Building and Sustaining High Student Engagement in STEM Fields: Using a Discipline-Specific Course-embedded Research Model (4YURCE) and Service Learning Internships
Session Format
Poster Session (60 minutes)
Session Format
Presentation Session (45 minutes)
Target Audience
K12 Educators
Location
Holiday Inn
Second Time and Location
Friday, March 4 from 1:10-1:40 p.m. at the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center
Abstract for the conference program
Undergraduate Research, Service Learning, and Internships are three of the ten High-Impact Educational Practices for student engagement and learning listed by the American Association of Colleges and Universities. Course-Embedded Research and Service Learning Internships are components of GGC’s STEM Initiative for enhancing student engagement and learning in STEM disciplines. GGC’s STEM Initiative includes (1) a Four-year Undergraduate Research and Creative Experience (4YrURCE) based upon a novel discipline-specific course-embedded research model which scaffolds multiple research and creative experiences for all STEM majors during all four years of matriculation, and (2) a Service Learning Internship course designed to provide opportunities for STEM undergraduate students to gain teaching experience in science at the K-5 level. We will describe components of our STEM Initiative, progress made to date, and the impact of this model at GGC. GGC’s STEM Initiative is supported by a USG-STEM initiative II grant.
Proposal Track
Non-research Project
Proposal Track
T1: Teaching and Learning in the STEM Field
Start Date
3-3-2016 7:00 PM
End Date
3-3-2016 9:00 PM
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Runck, Clay; Peiffer, Bernadette M.; D'Costa, Allison; Pursell, David; Leader, Tirza; Awong-Taylor, Judy; Mundie, Thomas; and Smallwood, Patrick, "Building and Sustaining High Student Engagement in STEM Fields: Using a Discipline-Specific Course-embedded Research Model (4YURCE) and Service Learning Internships" (2016). Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019). 37.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/stem/2016/2016/37
Building and Sustaining High Student Engagement in STEM Fields: Using a Discipline-Specific Course-embedded Research Model (4YURCE) and Service Learning Internships
Holiday Inn
Undergraduate Research, Service Learning, and Internships are three of the ten High-Impact Educational Practices for student engagement and learning listed by the American Association of Colleges and Universities. Course-Embedded Research and Service Learning Internships are components of GGC’s STEM Initiative for enhancing student engagement and learning in STEM disciplines. GGC’s STEM Initiative includes (1) a Four-year Undergraduate Research and Creative Experience (4YrURCE) based upon a novel discipline-specific course-embedded research model which scaffolds multiple research and creative experiences for all STEM majors during all four years of matriculation, and (2) a Service Learning Internship course designed to provide opportunities for STEM undergraduate students to gain teaching experience in science at the K-5 level. We will describe components of our STEM Initiative, progress made to date, and the impact of this model at GGC. GGC’s STEM Initiative is supported by a USG-STEM initiative II grant.
