Adapting Tested Spatial Skills Curriculum to On-Line Format for Community College Instruction: A Critical Link to Retain Technology Students

将经过测试的空间技能课程调整为社区大学教学的在线格式：留住技术学生的关键环节

• 批准号: 1407123
• 负责人: Susan Metz
• 金额: $ 82.5万
• 依托单位: Stevens Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-07-15 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1407123&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Adapting; Tested; Spatial; Skills; Curriculum

The Nation's community and technical colleges are recognized as key institutions in the development of a globally competitive science and engineering technician workforce. The project will bring together a team of community and technical college faculty and administrators, curriculum developers, and evaluators in an effort to adapt and implement instruction that develops and enhances students' spatial skills. The curriculum materials and instructional strategies will be adapted to an online environment for students in technician programs in advanced technology fields in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM. The project team will examine how student demographics and student performance on a test that assesses mental rotation are related to student success in introductory courses that require spatial ability. The project will focus on selected programs at the following partner institutions. *Tidewater Community College (Computer Aided Drafting and Design, Civil Engineering Technology, Electronic Technology);*McHenry Community College (Applied Science in Construction Management, Architectural and Engineering Design Technology, Applied Science in Engineering Technology, Applied Science in Manufacturing Management, and Applied Science in Robotics Systems Engineering);*Tunxis Community College (Engineering Technology and other programs in the engineering disciplines);*Del Mar College (Engineering Technology, Game Technology and Simulation, Geographic Information Science and Cartography Technology).

国家的社区和技术学院被认为是发展具有全球竞争力的科学和工程技术人员队伍的关键机构。该项目将汇集一个社区和技术学院的教师和管理人员，课程开发人员和评估人员的团队，努力适应和实施发展和提高学生空间技能的教学。 课程材料和教学策略将适应在线环境，为科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）先进技术领域的技术人员课程的学生提供。 项目团队将研究学生人口统计数据和学生在评估心理旋转测试中的表现如何与学生在需要空间能力的入门课程中的成功相关。该项目将侧重于以下伙伴机构的选定方案。 Tidewater Community College附近酒店（计算机辅助绘图和设计，土木工程技术，电子技术）;* 麦克亨利社区学院（建筑管理应用科学、建筑及工程设计技术、工程技术应用科学、制造管理应用科学及机器人系统工程应用科学）;*Tunxis社区学院（工程技术和工程学科的其他课程）;* 德尔马尔学院（工程技术、游戏技术和模拟、地理信息科学和制图技术）。