STEM Talent Expansion via Applied Mathematics (STEAM)

通过应用数学 (STEAM) 扩展 STEM 人才

• 批准号: 0653056
• 负责人: William Fritz
• 金额: $ 99.14万
• 依托单位: CUNY College of Staten Island
• 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: 2007-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0653056&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STEM; Talent; Expansion; via; Applied

ABSTRACT for STEP Proposal # 0653056 STEM Talent Expansion via Applied Mathematics (STEAM)CUNY College of Staten Island, PI Gail SimmonsThis project is engaged in an initiative to recruit more students as majors in all areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) offered by the college. The initiative, called the STEM Talent Expansion via Applied Mathematics (STEAM), is bringing improved pedgogy to every potential STEM major and is establishing a culture of research in the STEM disciplines. The goal is to assist these students in the successful completion of STEM degrees. The intellectual merit of STEAM lies in the recognition that interdisciplinary applied mathematics can be used as the core of an attractive professionally-oriented science curriculum. The appeal of applied mathematics lies in its universal applicability to all STEM majors and in the portability of the analytic, quantitative and computational skills inherent in applied mathematics to virtually any career. For the purpose of increasing the number of STEM graduates, emphasizing applied mathematic has the double benefit of addressing a major academic weakness of the existing STEM students and of appealing to a larger population of potential STEM students who fail to grasp the many career opportunities that grow out of a STEM degree. The goals of the STEAM project are to: a) increase the population of incoming STEM students, b) help them overcome the early hurdles to success that are presented by their introductory math and science courses, and c) nurture them in their majors toward rewarding careers that utilize the skills and abilities they have acquired through STEM study, leading to increased numbers of STEM graduates. The STEAM initiative spans the entire academic experience of a STEM student, from recruitment to pre-major course work, to declaration of a major, to possible undergraduate research and finally to graduation. Together with the Discovery Institute at the college, STEAM is developing new resources for outreach to area high schools through campus visits, summer programs, and advanced coursework. STEAM is also working with existing CSI student support programs (freshman block programming, faculty mentoring, Honors College and Teacher Academy) to engage and retain a broad spectrum of potential STEM majors. STEAM is providing scholarship support to students and providing faculty with curriculum and professional development centered on applied mathematics.The broader impact of STEAM is a result of the improved pedagogy in all of the introductory mathematics and science courses, courses taken by both STEM majors and many other majors at CSI, including business and education.

STEP 提案# 0653056 通过应用数学 (STEAM) 扩展 STEM 人才纽约市立大学史坦顿岛学院 PI 盖尔·西蒙斯 (Gail Simmons) 该项目旨在招收更多学生作为该学院提供的科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 所有领域的专业学生。该计划名为“通过应用数学扩展 STEM 人才 (STEAM)”，旨在为每个潜在的 STEM 专业提供改进的教学法，并建立 STEM 学科的研究文化。目标是帮助这些学生成功完成 STEM 学位。 STEAM 的智力价值在于认识到跨学科应用数学可以作为有吸引力的专业科学课程的核心。应用数学的吸引力在于它对所有 STEM 专业的普遍适用性，以及应用数学固有的分析、定量和计算技能几乎可以移植到任何职业。为了增加 STEM 毕业生的数量，强调应用数学具有双重好处，一是解决现有 STEM 学生的主要学术弱点，二是吸引更多未能抓住 STEM 学位带来的许多职业机会的潜在 STEM 学生。 STEAM 项目的目标是：a) 增加 STEM 新生的数量，b) 帮助他们克服数学和科学入门课程所带来的早期成功障碍，c) 培养他们在专业中利用他们通过 STEM 学习获得的技能和能力，走向有回报的职业生涯，从而增加 STEM 毕业生的数量。 STEAM 计划涵盖了 STEM 学生的整个学术经历，从招生到专业预科课程作业，到专业申报，到可能的本科研究，最后到毕业。 STEAM 与学院的 Discovery Institute 一起开发新资源，通过校园参观、暑期项目和高级课程向地区高中推广。 STEAM 还与现有的 CSI 学生支持计划（新生分组计划、教师指导、荣誉学院和教师学院）合作，以吸引和保留广泛的潜在 STEM 专业学生。 STEAM 为学生提供奖学金支持，并为教师提供以应用数学为中心的课程和专业发展。STEAM 的更广泛影响是所有数学和科学入门课程、STEM 专业和 CSI 的许多其他专业（包括商业和教育）所修课程的教学法改进的结果。