EEES: Engaging Early Engineering Students to Expand Numbers of Degree Recipients

该项目是密歇根州立大学和兰辛社区学院的合作项目，正在开发项目，以缓解高中学生向工程本科课程的过渡，以提高这些学生的留存率。 对机构统计数据的仔细分析表明，关键课程（早期数学课程，第一学期物理和解决问题的计算工具课程）是促进保留的关键。该项目包括（a）一个计划，以提供形成性评估的关键课程与后续的“自举”辅导，（B）补充教学计划的关键课程，已被证明是有效的兰辛社区学院，（c）一个计划，直接从事工程教师与早期工程学生，以及（d）一个计划，开发和利用课程材料从一个关键课程在另一个。 该项目的目标是将新生毕业成功率从目前的65%提高到至少75%。在大学公共政策和社会研究所专家的领导下，正式评价正在利用机构数据、对学生和教职员工的调查、重点小组和利益攸关方访谈、对项目活动的观察以及对项目材料和产品的审查。 教学材料和方法以及评价结果正在通过网站张贴、会议介绍和期刊出版物传播。 更广泛的影响包括传播他们的材料和方法，以及协助该区域的经济发展。

The project, a collaboration between Michigan State University and Lansing Community College, is developing programs to ease the transition of high school students into engineering undergraduate programs in order to increase the retention rate of these students. Close analysis of institutional statistics has revealed that key courses (early mathematics courses, first term physics, and a computational tools-for-problem-solving course) are pivotal in promoting retention. The project includes (a) a program to provide formative assessments in the key courses with follow-on "bootstrapping" tutorials, (b) a supplemental instruction program for the key courses that has proved to be effective at Lansing Community College, (c) a program to directly engage engineering faculty with early engineering students, and (d) a program to develop and exploit course material from one key course in another. The project goal is to increase the freshman-to-graduation success rate from its current value of 65% to at least 75%. Formal evaluation, with leadership from experts in the University's Institute of Public Policy and Social Research, is using institutional data, surveys of students and faculty members, focus groups and interviews of stakeholders, observations of project activities, and reviews of project materials and products. Instructional materials and approaches and evaluation results are being disseminated through website postings, conference presentations, and journal publications. Broader impacts include the dissemination of their materials and methods and assistance in the economic development of this region.