Math and Science Curriculum for the Digital Bridge Academy

该项目正在扩展成功的数字桥学院（DBA）课程，以包括强化数学和科学内容。新课程增加了(1)一门计算课程和(2)一门两个学期的“科学密集”课程，其中包括额外的数学和加速版的高中生物、化学和物理课程。目标是让学生在标准的大学水平数学和科学课程中取得成功，他们需要这些课程，以便有资格获得由ATE计划支持的技术人员职业。DBA项目在拉美裔、城市非裔美国人和东南亚学生中取得了巨大成功，目前正在扩大课程范围，目标是成为招募、加速准备和留住准备不足、少数族裔和其他风险学生的全国模式，让他们成为高科技行业的技术人员。该项目在智力上的价值在于让人们了解如何最好地教育日益增多的准备不足和代表性不足的学生。其更广泛的影响在于有可能接触和教育越来越多的准备不足的学生，从而增加他们在科学、技术和工程领域的参与。

This project is expanding the successful Digital Bridge Academy (DBA) curriculum to include intensive math and science content. The new curriculum is adding (1) a numeracy course and (2) a two-semester "science-intensive" course that includes additional mathematics and accelerated versions of high school biology, chemistry and physics courses. The goal is to prepare students to be successful in the standard college level math and science courses they need in order to qualify for technician careers supported by the ATE program. The DBA program, which has shown great success with high at-risk Latino, urban African American, and Southeast Asian Students, is expanding its curricular offerings with the goal of becoming a national model for the recruitment, accelerated preparation, and retention of under-prepared, minority, and other at-risk students into careers as technicians for the high tech industries. The project's intellectual merit lies in developing an understanding of how to best educate a growing population of under-prepared and under-represented students. Its broader impact lies in the potential to reach and educate a growing population of under-prepared students and thereby increase their participation in science, technology, and engineering fields.