Retention through Remediation : Enhancing Calculus I Success

“通过补救保留：提高微积分I的成功”是1-B STEP项目。 在先前STEP 1-A奖项的成功基础上，该项目正在努力提高学生的数学背景作为保留STEM专业的一种手段。 这个桥梁型项目使用一系列基于技术的策略来识别微积分/代数前技能较弱的STEM新生，并为他们提供个性化学习计划，以加强他们的微积分前技能，并帮助他们在大学数学中取得成功。 该方法首先使用微积分准备评估工具的结果，该工具是在他们的STEP 1-A项目中开发的，以确定哪些即将入学的学生在数学上有风险。 然后，他们通过各种技术中介方法与这些学生进行跟进，包括通过会议软件与经验丰富的教师直接同步联系;重要的微积分前主题的视频;小程序，以增加交互性，理解的深度，并提高概念的可视化;以及通过在线课程管理系统提供的在线文本，评估和家庭作业。 这个项目是在他们大学第一学期之前的夏天进行的。 在接下来的秋季学期，这些学生参加了“及时”计划，该计划加强了代数概念，因为它们在微积分I课程中是需要的。 该项目的更广泛的影响包括他们在微积分预科中开发一个有效的，具有成本效益的补救计划，供大量需要它的学生使用，然后再参加微积分I，这是一门STEM网关课程。 他们的评估设计提供了新的知识，在进入大学之前的那个夏天，并再次在第一个秋季的经验，基于技术的补救代数薄弱的学生。 该项目团队正在传播他们的战略和一套软件工具，以成功解决由于第一年微积分失败而导致的减员问题，这是一个影响全国各机构STEM毕业率的普遍问题。该项目在夏季和秋季干预中影响了3，100名STEM学生中的至少600名。 他们每年增加至少100名STEM毕业生的STEM毕业率。 该项目的外部咨询委员会正在提供关于项目材料如何在其他校区使用的专门知识，这有助于传播项目学习资源。 目前正在编写介绍和出版物，以分享该项目的成功经验。

"Retention through Remediation: Enhancing Calculus I Success" is a Type 1-B STEP project. Building on the success of a previous STEP 1-A award, this project is working in the new direction of improving students' mathematical background as a means of retaining STEM majors. This bridge-type program is using a series of technology-based strategies for identifying new STEM students with weak pre-calculus/algebraic skills and providing them with a Personalized Study Program to strengthen their pre-calculus skills and position them for success in college mathematics. The approach begins with using the results from a Calculus Readiness Assessment tool, which was developed during their STEP 1-A project, to determine which incoming students are mathematically at risk. Then they follow-up with these students by a variety of technology-mediation methods including direct synchronous contact with an experienced instructor via conferencing software; videos of important pre-calculus topics; Applets to add interactivity, depth of understanding, and improve visualization of the concepts; and an online text, assessment, and homework delivered through an online course management system. This program is taken during the summer prior to their first semester of college. In the following fall semester, these students participate in the "Just-in-Time" program, which reinforces algebraic concepts, as they are needed in the Calculus I course. The broader impact of this project includes their development of an effective, cost-efficient remediation program in pre-calculus available to large numbers of students who need it, prior to taking Calculus I, which is a STEM-gateway course. Their evaluation design is providing new knowledge about technology-based remediation of algebraically weak students during that summer prior to entering college and again in the first fall experience. This project team is disseminating their strategy and set of software tools for successfully addressing the issue of attrition due to failure in first-year calculus, which is a widespread issue that impacts STEM graduation rates in institutions across the country.This project is impacting at least 600 of the incoming 3,100 STEM students in both the summer and fall interventions. They are increasing their STEM graduation rates by at least 100 additional STEM graduates annually. The project's External Advisory Board is providing expertise on how the project materials work within the context of other campuses, which is helping with the dissemination of project learning resources. Presentations and publications are being developed to share this project's successes.