Targeted Infusion Project: Enhancing Undergraduate Research Experience in the Chemistry Curriculum at WSSU

历史黑人学院和大学本科项目(HBCU-UP)通过有针对性的灌输项目，支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以改善HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们能够攻读STEM研究生课程和/或职业。温斯顿-塞勒姆州立大学的这个项目旨在通过为最终促进学生成功的有效研究技能奠定基础，提高化学本科学位课程的本科生研究经验的质量。该项目探索基础研究技能建设作为一种干预措施，以加强学习和专业认同，这是增加学生在STEM领域的留住和成功的两个重要决定因素。调解还寻求纳入影响较大的做法，以提高未被充分代表的学生在化学科学方面的成绩，从而促进STEM学生的多样性。将通过采用以前建立的评估工具来评估学生的保留率和成绩。支持这一目标的项目活动是：(I)实施两门研究基础课程(研究方法导论和计算分析实验室)，以及一门以研究为导向的高级实验室课程；(Ii)将短期指导的以研究为导向的项目融入实验室课程；以及(Iii)提供工具，支持以研究为导向的实验室实验和研究工作，使学生对当前科学研究和工业中使用的现代仪器有更多的认识。有效的实验室教学和学习方法也将被调整或开发，以激发更高水平的批判性思维能力，并提高学生对研究过程的理解。这一项目的预期结果是：(I)增加学生在化学学位课程中的留存和成就；(Ii)改善本科生为研究生课程和/或化学职业生涯的准备；以及(Iii)增加本科生的研究报告和与教师的合作发表。可衡量的结果包括：(I)学生留校率和成绩的增加，包括在化学课程中代表性不足的学生，以及ii)将进入高级学位课程或加入研究或行业劳动力大军的毕业生数量随之增加。这些预期的项目成果支持了WSSU的愿景，即培养出将在全球经济中领导和成功竞争的杰出毕业生。通过将现代仪器集成到实验室教学和本科研究项目中，预计学生将获得实践经验和关于最先进设备的培训，从而为他们的工作做好更好的准备。项目活动和成果将在适当的期刊上发表，在地方和国家会议上传播，并通过网站提供，以促进教学、培训和学习。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. The project at Winston-Salem State University seeks to enhance the quality of the undergraduate research experience in the Chemistry undergraduate degree program by laying the foundation for effective research skills that will ultimately promote student success. This project explores foundational research skill-building as an intervention to enhance learning and professional identification, which are two important determinants for increasing student retention and success in STEM fields. The mediation also seeks to incorporate high-impact practices to increase underrepresented student achievement in the chemical sciences, and thereby to promote student diversity in STEM. Student retention and achievement will be assessed by adapting previously established evaluation tools. The project activities to support this goal are: (i) to implement two research foundation courses (Introduction to Research Methods and Computational Analysis Lab), and a capstone interdisciplinary research-oriented upper-level laboratory course; (ii) to adapt and infuse short guided research-oriented projects into laboratory courses; and (iii) to provide instrumentation to support the research-oriented laboratory experiments and research efforts toward preparing students to be more perceptive to modern instrumentation used in current scientific research and industry. Effective laboratory instruction and learning approaches will also be adapted or developed to motivate higher-level critical thinking skills and to improve student understanding of the research process.The expected outcomes of this project are: (i) increased student retention and achievement in the chemistry degree program; (ii) improved preparation of undergraduate students for graduate programs and/or chemical careers; and (iii) increased undergraduate research presentation and publication with faculty. Measurable outcomes include: (i) an increase in student retention and achievement, including underrepresented students, in the chemistry program, and ii) a resultant increase in graduates who will enter advanced degree programs or join the workforce in research or industry. These expected project outcomes support WSSU's vision to produce graduates of distinction who will lead and compete successfully in the global economy. By integrating modern instrumentation into laboratory instruction and undergraduate research projects, it is anticipated that students will have hands-on experiences and training on state-of-the-art equipment that better prepares them for the workforce. The project activities and outcomes will be published in appropriate journals, disseminated at local and national meetings, and made available via websites to promote teaching, training, and learning.