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

历史黑人学院和大学-本科课程中的实施项目为设计、实施、研究和评估全面的机构努力提供支持，以通过加强科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教育和研究来增加学生数量和提高他们的准备质量。鲍伊州立大学(BSU)的这一实施项目旨在改变STEM最初两年的教与学。该项目以科学认同感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，并将其纳入该机构的STEM课程。以证据为基础的学生成功战略将作为参考，并为北卡罗来纳州立大学具有相似特征的其他机构提供一个框架。该项目由正在进行的评价以及内部指导委员会和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的STEM学生和教师如下：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性学习机会，培养学生的认同感；通过将技术商业化应用于STEM课程，将问题解决和创业纳入STEM课程，并扩大获得创作者空间的机会，以支持学生的多学科学习；以及向教师提供经验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.