Implementation Project: Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CURE) Program

在历史上的黑人学院和大学的实施项目-本科课程提供支持，以设计，实施，研究和评估全面的机构努力，以增加学生的数量和他们的准备质量，通过加强STEM教育和研究。斯佩尔曼学院的这一实施项目旨在增加追求STEM相关高级学位和领域的非裔美国妇女的数量，特别是在博士课程中，同时解决教育经验的质量。来自斯佩尔曼学院其他工作的初步数据显示，在课程研究经验和夏季研究经验之后，确定有兴趣获得高级STEM学位的学生人数有所增加。在本科STEM教育中整合教学和研究的新见解可以促进学生保留和教师生产力的成功，特别是在小型文科和少数民族服务机构。该项目旨在提供相对新颖的本科生发展活动，通过扩大斯佩尔曼学院STEM本科生通过直接补充教学，调查实验室，课程和夏季研究经验获得研究经验的方式，增强本科生的研究经验。实施该计划的一个关键因素是一小群博士后研究员在教学法，课程设计和学生指导方面获得了广泛的研究经验和教学经验。该项目将使用本科研究经验作为一种手段，以解决从本科到研究生STEM课程的过渡，最终导致高级学位。有人建议，通过课程研究的机会，教师在少数民族服务机构或小型文理学院寻求实现卓越的教学和研究，可以提高他们的努力，通过进行一个单一的活动与多个有益的成果的效率。

Implementation Projects in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program provide support to design, implement, study and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the number of students and the quality of their preparation by strengthening STEM education and research. This implementation project at Spelman College seeks to increase the number of African American women who pursue STEM-related advanced degrees and fields, particularly in PhD programs, while at the same time addressing the quality of the educational experience. Preliminary data from other work at Spelman College reveal an increase in the number of students identifying interest in earning advanced STEM degrees following course-based research experiences and summer research experiences. The project is guided and informed by an on-going evaluation.New insights on integrating teaching and research in undergraduate STEM education could work to foster success for student retention and faculty productivity, especially at small liberal arts and minority-serving institutions. This project is designed to provide relatively novel undergraduate development activities that will enhance the undergraduate student research experience by expanding the ways Spelman College STEM undergraduate students gain research experiences through directed-supplemental instruction, investigative laboratories, course-based and summer research experiences. One key factor in implementing this program is a small cohort of postdoctoral fellows gaining both extensive research experiences and teaching experiences in pedagogy, course design and student mentoring. This project will use undergraduate research experiences as a means to address the transition from undergraduate to graduate STEM programs, ultimately leading to advanced degrees. It is proposed that through curricular research opportunities, faculty at minority serving institutions or small liberal arts colleges seeking to achieve excellence in teaching and research could improve the efficiency of their effort by conducting a single activity with multiple beneficial outcomes.