Fostering Student Success in STEM Disciplines through Engaged Learning Opportunities and Comprehensive Program Development

通过参与式学习机会和综合项目开发，促进学生在 STEM 学科领域取得成功

• 批准号: 0323208
• 负责人: Mary Taylor
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Aaniiih Nakoda College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-01 至 2009-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0323208&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Fostering; Student; Success; STEM; Disciplines

AbstractThis proposal is submitted by Fort Belknap College (FBC), a tribally-controlled community college locatedon the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in northcentral Montana. The overall goal of the project is to increasestudent participation and success in FBC.s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) degreeprograms. To accomplish this goal the project will provide STEM students with an integrated continuum of learning opportunities in mathematics, science and technology, while, at the same time, strengthening the institution.s STEM programs through curriculum reform, faculty development, and infrastructure enhancement. Student-centered activities include an active outreach and recruiting program, pre-college summer sessions, expanded tutoring and in-class assistance in STEM course offerings, research and internship opportunities, and a bridge program with Montana State University-Northern. At the same time, STEM faculty and staff will participate in a series of activities designed to improve the quality of STEM instruction, increase faculty knowledge in both teaching methods and course content, and enhance institutional resources needed to effectively deliver STEM classroom, laboratoryand field-based instruction. Through the implementation of this comprehensive strategy, the project will achieve five student-centered performance objectives and build the college.s capacity to offer high quality STEM courses and degree programs. Evaluation activities will provide project personnel with the information needed to effectively monitor the project.s progress, improve its ongoing effectiveness, assess its success in achieving project goals and objectives, and communicate its outcomes to a variety of stakeholders. Ms. Mary John Taylor, dean of academic affairs at FBC, will serve as principal investigator for the project. INTELLECTUAL MERITThe project addresses NSF's review criteria of intellectual merit in several ways. Students at FBC willadvance their knowledge and understanding in STEM disciplines through participation in pre-college summerenrichment sessions, reformed STEM course offerings, research and/or internship opportunities, and bridge program activities. Faculty will increase their understanding of effective pedagogy and content knowledge through professional development opportunities and faculty-student research projects. Data gathered through evaluation activities will expand the body of knowledge concerning the effectiveness of project strategies among American Indian students.While the effectiveness of many of the learning/teaching strategies and activities employed in this projecthave been documented in the research-based literature, their modification for use in the unique context of Fort Belknap College is both creative and original. Recruitment and outreach efforts targeting non-traditional students, innovative pre-college STEM enrichment programs, alternative approaches to .remediation,. and integration of GrosVentre and Assiniboine cultures within STEM program offerings represent highly original and creative components of this project.Other factors contributing to the intellectual merit of the project include the qualifications and experience ofproject leadership and the project.s unrestricted access to the institution.s full range of STEM resources. The project was conceived during a two-year planning process, and its multiple components are clearly organized to achieve specific and measurable student-centered goals and objectives.BROADER IMPACTSProject activities will achieve many of the broader impacts described in NSF.s Grant Proposal Guide. Pre-college enrichment sessions and reformed STEM course offerings will employ inquiry-based instruction to energize students with a spirit of discovery that will be reinforced through research and/or internship experiences addressing locally relevant, .real world. issues. The project also will increase the participation of underrepresented minorities, specifically American Indians, in STEM academic programs and professions. To encourage the success of American Indian students (who represent 85% of FBC.s student body), the project will employ instructional methods and learning activities that have proven effective among minority students, especially American Indians. The broader impacts of the project will be felt far beyond Fort Belknap College through the project.s dissemination activities and through the societal impacts of faculty-student research projects and the project.s anticipated impact on the localwork force.

AbstractThis proposal is submitted by Fort Belknap College（FBC），a tribally-controlled community college locatedon Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in north central Montana. 该项目的总体目标是增加学生参与和成功的FBC的STEM（科学，技术，工程和数学）学位课程。 为了实现这一目标，该项目将为STEM学生提供数学，科学和技术方面的综合连续学习机会，同时通过课程改革，教师发展和基础设施建设加强该机构的STEM课程。 以学生为中心的活动包括积极的推广和招聘计划，大学预科暑期课程，扩大辅导和STEM课程的课堂援助，研究和实习机会，以及与蒙大拿州立大学北方分校的桥梁计划。 与此同时，STEM教职员工将参加一系列旨在提高STEM教学质量的活动，增加教师在教学方法和课程内容方面的知识，并增强有效提供STEM课堂，实验室和实地教学所需的机构资源。 通过实施这一综合战略，该项目将实现五个以学生为中心的绩效目标，并建立学院提供高质量STEM课程和学位课程的能力。 评价活动将为项目人员提供有效监测项目进展所需的信息，提高其持续有效性，评估其在实现项目目标和目的方面的成功，并将其成果传达给各种利益攸关方。 FBC学术事务主任玛丽·约翰·泰勒女士将担任该项目的首席研究员。智力价值该项目以几种方式解决了NSF的智力价值审查标准。 FBC的学生将通过参加大学预科课程，改革STEM课程，研究和/或实习机会以及桥梁计划活动来提高他们对STEM学科的知识和理解。 教师将通过专业发展机会和师生研究项目增加他们对有效教学法和内容知识的理解。 通过评估活动收集的数据将扩大知识体系的有效性的项目策略among American Indian students.While的有效性的许多学习/教学策略和活动在这个projecthave已被记录在研究为基础的文献，他们的修改使用在独特的背景下，堡Belknap学院是既有创意和原创。 针对非传统学生的招聘和外展工作，创新的大学前STEM富集计划，替代方法。在STEM项目中，Groscere和Assiniboine文化的融合代表了该项目的高度原创性和创造性的组成部分。其他因素有助于该项目的智力价值，包括项目领导的资格和经验以及该项目不受限制地获得该机构的全方位STEM资源。 该项目是在一个为期两年的规划过程中构思的，其多个组成部分被明确地组织起来，以实现以学生为中心的具体和可衡量的目标和目的。更广泛的影响项目活动将实现NSF的资助建议指南中描述的许多更广泛的影响。 大学预科课程和改革后的STEM课程将采用基于探究的教学方式，以激发学生的发现精神，并通过研究和/或实习经验来加强对当地相关的真实的世界的研究和/或实习。问题. 该项目还将增加代表性不足的少数民族，特别是美洲印第安人，在STEM学术课程和专业的参与。 为了鼓励美国印第安学生（占FBC学生总数的85%）取得成功，该项目将采用在少数民族学生，特别是美国印第安人中证明有效的教学方法和学习活动。 该项目的更广泛的影响将远远超出贝尔纳普堡学院通过该项目的传播活动，并通过师生研究项目的社会影响和该项目对当地劳动力的预期影响。