A Scientific Thinking Skill-Based Curricular Overlay for Introductory Psychology at 2-year and 4-year Colleges

基于科学思维技能的两年制和四年制大学心理学导论课程叠加

• 批准号: 2315259
• 负责人: Courtney Stevens
• 金额: $ 38.95万
• 依托单位: Willamette University
• 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 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2315259&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Scientific; Thinking; Skill; Based; Curricular

This project aims to serve the national interest through improved education in first-year college science courses. Recognizing the importance of repeated, scaffolded practice, the project introduces and assesses a novel curricular approach to training scientific skills, applied here to three scientific learning outcomes specific to Introductory Psychology. In particular, this Engaged Student Learning: Level I project will generate a set of research-validated materials that can be incorporated and adapted by Introductory Psychology instructors with a range of teaching experience and teaching in a variety of contexts including both 2- and 4-year college settings. As an innovative approach to scientific skill training, the curricular approach designed by the project also serves as a replicable framework for skill-based training that can be applied to other scientific skills and/or disciplines. The overarching goals of the project are to develop, evaluate, and disseminate a Skill-Based Curricular Overlay (SBCO) to bolster scientific thinking in Introductory Psychology courses at 2-year and 4-year institutions. This will meet the need, recognized by the American Psychological Association and other STEM disciplinary organizations, to incorporate stronger training of scientific thinking skills in introductory courses, in addition to content coverage. Using backward design, the SBCO systematically identifies precursor skills and subskills of key scientific thinking learning outcomes and targets them in a scaffolded, iterative way, including aligned class examples, homework assignments, and exam questions relevant to the main content domains of Introductory Psychology. A plug-and-play structure and accompanying instructor guides will allow an instructor to easily graft the SBCO onto existing course structures with minimal course revision or need for new technology or special resources. In order to ensure materials are responsive to different instructional contexts and student needs, development and evaluation of the SBCO will occur in two distinct settings: at a 2-year and 4-year college. Throughout development, input from student and faculty advisory boards at both institutions will be considered through a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) lens to ensure fairness and accessibility of materials for all students who enroll in undergraduate Introductory Psychology courses. A comprehensive assessment plan will provide a summative assessment of theeffectiveness of the SBCO at both institutions prior to broader dissemination to the teaching community. The NSF IUSE: EDU Program 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.

该项目旨在通过改善一年级大学科学课程的教育来满足国家利益。该项目认识到重复，脚手架实践的重要性，介绍并评估了一种新型的课程方法来培训科学技能，此处适用于特定于入门心理学的三种科学学习成果。特别是，这个参与的学生学习：I级项目将生成一系列研究验证的材料，这些材料可以由入门心理学讲师进行并调整，并在包括2年和4年大学环境在内的各种情况下具有各种教学经验和教学。作为对科学技能培训的创新方法，该项目设计的课程方法也可以作为基于技能的培训的可复制框架，可用于其他科学技能和/或学科。该项目的总体目标是开发，评估和传播基于技能的课程覆盖（SBCO），以在2年和4年的机构的入门心理学课程中加强科学思维。这将满足美国心理学协会和其他STEM学科组织认可的需求，除了内容覆盖外，还将对科学思维技能进行更强有力的培训。 SBCO使用向后设计，系统地确定了关键科学思维学习成果的前体技能和子技能，并以脚手架的迭代方式对其进行定位，包括一致的课堂示例，家庭作业和考试问题，以及与入学心理学的主要内容域相关的考试问题。插件结构和随附的讲师指南将使教师可以轻松地将SBCO嫁接到具有最小课程修订的现有课程结构上，或者需要新技术或特殊资源。为了确保材料对不同的教学环境和学生需求有响应，SBCO的开发和评估将在两个不同的环境中发生：在2年和4年的大学中。在整个开发过程中，将通过多样性，公平和包容性（DEI）镜头来考虑两家机构的学生和教师咨询委员会的投入，以确保所有参加本科入门心理学课程的学生的材料公平和可访问性。一项全面的评估计划将在对教学社区的更广泛传播之前，在两个机构中对SBCO的效果进行总结性评估。 NSF IUSE：EDU计划支持研发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。通过参与的学生学习轨道，该计划支持有希望的实践和工具的创建，探索和实施。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估的评估来支持的。