Merit-Based Immersion for Students and Teachers: The MIST Model for Increasing STEM Involvement and Graduation

学生和教师基于成绩的沉浸式学习：提高 STEM 参与度和毕业率的 MIST 模型

• 批准号: 0622573
• 负责人: Steven Zimmerman
• 金额: $ 200万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0622573&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Merit; Based; Immersion; Students; Teachers

This project is focusing on recruiting and retaining students in biology, chemistry, and mathematics, and is broadening the STEM student base to include the large proportion of students who have not declared their major. The target population consists of students who have high potential, but are at risk, and who are from among traditionally under-represented students as well as rural students. This Merit-Based Immersion for Students and Teachers (MIST) project is building on and expanding the Merit-style program of facilitated group learning. Merit-style teaching consists of using a highly trained facilitator-instructor to stimulate student-student interactions by providing challenging problem sets or other activities for the students. The facilitator provides feedback as the students work together in small groups, and also encourages everyone in the group to interact and discuss each student's strategies. Intellectual Merit: The project team is developing carefully structured suites of concept-based activities for students and teachers to help a wide variety of students succeed in college-level mathematics and science courses. In addition the overall project effort is contributing to advancing the knowledge base related to (1) understanding the role of higher education in improving learning and (2) recruiting and retaining students from diverse target populations. Success of the MIST program is externally evaluated by monitoring and assessing (a) the increase in the number and rate of graduation of students in the target population in the various STEM fields, (b) the competence of the graduate students who are trained via the MIST model, and (c) the extent to which the MIST program is implemented in the schools and colleges in which professional workshop participants teach.Broader Impacts: An important component of the project is to expand the MIST model to a broader audience - including high schools, community colleges, four-year colleges, and universities - via a series of intensive workshops, graduate student training, a companion Website, presentations at conferences, and peer-reviewed publications. A summer workshop program is being provided to train facilitators from other institutions across the country to implement the program at their home institutions to help improve the success rate of a diverse student population in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and other STEM disciplines. The most current MIST program materials and evaluation reports are available on the project Website, and are being disseminated in print and at conferences for the benefit of other organizations. The Website resource also includes information for prospective students and their parents.

该项目的重点是招收和留住生物、化学和数学专业的学生，并正在扩大STEM的学生基础，将大部分未申报专业的学生包括在内。目标人群包括有很高潜力但有风险的学生，以及来自传统上代表不足的学生以及农村学生。这个基于优点的学生和教师沉浸式(MIST)项目是在促进小组学习的优点式计划的基础上建立和扩展的。优秀式教学包括使用训练有素的辅导员-指导员，通过为学生提供具有挑战性的问题集或其他活动来刺激学生与学生的互动。辅导员在学生以小组形式一起工作时提供反馈，并鼓励小组中的每个人互动并讨论每个学生的策略。智力优势：该项目团队正在为学生和教师开发一套精心构建的基于概念的活动套件，以帮助各种各样的学生在大学水平的数学和科学课程中取得成功。此外，总体项目努力有助于推进与以下方面有关的知识库：(1)了解高等教育在改善学习方面的作用；(2)从不同的目标人群中招收和留住学生。通过监测和评估(A)STEM各领域目标人群中学生人数和毕业率的增加，(B)通过MIST模式接受培训的研究生的能力，以及(C)在专业讲习班参与者任教的学校和大学实施MIST计划的程度，对MIST计划的成功进行外部评估。广泛影响：该项目的一个重要组成部分是通过一系列强化讲习班、研究生培训、伙伴网站，将MIST模式扩大到更广泛的受众，包括高中、社区学院、四年制学院和大学，在会议和同行评议出版物上发表演讲。正在提供暑期研讨会计划，以培训来自全国其他机构的辅导员，以便在其所在机构实施该计划，以帮助提高生物、化学、数学和其他STEM学科的不同学生群体的成功率。项目网站上提供了最新的MIST方案材料和评价报告，并正在以印刷形式和其他组织的会议散发这些材料。该网站资源还包括为潜在学生及其家长提供的信息。