Extending the EvaluateUR Method to Expand the Community of Users

扩展 EvaluateUR 方法以扩大用户社区

• 批准号: 2325397
• 负责人: Jill Singer
• 金额: $ 102.46万
• 依托单位: SUNY College at Buffalo
• 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: 2023-07-01 至 2027-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2325397&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Extending; EvaluateUR; Method; Expand; Community

Industries and businesses across the country have identified technical and professional competencies and skills they consider to be essential in today’s workplace. These skills include communication, problem solving, time management, and teamwork. Above all, industries and businesses want employees who can identify and think through problems and figure out how to solve them. If students are to succeed as employees (or as entrepreneurs) they will need to master these and related skills, be aware of what they know and don’t know, and understand how best to overcome any gaps in their knowledge and skills. Undergraduate research and internships, two high impact practices, have been shown to help students take ownership of their learning as they develop and apply problem-solving skills. Many technician education programs at community colleges also include internship opportunities for students at area businesses and industries. Indeed, community colleges play a vital role in preparing students to succeed in the workplace. To measure a broad range of desirable outcomes that include both content knowledge and skills that are critically important in the workplace, this project will use an evidence-based method called EvaluateUR in which students work one-on-one with faculty or research mentors. The approach also provides students with metacognitive skills that improve their problem-solving abilities. The EvaluateUR method helps community college students in technician education and other programs identify the knowledge and skills they gain from conducting research, to see clearly the areas where they need to improve, and to use this knowledge to their advantage as they enter the workforce. The overall goal of this project is to increase the number of undergraduate students who utilize the EvaluateUR method when they conduct research or serve in internships. This project will overcome barriers to implementation of the EvaluateUR method at all educational institutions, but with a focus on Community and Technical Colleges. Towards this end the project will pursue four objectives. First is to develop a student-only scored version of the EvaluateUR method for community college students conducting research applicable to multiple internship venues including government, business or industry internships. Second is to create a version of EvaluateUR (called EvaluateUR-CURE) for shorter duration research experiences such as those in course-based undergraduate research experiences (CURE). Third is to develop a no-cost version of the EvaluateUR method for faculty mentoring three or fewer students in summer or academic year research. Fourth, and finally, is to host an online forum for the community of EvaluateUR users to pose questions and share best practices. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education Program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced technology fields that drive the nation's economy.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.

全国各地的行业和企业都确定了他们认为在当今工作场所至关重要的技术和专业能力和技能。这些技能包括沟通，解决问题，时间管理和团队合作。最重要的是，行业和企业希望员工可以通过问题来识别和思考，并弄清楚如何解决这些问题。如果学生要成功成为员工（或企业家），他们将需要掌握这些和相关的技能，了解他们所知道的和不知道的知识，并了解如何最好地克服其知识和技能的任何差距。已经证明，本科研究和实习，两种高影响力实践，可帮助学生在发展和应用解决问题的技能时获得学习的所有权。社区大学的许多技术教育课程还包括针对地区企业和行业的学生实习机会。确实，社区大学在使学生在工作场所取得成功方面发挥了至关重要的作用。为了衡量在工作场所中至关重要的内容知识和技能的广泛理想结果，该项目将使用一种基于证据的方法，称为评估师，学生与教师或研究导师一对一地工作。该方法还为学生提供了提高解决问题能力的元认知技能。评估师方法可以帮助社区大学的学生接受技术教育和其他计划，从而确定他们从进行研究中获得的知识和技能，清楚地查看他们需要改进的领域，并在进入劳动力时利用这些知识来利用他们的优势。该项目的总体目标是增加在进行研究或提供实习时使用评估师方法的本科生的数量。该项目将克服所有教育机构实施评估师方法的障碍，但重点是社区和技术学院。为此，该项目将追求四个目标。首先是为社区大学学生开发一个仅限学生评估方法的评估版本，该研究的研究适用于多个实习场所，包括政府，商业或行业实习。其次是为较短的持续时间研究经验（例如基于课程的本科研究经验（CURE））创建一个评估室（称为评估师用途）的版本。第三是开发评估师方法的无成本版本，以在夏季或学年的研究中为三个或更少的学生进行心理研究。第四，最后是主持一个在线论坛，供评估室用户社区提出问题并分享最佳实践。该项目由高级技术教育计划资助，该计划的重点是推动国家经济的高级技术领域的技术人员教育。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的评估评估标准来通过评估来获得的支持。