COMANCHE NATION COLLEGE OUTREACH

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 科曼奇民族学院(CnC)提供副学士学位水平的课程和教学，是俄克拉荷马州第一所由部落控制的社区学院。CNC很高兴能加入INBRE两年制学院网络，并通过外联核心活动提供机会。外联核心的总体任务是提高生物医学和相关科学研究生方案学生的数量和质量，包括代表人数不足的少数群体。科曼奇国立学院利用INBRE资金开发了科学课程，并为我们的学生聘请了一名讲师，这些学生大多是美洲原住民。 该中心利用INBRE的资金开发了普通生物学--生物学1004课程，这是一门四(4)小时的本科生学分课程，旨在向学生介绍生物学基础知识。我们的主办机构卡梅伦大学对课程进行了审查和批准，以满足NCA的认证标准。作为一名合格的讲师，科曼奇部落成员约翰·普洛先生随后受聘教授普通生物学课程。这门课程包含在2007秋季学期的课程中，是我们学院开设的第二堂理科课程。最初入学的学生总数为23人，其中6人是科曼奇部落的成员。该课程在2008年春季学期再次开课，共招收15名学生，其中 其中3人是美洲原住民后裔。 在2007年秋季学期和2008年春季学期期间，美国计算机控制与控制中心使用了几种评估工具来监控科学课程的教学质量。其中包括由卡梅伦大学科学系成员进行的学生评估和同行评估。评估的结果被用来改进普通生物学课程，并为教师提供替代的教学方法、策略和工具。 2007秋季学期的招生计划将要求提供多门普通生物学课程，并开发额外的科学课程。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Comanche Nation College, (CNC), offers curriculum and instruction at an Associates Degree level and is the first tribally controlled community college in Oklahoma. CNC is pleased to be included in the INBRE network of two-year colleges and the opportunities provided through the Outreach Core activities. The overall mission of the Outreach Core is to increase the number and quality of graduate program students in biomedical and related sciences including underrepresented minorities. Comanche Nation College has used INBRE funding to develop Science coursework and to hire an Instructor for the benefit of our students whom are mostly Native American. CNC has used INBRE funding to develop curriculum for General Biology- BIOL 1004 a four (4) hour under-graduate credit course to introduce students to the fundamentals of Biology. The curriculum was reviewed and approved by our host institution Cameron University to meet NCA accreditation standards. A qualified instructor, Mr. John Poolaw, a Comanche Tribal member, was then hired to teach the General Biology coursework. The course was included in the Fall-2007 Semester of coursework at CNC and represented the 2nd Science class ever offered at our institution. Initial enrollment totaled 23 students, 6 of whom were members of the Comanche Tribe. The coursework was offered again in the Spring-2008 Semester and enrollment totaled 15 students, of which 3 were of Native American descent. CNC has used several evaluation tools to monitor the quality of instruction in the Science coursework offered during the Fall-2007 and Spring-2008 semesters. These include student evaluations and peer evaluations conducted by members of the Science Department of Cameron University. Results of the evaluations have been used to refine the General Biology curriculum and to provide the Instructor with alternative teaching methods, strategies, and tools. Enrollment projections for the Fall-2007 semester for Science coursework at CNC will mandate multiple offerings of General Biology and the development of additional Science coursework.