Initiative for Maximizing Student Development Program at Wayne State University

描述(由申请人提供)：韦恩州立大学(WSU)IMSD项目正在请求支持，以维持其成功的研究生培训计划。该计划将继续每年培养10名研究生，这些学生将在研究生学习的第一年和第二年被选中。毕业生部分将继续把重点放在提高毕业率和毕业时间上。我们将继续有一个职业发展部分和一个新的部分，以提高教学技能。教师和以前支持的IMSD研究生将组成一个团队来开发内容，并将内容提交给与第一年的科学课程和为本科部分开发的实验室相关的学习社区。参与其中的研究生不仅可以学习有效的课程开发，还可以学习教学技能。此外，我们正在请求支持建立一个本科生科学研究计划，其前提是，在本科生水平上有效的科学需要一种个性化的方法。对于来自不同背景的学生，尤其是少数民族学生，这种个性化的方法尤其重要。在社会支持的环境中进行有组织的动手互动学习，是将少数民族学生的文化轨迹转向科学研究学术生涯的关键。我们已经建立了一个项目，允许我们对研究生和本科生的学术和研究经验进行“个性化”，以实现我们项目的目标。国际管理发展学院的本科课程将包括三个基本组成部分：(1)学术提升；(2)本科生研究；(3)职业发展。学术提升部分旨在通过注重数学能力和利用专业学习社区使核心科学讲座和实验室个性化，使一年级理科学生能够有一个良好的学术开端。通过同伴辅导，大学体验将进一步增强。本科生指导性研究项目将融入整个本科生体验。我们设计了一种分阶段的方法，在第一学年给学生介绍研究以及学习基本的实验室技能。从第一年的第二学期开始，他们将进入一个研究实验室，参加一项在整个大学生涯中一直在指导下的研究经历。教师研究导师是从拥有积极研究计划的广泛教师中挑选出来的。这些学术和研究经验以及专业发展应该会导致在学术和科学研究方面的职业生涯。预计每年将有8000名本科生参加该项目，并一直持续到毕业。更多的学生将受到“光环”效应的影响。该计划将由计划主任在一名计划管理员和一个咨询委员会的协助下管理。一个广泛的评估计划和跟踪部分被纳入该方案。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Wayne State University (WSU) IMSD program is requesting support to maintain its successful graduate training program. The program will continue to train 10 graduate students per year and these students will be selected in their first and second year of graduate study. The graduate component will continue to focus on increasing graduation rates and time to graduation. We will continue to have a career development component and a new component to augment teaching skills. Faculty along with previously supported IMSD graduate students will work as a team to develop the content, and present the content to the learning communities that are associated with the first year science courses and laboratories developed for the undergraduate component. The engaged graduate students can learn effective curriculum development as well as teaching skills. Also we are requesting support to establish an undergraduate science research program based on the premise that effective science at the undergraduate level requires an individualized approach. This personalized approach is especially important for students from a diverse background, especially minority students. A structured hands-on interactive learning in a socially supportive environment is key to bending the cultural trajectory of minority students toward an academic career in scientific research. We have structured a program that will allow us to "personalize" both the academic and research experience of both our graduate and undergraduate students to achieve the goals of our program. The IMSD undergraduate program will have three basic integrated components: (1) academic enhancement; (2) undergraduate student research; and (3) career development. The academic enhancement component is designed to enable freshman science students to have an excellent academic beginning by focusing on mathematics competency and by personalizing the core science lectures and laboratories using specialized learning communities. The college experience will be further enhanced by peer mentoring. The undergraduate mentored research program will be integrated into the entire undergraduate experience. We have designed a phased approach where the first academic year gives students an introduction to research as well as learning basic laboratory skills. Starting the second semester of the first year they will enter a research laboratory and participate in a mentored research experience continuing throughout their college career. The faculty research mentors are selected from a wide array of faculty that have active research programs. These academic and research experiences along with professional development should lead to careers in academic and scientific research. It is anticipated that 8 new undergraduate students will participate in the program each year and continue until graduation. A larger number of students will be impacted by the "halo" effect. The program will be administered by the program director with the assistance of a program administrator and an Advisory Committee. An extensive evaluation plan and tracking component is integrated into the program.