Implementation Project: Student-Centered Active Learning and Assessment Reform (SCALAR)

实施项目名为：以学生为中心的主动学习和评估改革（SCALAR）在佛罗里达A M大学（FAMU）将实施一系列创新的课程和课外活动，最终将大学定位为STEM教育的国家领导者。该项目涉及在数学，化学，物理，生物和计算机科学领域的本科课程和教学方法的全面重组。所有的计划领域都设在一个新成立的科学和技术学院，这将有利于项目活动的无缝和集中的实施。具体的方案组成部分包括：重新设计课程设置，包括一个具体的教学重点，使用积极的学习策略来教授STEM概念;一个全面的评估战略，将被纳入课程设计，并将不断用于修改教学策略，以优化学生的学习;创建一个教师发展计划，以增加教师使用教学最佳实践;开发一个在线研讨会系列，由来自全国各地机构的顶尖科学家主讲;以及开发一个集中的STEM辅导中心。超过5000名本科生在FAMU，其中入学约90%的非洲裔美国人，将受到这个项目的影响。更广泛的影响将来自于如何创建一个以学生为中心的学习环境，并将其融入STEM课程的文件，以及文件的广泛传播。因此，FAMU SCALAR项目将成为本科STEM课程可持续转型的典范，将循证最佳实践纳入STEM教育。

The Implementation Project entitled: Student-Centered Active Learning and Assessment Reform (SCALAR) at Florida A&M University (FAMU) will implement a series of innovative curricular and co-curricular initiatives that will ultimately position the university as a national leader in STEM education. The project involves a complete restructuring of the undergraduate course curricula and instructional approaches in the areas of mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology, and computer science. All of the program areas are housed in a newly created College of Science and Technology, which will facilitate the seamless and focused implementation of the project activities. Specific program components include: the redesign of course curricula to include a specific instructional focus on using active learning strategies to teach STEM concepts; a comprehensive assessment strategy that will be integrated into the course design and will be continuously used to modify the instructional strategy in order to optimize student learning; the creation of a faculty development program to increase faculty use of pedagogical best practices; the development of an online seminar series, which will be presented by leading scientists from institutions across the country; and the development of a centralized STEM tutorial center. Over 5000 undergraduate students at FAMU, where the enrollment is approximately 90% African-American, will be impacted by this project. The broader impact will result from documentation of how a student-centered learning environment that is integrated into the STEM curriculum will be created, and from the wide dissemination of the documentation. The FAMU SCALAR project will thus serve as a model for the sustainable transformation of the undergraduate STEM curriculum to incorporate evidence-based best-practices in STEM education.