CUREs对STEM保留的影响取决于人口统计学身份
Lisa Bradshaw1, Julianne Vernon2, Thomas Schmidt1,3
1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Journal of microbiology & biology education
|December 18, 2023
概括
基于课程的本科研究经验 (CUREs) 有效地提高了对科学,技术,工程和数学 (STEM) 领域的保留和兴趣,特别是对代表性不足的学生. 这些CUREs有助于缩小STEM的成就差距,促进更大的公平.
科学领域:
- 生物教育教育 生物学教育
- 本科研究研究 本科研究
- 在STEM教育方面.
背景情况:
- 本科研究经验显著影响学生在科学,技术,工程和数学 (STEM) 方面的留学.
- 为所有本科生提供个性化的研究机会,尤其是在大型机构,是具有挑战性的.
- 基于课程的本科研究经验 (CUREs) 提供了一个可扩展的解决方案,为众多学生引入研究.
研究的目的:
- 评估一学期的CURE是否取代了传统的生物学实验室,增加了STEM的保留和意图在STEM专业.
- 为了确定CURE效应是否在不同的人口群体之间有所不同.
- 确定潜在的动机因素,调解CUREs对学生成绩的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自九个学期的机构和调查数据,用于Authentic Research Connection (ARC) 计划.
- 将ARC参与者与非参与者 (未被选中或拒绝入学的人) 的结果进行比较.
- 分析了对STEM毕业率和对STEM专业的意图的影响,考虑了人口因素.
主要成果:
- ARC的参与缩小了第一代和下一代大学生在STEM毕业率上的差距.
- 与男性相比,女性在STEM专业的意图显著改善,与非PEER相比,由于种族或种族而被排斥的人 (PEERs) 显著改善.
- 这些收益与增加的学生凝聚力,对生物学的持续兴趣,以及对课程有价值的看法有关.
结论:
- 基于课程的本科研究经验 (CUREs) 有效地促进STEM参与中的公平.
- CUREs可以是一个有价值的工具,以留住学生从历史上代表性不足的群体在STEM领域.
- 建议进行进一步的研究,以探索CURE的实施和影响.
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