ARROWS: Achieving Recruitment, Retention & Outreach With STEP

该项目侧重于工程和计算机科学，包括大学前招聘和STEM教师发展工作，致力于使这些学科的毕业生增加15%。这是一个为期七天的大学预科课程，为11年级的学生和他们的老师提供了一个关于计算机科学家和工程师可以从事的各种职业的概述，并将高中课程与工程应用联系起来。每天的部分时间用于联合会议，使学生和教师能够探索工程和计算机科学领域，并从事探索性的实验室活动。在一天的剩余时间里，单独的课程让学生们了解构成校园生活的本科学术和社会社区，并为教师提供旨在将传统课程材料与工程和计算机科学应用联系起来的专业发展。第二个组成部分是大学STEM教师的专业发展，帮助他们学习、发展和整合有效的教学策略，为学生提供主动学习。这些努力集中在概念映射、学习周期和基于问题的学习上。研究结果将通过调查和采访参与的高中生、高中教师以及计算机科学和工程学院的成员来评估。结果将通过与合作学区和当地公司的互动以及与其他大学的直接联系来传播。

The project, which focuses on engineering and computer science and includes both a pre-college recruitment and STEM faculty development effort, is working to produce a 15 % increase in graduates in these disciplines. The pre-college effort is a seven-day program that provides 11th grade high school students and their teachers with an overview of the many varied careers computer scientists and engineers can pursue and connects the high school curriculum with engineering application. Part of each day is devoted to joint sessions enabling students and teachers to explore engineering and computer science fields and to engage in exploratory laboratory activities. During the rest of the day, separate sessions expose students to the undergraduate academic and social community making up campus life and provide teachers with professional development intended to connect traditional course material to engineering and computer science applications. The second component, professional development for the University's STEM faculty is helping them learn, develop, and incorporate effective instructional strategies that provide active learning for their students. These efforts are focusing on concept mapping, the learning cycle, and problem-based learning. The results will be evaluated using surveys and interviews with participating high school students, high school teachers, and computer science and engineering faculty members. The results will be disseminated through interactions with partnering school districts and local companies and by direct contact with other universities.