RAPID: Student and Instructor Perceptions, Attitudes, and Emotions Surrounding Online Spaces and Institutional Supports during a Pandemic (COVID-19)

改善本科STEM教育：西班牙裔服务机构计划（HSI计划）在数据、设施或专用设备的可用性或获取方面存在严重紧迫性时支持RAPID项目，包括对自然或人为灾害以及类似意外事件（如COVID-19大流行）的快速响应研究。该项目旨在探讨在2019冠状病毒病期间，hsi的学生和教师在转向在线模式后面临的挑战。纵向调查和访谈旨在揭示学生和教师如何应对在线课程，以及这一举措对课程体验的影响。该研究还旨在确定对学生和教师最有帮助的资源和支持，并对仍然需要的资源进行分类。这项研究将包括检查来自代表性不足和服务不足的社区（即拉丁裔和美洲原住民）的学生和教师的调查结果有何不同。收集的数据将有助于了解危机期间的态度和应对过程。研究结果旨在为hsi在本次大流行恢复期间的最佳做法提供信息。对结果的感知控制能力低下以及对表现不如同龄人的恐惧会影响大学生的应对技能和态度。大学和少数族裔的压力，可能会因这场大流行而加剧，加剧抑郁，从而降低毅力。此外，服务不足的社区并不总是能够获得成功所需的资源（例如互联网）。一小时的在线调查和1.5小时的半结构化访谈将于2020年5月至6月、8月至9月和10月至11月在亚利桑那州的hsi进行。调查将包括评分量表（例如，归属感）。面试将从代表性不足的人群中进行抽样调查，包括“大声思考”方案，以及有关资源和课程体验的问题。这个混合方法项目将有助于了解态度和情感过程以及对机构支持的反应。确定的体制和教学做法将有助于从这次大流行病中恢复过来。初步结果将通过NSF HSI Hub、简短报告、网络研讨会和项目网站与HSI和更广泛的社区分享。HSI计划旨在加强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RAPID奖由教育和人力资源部人力资源开发司HSI项目利用《冠状病毒援助、救济和经济安全（关怀）法案》提供的资金颁发。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。

The Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program (HSI Program) supports RAPID projects when there is severe urgency with regard to availability of, or access to, data, facilities or specialized equipment, including quick-response research on natural or anthropogenic disasters and similar unanticipated events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This project aims to explore challenges faced by students and instructors at HSIs after moving to online formats during COVID-19. Longitudinal surveys and interviews seek to reveal how students and instructors cope with courses moving online, and how course experiences are impacted by this move. The study also aims to identify the resources and supports that are most helpful to students and instructors and to catalog resources that are still needed. The research will include examination of how findings differ for students and instructors from underrepresented and underserved communities (i.e., Latinx and Native American). Data collected will contribute knowledge regarding attitudes and coping processes during crises. Results seek to inform best practices for HSIs during recovery from this pandemic.Low perceived control over outcomes and fear of performing worse than peers affect coping skills and attitudes among undergraduates. College and minority stress, likely augmented by this pandemic, exacerbate depression, in turn reducing persistence. Moreover, resources necessary for success (e.g., internet) are not always accessible to underserved communities. One-hour online surveys and 1.5-hour semi-structured interviews will be conducted across Arizona HSIs in May-June, August-September, and October-November 2020. Surveys will include rating scales (e.g., sense of belonging). Interviews, oversampling from underrepresented populations, will include think aloud protocols and questions about resources and course experiences. This mixed methods project will contribute knowledge of attitudinal and emotional processes and reactions to institutional supports. Identified institutional and instructional practices will inform recovery from this pandemic. Preliminary results will be shared with HSIs and the broader community via the NSF HSI Hub, brief reports, webinars, and a project website. The 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 RAPID award is made by the HSI Program in the Division of Human Resource Development, Directorate of Education and Human Resources, using funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.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.