Implementation Project: Education Innovation Initiatives - Ecosystem for Student Success at BSU

历史上的黑人学院和大学的实施项目-本科生方案为设计、实施、研究和评估全面的机构努力提供支持，通过加强科学、技术、工程和数学教育和研究，增加学生人数和提高学生准备质量。鲍伊州立大学（BSU）的这个实施项目旨在改变STEM教学和学习的前两年。该项目以科学身份和建构主义理论为基础，将提供一个以学生为中心的学习环境，并将其融入该机构的STEM课程。学生成功的循证策略将作为一个参考，并为其他机构提供一个框架，与BSU共享类似的特点。该项目由一项持续评价以及一个内部指导委员会和一个外部咨询委员会指导。该项目正在实施三个目标和相关干预措施，主要支持一年级和二年级STEM学生和教师，具体如下：通过建立学生学习社区，提供与职业相关的指导和提供本科生研究学习机会，培养学生的身份;通过将技术商业化融入STEM课程，将解决问题和创业精神融入STEM课程，以及扩大创客空间，以支持学生的多学科学习;并为教师提供体验式学习和循证教学实践的专业发展。

Implementation Projects in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate program provide support to design, implement, study and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the numbers of students and the quality of their preparation by strengthening science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and research. This implementation project at Bowie State University (BSU) seeks to transform the first two years of STEM teaching and learning. The project is grounded in theories of science identity and constructivism and will provide a student-centered learning environment that is integrated into the STEM curriculum at the institution. The evidence-based strategies for student success will serve as a reference and provide a framework for other institutions with whom BSU shares similar characteristics. The project is guided by an on-going evaluation, as well as an internal steering committee and an external advisory committee. The project is implementing three goals and related interventions to support mainly first and second year STEM students and faculty as follows: to develop students' identity by building student learning communities, providing career-related mentoring and providing undergraduate research learning opportunities; to integrate problem-solving and entrepreneurship in the STEM curriculum by adapting technology commercialization into STEM courses, and expanding access to a maker space to support students' multidisciplinary learning; and to provide professional development to faculty on experiential learning and evidence-based instructional practices.