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

佛罗里达农工大学（FAMU）名为“以学生为中心的主动学习和评估改革”（SCALAR）的实施项目将实施一系列创新课程和课外活动，最终将该大学定位为STEM教育的全国领导者。该项目涉及对数学、化学、物理、生物和计算机科学领域的本科课程和教学方法进行全面重组。所有的项目区域都被安置在一个新创建的科技学院，这将有助于项目活动的无缝和集中实施。具体的项目组成部分包括：重新设计课程课程，包括使用主动学习策略来教授STEM概念的具体教学重点；一个综合评估策略，将整合到课程设计中，并将不断用于修改教学策略，以优化学生的学习；创建教师发展计划，以增加教师对教学最佳实践的使用；开发一个在线系列研讨会，由全国各机构的主要科学家发表；以及建立一个集中的STEM教学中心。FAMU的5000多名本科生将受到这个项目的影响，其中大约90%的学生是非裔美国人。更广泛的影响将来自如何创建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.