Partnership for Retention Improvement in Mathematics, Engineering, and Science

提高数学、工程和科学保留率的合作伙伴关系

• 批准号: 1068301
• 负责人: Christine Rich
• 金额: $ 199.75万
• 依托单位: University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-15 至 2017-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1068301&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Partnership; Retention; Improvement; Mathematics; Engineering

The focus of this STEP project is on retention. PRIMES - Partnership for Retention Improvement in Mathematics, Engineering, and Science - is a multi-college collaboration at the university that is intended to unite faculty from the College of Arts & Sciences, the Speed School of Engineering (Speed), and the College of Education and Human Development in tackling identified hurdles that contribute to poor retention (and thus low graduation rates) in undergraduate STEM programs. There are two primary components (or strands). The first strand focuses on the transformation of teaching and learning in STEM courses. STEM tutoring in the freshman year is one of the hallmarks of activities in this strand. It directly impacts novice STEM undergraduates in science-track introductory courses, and indirectly impacts the more senior STEM students as well as STEM faculty through activities that make use of Undergraduate Teaching Assistants (UTAs) and faculty who train the UTAs as well as interact more with students. The second strand targets improved retention by implementing University-wide and discipline-specific community building activities that foster STEM students' sense of identification with STEM departments. Ultimately, the goal is to increase the number of Bachelor's degrees awarded in biology, chemistry, geosciences, mathematics and physics in the College of Arts & Sciences by 25% by 2016 and to increase the number of Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Engineering awarded in the Speed School by 25% by 2016.

STEP项目的重点是保留。 PRIMES -数学，工程和科学保留改善的合作伙伴关系-是一个多学院的合作，旨在联合来自艺术科学学院，工程学院（速度）的速度，以及教育和人类发展学院的教师，以解决确定的障碍，有助于保持不良（因此毕业率低）在本科STEM课程。有两个主要组成部分（或链）。第一部分侧重于STEM课程的教与学的转变。大一的STEM辅导是这一系列活动的标志之一。它直接影响科学轨道入门课程的STEM本科生新手，并通过利用本科教学助理（UTA）和教师培训UTA以及与学生互动更多的活动间接影响更高年级的STEM学生以及STEM教师。第二部分的目标是通过实施大学范围和特定学科的社区建设活动来提高保留率，这些活动培养了STEM学生对STEM部门的认同感。最终，目标是到2016年将文理学院授予的生物学、化学、地球科学、数学和物理学学士学位数量增加25%，到2016年将速度学院授予的工程学学士和硕士学位数量增加25%。