Broadening the Net: Promoting Success in the Sciences for All Students

拓宽网络：促进所有学生在科学领域取得成功

• 批准号: 1458600
• 负责人: Emily Niemeyer
• 金额: $ 61.43万
• 依托单位: Southwestern University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard 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=1458600&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Broadening; Net; Promoting; Success; Sciences

To address regional and national STEM workforce demands, this NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) project at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas will provide access to quality science and math education for 16 students with demonstrated financial need. Enrollment in the institution's computer science, math and physics majors will be bolstered through intensive recruitment efforts in area magnet and college-preparatory high schools. The project will focus on making a variety of social supports available while at the same time providing students with a curriculum that integrate investigative learning strategies in introductory to upper-level courses. This approach, which is grounded in the literature, has been shown to have positive impacts on learning in general and to be empowering for students from underrepresented groups and women. Scholars will develop their scientific identities through project activities that focus specifically on inclusivity, inquiry, and community-building. Students will participate in two Summer Science Overnights, regular meetings with dedicated S-STEM faculty mentors, a two-credit course on less well-known career tracks in the sciences, cohort-building experiences, and clustered enrollment. The overnights are an innovative way to introduce students to the campus-wide STEM community and should help them create ties early on in their college experience. Further, all of the project components are examples of sustainable, transferrable tools for engaging STEM majors. The Evaluation Plan describes three key areas for assessment including, (a) project deadlines and benchmarks, (b)) formative assessment of individual S-STEM progress and likelihood of retention, and (c) overall project formative and summative assessment. Formative assessment will rely on student perceptions of academic performance and engagement and of social and family support logged in journals. The individual support structures will also be evaluated. Summative assessments will be done in part through an annual questionnaire on scholars' perceptions of their SSTEM academic and mentoring. The PI team will participate in the national conversation on STEM education by reporting its results through meetings of the Association of American Colleges and Universities and the Howard Hughes medical Institute. A project website will also be designed.

为了满足区域和国家STEM劳动力需求，德克萨斯州乔治敦西南大学的NSF科学，技术，工程和数学奖学金（S-STEM）项目将为16名有经济需求的学生提供高质量的科学和数学教育。 该机构的计算机科学，数学和物理专业的入学人数将通过在地区磁铁和大学预科高中密集招聘工作得到支持。 该项目将侧重于提供各种社会支持，同时为学生提供一个课程，将研究性学习战略纳入高级课程的入门课程。 这种方法以文献为基础，已被证明对一般学习产生积极影响，并增强了代表性不足群体和妇女的学生的权能。学者们将通过专门关注包容性，探究和社区建设的项目活动来发展他们的科学身份。 学生将参加两个夏季科学过夜，定期会议与专门的S-STEM教师导师，在科学，队列建设经验和集群注册不太知名的职业轨道上的两个学分的课程。 过夜是一种创新的方式，向学生介绍校园范围内的STEM社区，并应帮助他们在大学经历的早期建立联系。 此外，所有项目组成部分都是吸引STEM专业的可持续，可转移工具的例子。 评估计划描述了三个关键评估领域，包括：（a）项目截止日期和基准，（B）对单个S-STEM进展和保留可能性的形成性评估，以及（c）整体项目形成性和总结性评估。 形成性评估将依赖于学生对学习成绩和参与度以及在期刊中记录的社会和家庭支持的看法。 还将对各个支助结构进行评价。 总结性评估将部分通过年度调查问卷进行，调查学者对其SSTEM学术和指导的看法。 PI团队将通过美国学院和大学协会和霍华德休斯医学研究所的会议报告其结果，参与全国STEM教育对话。 还将设计一个项目网站。