HBCU UP TARGETED INFUSION PROJECT: HI-TECH STUDIO CLASSROOM AT FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY

HBCU UP 针对性注入项目：费耶特维尔州立大学高科技工作室课堂

• 批准号: 1436613
• 负责人: Cevdet Akbay
• 金额: $ 40万
• 依托单位: Fayetteville State University
• 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: 2014-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1436613&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: HBCU; UP; TARGETED; INFUSION; PROJECT

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. The project at Fayetteville State University (FSU) seeks to adapt a Student-Centered Active Learning Environment with Upside-down Pedagogies (SCALE-UP) and establish a Hi-Tech Studio classroom as an active and collaborative learning environment to enhance the quality of undergraduate STEM education and to stimulate students' learning in STEM fields. The goals of the project are to: (1) implement SCALE-UP and Flipped Education in a technology-rich, highly collaborative, hands-on, interactive learning environment; (2) reduce students' failure rate and increase student interest in STEM courses; and(3) build a community of STEM educators at FSU to replicate Hi-Tech Studio Classrooms in other STEM disciplines.SCALE-UP will be implemented in the Hi-Tech Studio Classroom at FSU where about 90% of class time is spent in student-led and hands-on activities. Through a partnership with Norh Carolina State University and the Vernier Company, faculty will be trained in implementing this learning approach during the three-year project. Numerous research studies have shown that if students are more engaged in the learning process, their problem-solving ability and understanding of material are improved. Through this project, technology and hands-on activities in the classroom will engage students and enhance their learning in STEM fields. Additionally, the inquiry-led approach will increase their problem-solving and critical thinking skills. One of the project outcomes is that students will obtain a sense of discovery that motivates them to remain in STEM disciplines. FSU is an HBCU with a student body that is 66% African American. Females make up 70% of the student population. By summer 2017, more than 1000 students (50 class sections) will be impacted by the project. Even more students will benefit from the project by further implementation of the Hi-Tech Studio classroom in other STEM and non-STEM courses on campus in the near future. In addition, one Postdoctoral Teaching Associate and at least 50 Learning Assistants will be mentored. The project will be evaluated both formatively and summatively to assess the effectiveness of the implementation at FSU. Evaluation results and lessons learned will be disseminated through published papers, presentations, and seminars through linkages to other STEM institutions, including area K-12 schools. Potentially, the results of the evaluation and dissemination activities will further contribute to the current body of literature on the SCALE-UP/Flipped Classroom pedagogy, particularly at minority-serving institutions, in addition to producing highly engaged undergraduate STEM students in chemistry and physics classes.

历史黑人学院和大学本科项目(HBCU-UP)通过有针对性的灌输项目，支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以改善HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们能够攻读STEM研究生课程和/或职业。费耶特维尔州立大学(FSU)的这一项目旨在调整一个以学生为中心的倒置教学的主动学习环境(按比例向上)，并建立一个高科技工作室教室作为一个积极和合作的学习环境，以提高本科生STEM教育的质量，并刺激学生在STEM领域的学习。该项目的目标是：(1)在技术丰富、高度协作、动手、互动的学习环境中实施扩大和翻转教育；(2)降低学生的失败率，提高学生对STEM课程的兴趣；以及(3)在FSU建立STEM教育者社区，在其他STEM学科复制高科技工作室教室。SCALE-UP将在FSU的高科技工作室教室实施，大约90%的课堂时间花在学生主导和实践活动上。通过与北卡罗来纳州立大学和游标公司的合作，教职员工将在为期三年的项目中接受实施这种学习方法的培训。大量研究表明，如果学生更多地参与到学习过程中，他们解决问题的能力和对材料的理解都会得到提高。通过该项目，课堂上的技术和实践活动将使学生参与进来，并加强他们在STEM领域的学习。此外，以探究为主导的方法将提高他们解决问题和批判性思维的能力。该项目的成果之一是学生将获得一种发现感，这将激励他们继续从事STEM学科。佛罗里达州立大学是一所HBCU，学生群体中有66%是非裔美国人。女生占学生总数的70%。到2017年夏季，将有超过1000名学生(50个班级)受到该项目的影响。在不久的将来，更多的学生将从该项目中受益，在校园内的其他STEM和非STEM课程中进一步实施高科技工作室课堂。此外，还将指导一名博士后教学助理和至少50名学习助理。将对该项目进行形成性和总结性评价，以评估FSU的执行效果。评价结果和吸取的经验教训将通过发表的论文、演讲和研讨会，通过与其他STEM机构，包括K-12区学校的联系来传播。潜在地，评估和传播活动的结果将进一步促进目前关于扩大/翻转课堂教学的文献，特别是在为少数群体服务的机构中，此外，还将培养化学和物理课堂上高度投入的本科生。