Breaking the Silo - Mathematics as a Common Language in Science

打破筒仓——数学作为科学的通用语言

• 批准号: 1458449
• 负责人: Seth Oppenheimer
• 金额: $ 62.39万
• 依托单位: Mississippi State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-07-01 至 2021-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1458449&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Breaking; Silo; Mathematics; Common; Language

The project "Breaking the Silo - Mathematics as a Common Language in Science" at Mississippi State University (MSU) will provide both financial and academic support to students majoring in Chemistry, Math, or Physics at MSU. Focused intervention in the early stages of undergraduate gateway courses such as General Chemistry, Calculus and Physics can have enormous impact in retaining students within STEM fields and enhancing the chances of student academic success. This project will focus on student-centered tools, learning approaches and mentoring interactions that can be utilized throughout a student's four-year college degree. This integrated approach will support deserving students from Mississippi and the Southeastern United States to pursue and complete degrees in the physical sciences and enter science careers. Recruitment efforts with special attention paid to underrepresented populations, as defined by ethnicity and gender, will promote a diverse and capable workforce.Specific objectives of this project will include (1) Supporting students financially to pursue physical science degrees through scholarships; (2) Supporting students academically to complete a Bachelor's degree in the targeted majors of Chemistry, Math or Physics; and (3) Supporting students through career development strategies to pursue careers in the physical sciences. Student support will be developed as a cohesive, integrated plan that includes academic tutoring support for science and math classes, a focus on the development of study skills and time management strategies and co-registration in both gateway science courses, and a 1-credit hour course on Mathematics as a Common Language for the scholarship cohort. Mentoring workshops and career development activities will be a continued focus in addition to research experiences for undergraduates. Assessment and evaluation of the project will be both formative and summative. An external evaluator will coordinate and evaluate survey instruments and achievements to assess projected outcomes and the level of achievement of the stated goals of the project. Lessons learned and effective practices that emerge from the program evaluation data will be disseminated widely to the STEM education community and help increase widespread understanding of the attributes and practices of successful student scholarship and support programs.

密西西比州立大学(MSU)的“打破数学作为科学界的共同语言”项目将为密西西比州立大学化学、数学或物理专业的学生提供经济和学术支持。在普通化学、微积分和物理等本科入门课程的早期阶段进行有重点的干预，可以在留住STEM领域的学生和提高学生学业成功的机会方面产生巨大影响。该项目将集中于以学生为中心的工具、学习方法和指导互动，这些可以在学生的四年大学学位中使用。这种综合的方法将支持来自密西西比州和美国东南部的有资格的学生攻读并完成物理科学学位，并进入科学职业生涯。这一项目的具体目标将包括(1)通过奖学金在经济上支持学生攻读物理科学学位；(2)在学术上支持学生完成目标专业化学、数学或物理的学士学位；以及(3)通过职业发展战略支持学生在自然科学领域追求职业生涯。学生支助将发展为一项有凝聚力的综合计划，其中包括对科学和数学课的学术辅导支持，重点是发展学习技能和时间管理战略，并在两门科学课程中共同注册，以及为奖学金群体开设一个为期1学分的关于数学作为通用语言的课程。除了本科生的研究经验外，指导讲习班和职业发展活动将继续是重点。对项目的评估和评价将既是形成性的，也是终结性的。一名外部评估员将协调和评价调查工具和成果，以评估预测的结果和项目所述目标的实现程度。从项目评估数据中吸取的经验教训和有效的做法将广泛传播给STEM教育界，并有助于增加对成功的学生奖学金和支持计划的属性和做法的广泛了解。