REU Site: Undergraduate Biology Education Research Version 3 (UBERV3)

乔治亚大学的本科生研究体验(REU)网站将提供为期九周的生物教育研究的暑期本科生研究体验。生物学科教育研究是一个年轻的领域，已经扩展为本科生物学教学积极变革的主要驱动力。许多生物教育研究人员已经完成了由越来越多的生物教育博士项目提供的正规科学教育研究培训。这个REU网站旨在通过集中招收第一代大学生、来自代表性不足的群体和研究机会有限的学校的学生，来扩大对生物教育研究的参与。这一重点将有助于增加有兴趣进入正规生物教育研究型研究生课程的学生的数量和多样性。因此，它将有助于生物教育研究领域的增长和多样化，同时增加对生物教与学的了解。所有参与REU的本科生都将从事高质量的、最先进的、由教师指导的本科生研究。学生将从一系列提出重要问题的研究项目中进行选择，这些问题将加深他们对生物教育研究的理解，并增加有关生物教学的理论和知识。学生将参与围绕三个领域组织的程序性活动：研究链、专业链和股权链。学生学习的具体目标包括发展和/或提高他们的能力：使用适当的方法收集、分析和批评与生物教育研究有关的数据；以科学形式交流他们的研究成果；调查获得科学职业的机会和公平的问题；勾勒出生物教育研究和其他科学教育研究领域或与之相关的潜在职业道路；以及参与生物教育研究人员社区。这个项目的主要学术价值在于它对生物教育研究做出贡献的潜力。该项目的更广泛影响包括对生物教育研究人员人才库的贡献，这可能导致本科STEM教育的改善。REU计划支持本科生积极参与由NSF资助的研究领域的研究。该REU项目由美国国家科学基金会教育与人力资源委员会改善本科生STEM教育项目支持。这一奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Georgia will provide a nine-week summer undergraduate research experience in biology education research. Discipline-based education research in biology is a young field that has expanded to become a major driver of positive change in undergraduate biology teaching. Many biology education researchers have completed formal science education research training provided by a growing number of doctoral programs in biology education. This REU Site aims to broaden participation in biology education research by focusing on recruiting students who are first generation college students, from underrepresented groups, and from schools with limited research opportunities. This focus will contribute to both the number and diversity of students interested in entering formal biology education research graduate programs. As a result, it will contribute to growing and diversifying the field of biology education research, while increasing knowledge about biology teaching and learning. All undergraduate students who participate in this REU will engage in high-quality, state-of-the-art, faculty-mentored undergraduate research. Students will select from a range of research projects that pose important questions that will develop their understanding of biology education research, as well as add theory and knowledge about biology teaching and learning. Students will engage in programmatic activities organized around three areas: a research strand, a professionalism strand, and an equity strand. Specific aims for student learning include developing and/or improving their ability to: use appropriate methods to collect, analyze, and critique data associated with biology education research; communicate their research findings in scientific formats; investigate issues of access and equity to scientific careers; outline a potential career pathway in or related to biology education research and other areas of science education research; and participate in a community of biology education researchers. The major intellectual merit of this project is based in its potential to contribute to biology education research. The broader impacts of this project include contributions to the talent pool of biology education researchers, which can lead to improvements in undergraduate STEM education. The REU program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in areas of research funded by NSF. This REU project is supported by NSF's Education & Human Resources Directorate Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Program.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.