基于身份的学习社区干预增强了第一代大学生在生物科学中的生活经验和成功
Deborah J Wu1, Tracie M Gibson2, Linda M Ziegenbein2
1Department of Psychology, Stonehill College, Easton, USA.
Scientific reports
|May 3, 2024
概括
生活学习社区 (LLC) 显著提高了第一代 (FG) 学生在STEM领域的学术成功和归属性. 这些好处甚至在COVID-19大流行期间也持续存在,减少了成就差距.
科学领域:
- 在STEM教育方面.
- 教育社会学教育的社会学
- 高等教育 高等教育
背景情况:
- 第一代大学生,特别是来自工人阶级背景的大学生,在高等教育和科学,技术,工程和数学 (STEM) 领域的代表性不足.
- 这些学生在进入大学期间经常面临与归属,自信和学业表现有关的独特挑战.
- 现有的教育结构可能无意中扩大基于社会经济地位的成绩差距.
研究的目的:
- 调查生活学习社区 (LLC) 干预对生物科学第一代大学生 (FG) 学术和社会融合的影响.
- 确定LLC参与是否增强了FG学生的归属感,信心,动力,学业表现和在STEM专业中的保留.
- 评估LLC干预是否可以缓解FG学生和来自大学受过教育家庭的同龄人之间的学业成绩差距.
主要方法:
- 在三个学术队列 (2018-2021) 中采用了纵向准实验设计.
- 该研究比较了参加生物科学LLC的FG学生与没有参加LLC的FG学生的对照组.
- 收集了关于学业成绩,归属感,信心,动机,STEM焦虑和主要保留率的数据.
主要成果:
- 参与LLC显著改善了FG学生的归属感,信心,动机,成绩和对生物学社会相关性的知识.
- 这项干预措施导致STEM焦虑的减少,并在干预后的一年内增加了生物科学专业的留学率.
- 该LLC有效地缩小了FG学生之间的学业绩差距,并荣誉来自大学受过教育的家庭的学生.
- 在所有队伍中观察到LLC的积极影响,即使在COVID-19大流行期间也保持稳定.
结论:
- 基于亲密关系的学习社区,不管是共享住房,都有效地支持FG学生在大学过渡期间.
- 有限公司提高学术勃发展,坚持,并减少社会阶级驱动的成绩差距在STEM.
- 像LLC这样的干预措施对于促进高等教育中代表性不足的学生群体的公平性和成功至关重要.
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