PERSIST: Promoting Educational Reform through Strategic Investments in Systemic Transformation

博伊西州立大学的“通过系统转型战略投资促进教育改革”（PERSIST）项目是1）从根本上改变基础STEM课程的教学方式; 2）应用变革模式（Dorothy的CACAO模型）在博伊西州立大学的STEM教师，部门和课程中宣传使用循证教学实践（EBIP）;以及3）评估增加使用EBIP对学生学习和保留的影响。该项目是授权一个由六名成员组成的教师协会为干转型（快速）团队，由校园中心的教学和学习，这是跨越学院和部门的界限，为基础干课程（例如，普通化学、微积分和微积分前、普通物理、低年级工程课程和高年级地球科学课程）。 数学，对STEM学生的成功和保留至关重要，是许多项目的综合重点。评估和评价活动正在衡量体制变革，支持教学改革，并推动不断改进。 该项目的最终影响将是增加STEM专业和学士学位，包括特别关注STEM中女性和其他代表性不足的群体，从第一年到第二年坚持STEM，以及维持STEM教学法持续改进的长期努力的大学文化。 博伊西州立大学的PERSIST为如何推动教学实践中的制度变革提供了一个试验场。 持续努力分享PERSIST的方法和成果，为当地、地区和国家的STEM教学和学习转型提供信息。

Boise State University's Promoting Educational Reform through Strategic Investments in Systemic Transformation (PERSIST) project is 1) fundamentally changing how foundational STEM courses are taught; 2) applying a change model (Dormant's CACAO Model) to propagate the use of evidence-based instructional practices (EBIP) among STEM faculty, departments, and curricula at Boise State; and 3) assessing the impact of increased use of EBIP on student learning and retention. The project is empowering a six-member Faculty Associates for STEM Transformation (FAST) Team, supported by the campus Center for Teaching and Learning, that is reaching across college and departmental boundaries to provide leadership for implementation of best practice pedagogies in foundational STEM courses (e.g., General Chemistry, Calculus and Pre-calculus, General Physics, lower division Engineering courses, and upper division Geoscience courses). Mathematics, crucial to STEM student success and retention, is an integrated focus in many of the projects. The assessment and evaluation activities are measuring institutional change, supporting pedagogical reform, and driving continuous improvement. The ultimate impact of the project will be increases in STEM majors and bachelor's degrees, including a specific focus on women and other underrepresented groups in STEM, persistence in STEM from first to second year, and a university culture that sustains long-term efforts of continuous improvement in STEM pedagogy. Boise State's PERSIST is providing a testing ground for how to drive institutional change in teaching practices. Ongoing efforts to share the approach and results of PERSIST are informing transformation of STEM teaching and learning locally, regionally, and nationally.