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Workshop #1

Plan for today

  • Introductions, major, (C)URE experience, current research that students might be drawn to
  • Overview of project
  • Establish teams and goals for the independent work session
  • Work independently or staying logged on for ongoing feedback (your write-up will be shared with the group mentors when you return)
  • Return to present your work succinctly (2-3 min) and receive feedback from group members

A not-so-brief presentation on the project’s trajectory (optional)

The Research in the Classroom initiative ultimately led to the development of K-CORE.

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NSF Project Overview

Authentic research activities and community colleges have long been perceived as incompatible with each other, a view that a growing body of research has strongly challenged in recent years. Unfortunately, many community college students continue to espouse this view, not having been provided with sufficient opportunities and resources to develop strong quantitative skills and scientific literacy. Research experiences of various kinds have been identified as some of the best ways to recruit students into STEM majors and support their persistence to graduate with a STEM degree. However, community colleges typically lack a culture of research. Bridging this gap requires creating opportunities for community college students to engage in a variety of research experiences that meet their needs. As the only community college in Brooklyn, a borough with a population of 2.6 million, Kingsborough Community College (KCC) is uniquely positioned for this endeavor. Our overarching goal is to establish a unifying approach to undergraduate research through a campus-wide community of research for traditional and nontraditional STEM that will create opportunities for students to engage in STEM research projects in their classes as well as outside of classes.

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This three-year project advances innovation and impact in STEM education at KCC by addressing the following objectives:

1. DevelopINTegratingREsearchProjectsIntoDisciplines(INTREPID), a project management template for integrating research projects into courses, which has been piloted by the PI in previous mentoring work

2. Create and implement a faculty development experience to conceptualize and plan the integration of data-centric course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) and undergraduate research experiences (UREs) into traditional and non-traditional STEM courses using INTREPID

3. Expand and improve current research experiences for students through CURE implementation and scaling up K-CORE, an existing, stand-alone URE at our college

Throughout the project duration, we will evaluate the impact of our approach on students and faculty and contribute research findings to the body of work on CURE and URE effectiveness, with a focus on previously understudied aspects of their development.

Intellectual Merit

Our repeated deployment and assessment of CUREs and UREs will contribute the body of knowl- edge on the effectiveness of the aforementioned as high impact practices and generate data that can support theories such as social cognitive career theory, communities of practice, social capital theory, and social network theory. Our essential deliverables comprise: (1) the INTREPID template for research project management, (2) the faculty development program assisting with the creation of CUREs, (3) a collection of resources for faculty on CURE and URE development, (4) a repository of syllabi incorporating CUREs created by our faculty and relevant assessment materials, and (5) a robust evaluation of our project’s effectiveness in our diverse student population.

Broader Impacts

Our work on CUREs and UREs work will reach approximately 1,500 students throughout the project duration. Through the development of openly available shareable resources, we will im- pact KCC as well as the community college education at large. Expected outcomes include greater interest in STEM majors leading to higher numbers of STEM graduates which will help increase the STEM workforce pool and expand its diversity.

1. Main Goals and Action Plan

3.2 Objective 1_ INTREPID_INTegrating REsearch Projects Into DisciplinesDownload
3.3 Objective 2_Faculty developmentDownload
3.4.1 Research in the classroom_datacentric CUREsDownload
3.4.2 Research outside of the classroom_the KCORE BootcampDownload

2. Selecting a CURE Project (most of today’s discussion and your independent work)

3. General Timeline of CURE

Homework for Workshop #2

  1. Further refine and share your write-up with your assigned partner and with the project team
  2. Provide feedback to your partner using this rubric
  3. (fun activity) design a storyboard for your students, including all necessary elements with funny pictures or animations and send it to our project manager or post it in your folder
  4. Find one additional helpful resource for your discipline/course, preferably an example of a CURE and send it to our project manager or post it in your folder
  5. Start thinking about your timeline and the modifications needed to lectures/assignments in order to incorporate the project (prepare a rudimentary write-up before our meeting that you will be further elaborating on during Workshop #2)