Testing the Impact of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Streamline Transfer Support on STEM Success for Underrepresented Students

在改善本科STEM教育：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI计划）的支持下，这个第二轨道项目将研究文化响应教学法（CRP）在STEM中的综合影响，再加上转移的结构性障碍的消除，是否会导致修复STEM管道，为代表性不足的人才提供帮助。我们的国家必须找到创新的解决方案，以应对食品、水、能源和健康等诸多福祉危机。这些解决方案需要着眼于未来的创造性思维，只有通过培养多样化的STEM劳动力才能实现。计划在两年制机构中主修STEM专业的高中毕业生比例正在上升，这表明高中到社区大学的管道正在增长。然而，尽管社区大学的STEM入学人数在增加，但对于代表性不足的学生来说，学位完成率仍然很低。该项目假设CRP与战略转移支持是答案。该项目将以新兴文献为基础，这些文献认为，在K-12阶段，CRP对于吸引服务不足的学生参与STEM学术经历至关重要。该项目还将以最近的研究为基础，这些研究表明，如果不修复两年制和四年制大学之间的“漏洞”，STEM管道的多样性就无法实现。该项目将共同利用这些基于证据的见解来探索CRP的优势是否可以在K-12的基础上修复STEM管道最关键的过渡，从2年制到4年制学校。该项目的研究干预将通过测试CRP和精简转学支持结构对服务不足的学生的综合影响，填补我们国家对社区大学到学士学位的STEM持久性的理解的关键空白。这项研究将为大幅改善代表性不足学生的STEM教育策略提供新的证据基础。此外，该项目将测试和实施一个包容性的、公平驱动的社区大学STEM成功模式，作为高等教育的典范。课程将通过会议演讲和在同行评议期刊上发表的方式在全国范围内传播，并承诺提供有效的策略和实践，使代表性不足的学生获得更大的成功，同时应对STEM劳动力包容性这一紧迫的国家挑战。认识到代表性不足、低收入和第一代大学生将成为下一代STEM劳动力的领导者和创新者，该项目旨在产生突破性的知识，使他们的未来和国家的长期繁荣。该HSI项目旨在加强HSI的本科STEM教育和能力建设。HSI计划支持的项目也将产生关于如何实现这些目标的新知识。该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知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

TITLE: Testing the Impact of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Streamline Transfer Support on STEM Success for Underrepresented StudentsWith the support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this Track 2 project will examine whether the combined impact of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (CRP) in STEM, coupled with the removal of structural barriers for transfer, will result in the repair of the STEM pipeline for underrepresented talent. Our nation must discover innovative answers for numerous crises of well-being: food, water, energy, and health, to name a few. These solutions will require future-focused, creative thinking, achievable only if we are educating a diverse STEM workforce. The percentage of high school graduates who plan to major in STEM at a 2-year institution is rising, demonstrating growth for the high school-to-community college pipeline. Yet, even as community college STEM enrollment is increasing, degree completion remains persistently low for underrepresented students. This project posits that CRP, alongside strategic transfer supports, is the answer. The project will build on emerging literature, which argues that CRP is critical at the K-12 level to engage underserved students in STEM academic experiences. The project will also build upon recent studies which indicate that diversity in the STEM pipeline cannot be achieved without repairing the “leak” between 2-year and 4-year colleges. This project will jointly leverage these evidence-based insights to explore whether CRP’s advantages can be scaffolded across from K-12 to repair the STEM pipeline’s most critical transition, from 2- to 4-year schools. The research intervention for this project will fill a critical gap in our national understanding of community college-to-baccalaureate STEM persistence by testing the combined impact of CRP and streamlined transfer support structures for underserved students. This research will generate a new evidence basis for strategies to drastically improve STEM education for underrepresented students. Furthermore, the project will test and implement an inclusive, equity-driven model of community college STEM success to serve as an exemplar in higher education. Lessons will be disseminated nationwide through conference presentations and publication in peer-reviewed journals, with a promise to inform effective tactics and practices that will lead to increased success for underrepresented students while meeting the urgent national challenge of STEM workforce inclusivity. Recognizing that underrepresented, low-income, and first-generation college students will be the leaders and innovators of the next-generation STEM workforce, this project is designed to generate the groundbreaking knowledge that enables both their future and the nation’s long-term prosperity. This HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at HSIs. Projects supported by the HSI Program will also generate new knowledge on how to achieve these aims.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.