Inclusive Research-based Interdisciplinary Science Education

该奖项的全部或部分资金来自《2021年美国救援计划法案》(公法117-2)。该项目旨在通过显著提高攻读科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学位和职业的不同学生的招生、留住和成功程度，为国家利益服务。包容性基于研究的跨学科科学教育(IRISE)项目旨在减少在追求STEM教育和职业的学生中存在的种族和性别平等差距。该项目旨在满足这一需求，确保在社区大学校园开始他们的旅程的学生受益于经过验证的有效教学方法，使社区大学学生在他们的第一个STEM课程中参与研究经验。此外，这些社区大学生将受益于参与战略，使他们能够认同为科学家，并在他们的STEM教育和影响他们社区的现实世界问题之间建立联系。IRISE项目将通过在学生STEM教育旅程的最早点利用基于课程的本科生研究经验(CURE)模式来满足这些需求。这些入门课程是许多学生--特别是代表不足的少数族裔学生和第一代学生--开始和结束STEM学习的起点和结束点。基于包容性研究的跨学科科学教育(IRISE)项目将创建和研究被称为治愈前启动板(PCL)的修改后的基于迷你课程的研究体验对社区大学生的影响。这些研究模块将使1200多名学生在他们的高等教育之旅中尽可能早地参与，重点是六门大学预科和大学水平的数学、生物、化学、计算机科学和工程课程。PCL将吸引学生对他们的STEM教育如何影响他们的社区的兴趣，特别关注空气质量、社会正义和公共卫生的主题。为了研究空气质量，学生将利用便携式仪器参与真实的本科生研究体验，这将帮助他们在STEM教育和解决现实世界问题之间建立直接联系。一个适应文化的教学框架将指导课程设计，重点是使学生能够认同为科学家，并使学生参与基于社区的项目。IRISE项目由一位经验丰富的教育研究人员提供支持，他将设计和部署一项研究研究，以调查社区大学学生在他们的第一个STEM课程中的STEM身份发展。该项目在教职员工之间采用同行指导模式，在其他社区学院内部和之间传播课程。课程表和研究成果还将通过在会议和科学出版物上的传统介绍以及通过Canvas Commons和CUREnet的虚拟形式广泛分享。通过这种方式，IRISE项目将增进对如何改善STEM教育的了解，并建设在社区大学开展教育研究的能力。NSF关于在两年制高等教育机构推进本科STEM教育的创新和影响的项目描述支持在两年制大学推进STEM教育倡议的项目。该项目描述促进了两年制大学本科STEM教育的创新和循证实践。该奖项反映了NSF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 award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). This project aims to serve the national interest by significantly improving the recruitment, retention, and success of diverse students pursuing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) degrees and careers. The Inclusive Research-based Interdisciplinary Science Education (iRISE) project aims to decrease the racial and gender equity gap in students pursuing STEM education and careers. The project intends to address this need by ensuring that students who start their journeys on community college campuses benefit from proven effective pedagogy that engages community college students in research experiences in their first STEM courses. Additionally, these community college students will benefit from engagement strategies that enable them to identify as scientists and make connections between their STEM education and real-world problems impacting their communities. The iRISE project will meet these needs by utilizing the Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) model at the earliest point in students’ STEM educational journeys. These initial points of entry—or “gateway” courses—are where many students—especially underrepresented minority and first-generation students—both start and end their STEM studies.The Inclusive Research-based Interdisciplinary Science Education (iRISE) project will create and study the impact of modified mini course-based research experiences called Pre-CURE Launchpads (PCLs) on community college students. These research modules will engage over 1,200 students at the earliest point possible within their post-secondary journeys, with a focus on six gateway courses in pre-college and college level mathematics, biology, chemistry, computer science, and engineering. The PCLs will draw on students’ interests in how their STEM education impacts their communities, with the particular focus on the theme of air quality, social justice, and public health. To study air quality, students will utilize portable instrumentation to engage in authentic undergraduate research experiences that will help them make direct connections between their STEM education and tackling real-world problems. A culturally responsive teaching framework will guide curriculum design with an emphasis on enabling students to identify as scientists and to engage students in community-based projects. The iRISE project is supported by an experienced educational researcher who will design and deploy a research study to investigate the development of STEM identity in community college students in their first post-secondary STEM course. The project uses a peer mentoring model among faculty to disseminate the curriculum both within and across other community colleges. The curriculum and the results of the research will also be shared broadly through both conventional presentations at meetings and in scientific publications as well as virtually through the Canvas Commons and CUREnet. In this way, the iRISE project will advance knowledge about how to improve STEM education and build capacity to carry out educational research at community colleges. The NSF program description on Advancing Innovation and Impact in Undergraduate STEM Education at Two-year Institutions of Higher Education supports projects that advance STEM education initiatives at two-year colleges. The program description promotes innovative and evidence-based practices in undergraduate STEM education at two-year colleges.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.