Mathematics Achievement as a STEP for STEM Success

数学成就是 STEM 成功的一步

• 批准号: 1161152
• 负责人: John Holcomb
• 金额: $ 87.56万
• 依托单位: Cleveland State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1161152&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Mathematics; Achievement; STEP; STEM; Success

The Mathematics Achievement as a STEP for STEM Success (MAS3) project at Cleveland State University (CSU) is providing cohorts of students who place into precalculus enrichment activities, including mandatory and high-quality supplemental instruction. In addition, the MAS3 student cohorts are provided with problem-based learning (PBL), research experiences, support services and greater immersion into and utilization of existing campus and community assets in an effort to increase the pipeline, persistence and graduation rates of these students in STEM. Additionally, a PBL Seminar involves a collaboration among science, mathematics, and engineering faculty and supplemental instructors that provides structure and content to engage the cohort of students as well as other students enrolled in other sections of precalculus and calculus. Moreover, the project involves continuing and refining the Engineering Education Summer Conference (EESC) as a tool to enhance MAS3 outreach and recruitment. The conference brings together grades 7-12 educators and staff, university faculty, and industry professionals for a critical conversation about implementing and improving science and mathematics education in grades 7-12.Intellectual merit: The project is laying the groundwork for a long-term institutional transformation at CSU that will have far-reaching impacts. MAS3 will provide a model of replication for other large, public universities with a large segment of mathematically underprepared students. In addition to providing a research-grounded support system to maximize the students' success, the project is targeting at-risk students accepted by CSU to study the effects of these interventions to various important educational measures of their success. Broader Impacts: The project represents a well-documented model to increase the pass rates of a major barrier to STEM and college success: precalculus and calculus courses. Particularly because the project is focusing recruitment activities on student populations where this barrier has been particularly problematic (e.g., underrepresented students including females, those with weak academic preparation or low income). In addition, the project is serving as a model for the educational efficacy of PBL seminars that bring together faculty stakeholders in mathematics, science, and engineering. The summer institutes also is serving as a model for other institutions to recruit STEM students and to initiate dialogue at the K-12 level needed for students to be adequately prepared to begin college-level science, mathematics, and engineering coursework.

克利夫兰州立大学 (CSU) 的数学成就作为 STEM 成功的一步 (MAS3) 项目正在为学生群体提供微积分基础强化活动，包括强制性和高质量的补充指导。 此外，MAS3 学生群体还获得基于问题的学习 (PBL)、研究经验、支持服务以及对现有校园和社区资产的更好的沉浸和利用，以努力增加这些学生在 STEM 领域的培养、坚持和毕业率。 此外，PBL 研讨会涉及科学、数学和工程教师和补充教师之间的合作，提供结构和内容来吸引学生群体以及注册微积分和微积分其他部分的其他学生。 此外，该项目还包括继续和完善工程教育夏季会议 (EESC)，将其作为加强 MAS3 推广和招聘的工具。此次会议汇集了 7-12 年级的教育工作者和教职员工、大学教师和行业专业人士，就实施和改进 7-12 年级的科学和数学教育进行批判性对话。 智力价值：该项目为科罗拉多州立大学的长期机构转型奠定了基础，这将产生深远的影响。 MAS3 将为其他拥有大量数学准备不足的学生的大型公立大学提供复制模型。 除了提供以研究为基础的支持系统以最大限度地提高学生的成功外，该项目还针对科罗拉多州立大学接受的高危学生，研究这些干预措施对其成功的各种重要教育措施的影响。更广泛的影响：该项目代表了一个有据可查的模型，可以提高 STEM 和大学成功的主要障碍：微积分和微积分课程的通过率。 特别是因为该项目将招聘活动重点针对这一障碍特别成问题的学生群体（例如，代表性不足的学生，包括女性、学术准备薄弱或收入低的学生）。 此外，该项目还成为 PBL 研讨会教育效果的典范，将数学、科学和工程领域的教师利益相关者聚集在一起。暑期学院还成为其他机构招收 STEM 学生并在 K-12 级别发起对话的典范，以便学生为开始大学水平的科学、数学和工程课程做好充分准备。