HSI-DCL STEM Experiences in Research for Early Science Success

该项目是为了回应西班牙裔服务机构的亲爱的同事信“在两年西班牙裔服务机构本科STEM教育有效策略的刺激研究”，NSF 15 -078。 它正在与费尔柴尔德热带植物园合作，为迈阿密戴德学院美洲校区的新兴STEM专业实施一套教育方法。这些经验是建立在两个循证教学模式应用于入门STEM课程和真实的8周生物学研究经验。 这种方法的组合对提高西班牙裔学生在STEM领域的保留的影响在很大程度上是未经测试的西班牙裔服务社区学院的环境。这些学院对西班牙裔学生的高等教育尤为重要。教学模式是同伴主导的团队学习（PLTL）和过程导向的指导探究学习（POGIL）。该项目将提供植物生物学/环境科学的早期研究沉浸以及支持服务，如同行辅导，教师指导，科学讲座，研究演示和其他活动。该项目将确定这些高影响力的教育方法和重新设计的科学课程的影响，以吸引和激励学生坚持并在STEM领域取得成就。

This project was submitted in response to the Dear Colleague Letter for Hispanic Serving Institutions "Stimulating Research on Effective Strategies in Undergraduate STEM Education at Two-Year Hispanic Serving Institutions," NSF15-078. It is implementing a suite of educational approaches for rising STEM majors at Miami-Dade College InterAmerican Campus in partnership with Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. These experiences are built around two evidence-based teaching modalities applied to introductory STEM courses and authentic 8-week research experiences in biology. The impact of this combination of approaches on improving the retention of Hispanic students in STEM fields is largely untested in a Hispanic Serving community college environment. Such colleges are particularly important to the high education of Hispanic students. The teaching modalities are Peer Led Team Learning (PLTL) and Process-oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL). The project will provide early research immersion in plant biology/environmental science alongside supportive services such as peer tutoring, faculty mentoring, science lectures, research presentations, and other activities. The project will determine the impact of these high-impact educational approaches and redesigned science curricula to engage and motivate students to persist and achieve in STEM fields.