机构，主要研究人员将在那里实施和审查混合本科生研究经验(URE)，包括基于课程的综合本科生研究经验(CURE)和传统的有津贴支持的学徒本科生研究经验。混合URE模式针对并建立在学生的场所限制和文化体验、高影响力实践、核心能力教学模块和专业发展活动的基础上。特别是，研究经验将侧重于增进对城市热岛效应的了解，阿尔伯克基是全国经历这一现象的十大城市之一。因此，该项目有可能为那些有兴趣培养本科生研究经验的机构提供信息，这些学生带来了局限于地方的经验知识来调查当地的研究问题。该项目还将向国家综合热健康信息系统(NIHHIS)提供系统收集的信息，从而进一步使这项研究具有重要的社会意义。该项目有三个目标：(1)加强学生在STEM中的坚持性；(2)发展学生的内容知识以促进研究实践；(3)创建一个可操作的框架(STEM内容和实施)，以支持一年的本科生研究体验。受限于地方的学生通常有家庭和文化责任，在参与传统的学徒研究经历方面面临挑战。然而，基于课程的本科生研究经验提供了一个实用的替代方案。对于这个项目，每年将有10名学生参加一系列为期一年的特别项目课程，并将获得可观的津贴支持。一项具有文化响应性的混合方法研究将调查预期产出和成果、项目活动与成果和实施的一致性以及对逻辑模型的忠诚度。这项研究将对学生产品进行文件分析，对机构数据进行量化分析，对学生的知识和技能进行评估，对面试数据进行定性分析，并对留校率和毕业率进行分析。每种类型的数据收集和分析的结果将为项目改进提供信息，记录问责结果，并增进对本科生研究经验的了解和理解。此外，学生研究小组在新墨西哥州阿尔伯克基收集的数据将有助于记录城市热岛效应。两年制本科STEM教育促进创新与影响计划描述支持两年制大学的研究和开发项目，支持教育和研究工作。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。