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Targeted Infusion Project: Expansion and Implementation of the Interactive LearningExpress App

定向输液项目：交互式 LearningExpress 应用程序的扩展和实施

基本信息

批准号：
1623208
负责人：
Susan Safford
金额：
$ 39.78万
依托单位：
Lincoln University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2016-09-01 至 2020-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1623208&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Targeted Infusion Project Expansion Implementation

项目摘要

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 Lincoln University seeks to create an affordable mobile application (app) that focuses on the application of mathematical concepts to biological problems. This research will develop, test, and evaluate a novel, low cost, independent app to facilitate the teaching of biology application problems and to enhance student quantitative literacy. Both the content and the app will be developed by students from underrepresented groups, with subject matter expert oversight. It is expected that this app will increase student engagement which will contribute to greater student success in performing biology application problems. This app will help students improve math competency at their own pace, and allow the professor to help them at the point where they are having difficulty. Thus, this app will improve faculty ability to address one important stumbling block that can prevent students from continuing in STEM fields. One expected benefit of wide scale use of this app is increased retention of students in STEM majors.The proposed project's overall goal is to provide students with learning opportunities to apply mathematical concepts to life science problems and to provide instructors with real time information on student learning outcomes through the development and validation of a low cost interactive math app. To achieve this goal: 1) students will be recruited to assist in development of the app, 2) student focus groups will be formed to test app content and provide feedback, 3) math and biology faculty will be recruited to develop curricular modules that incorporate the app, and 4) the app will be evaluated in three Biology courses. The features of the app, including multiple levels of difficulty, tutorials, sample problems, and feedback to students and instructors coupled with the extensive question bank, will assist in strengthening the quantitative literacy of students at a wide range of universities.

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科生计划（HBCU-UP）通过有针对性的输液项目支持开发，实施和基于证据的创新模式和方法的研究，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以追求STEM研究生课程和/或职业。林肯大学的这个项目旨在创建一个负担得起的移动的应用程序（app），专注于将数学概念应用于生物问题。本研究将开发，测试和评估一个新颖的，低成本的，独立的应用程序，以促进生物应用问题的教学和提高学生的定量素养。内容和应用程序都将由来自代表性不足群体的学生开发，并由主题专家监督。预计这个应用程序将增加学生的参与度，这将有助于学生在执行生物应用问题方面取得更大的成功。这个应用程序将帮助学生按照自己的节奏提高数学能力，并允许教授在他们遇到困难的时候帮助他们。因此，这个应用程序将提高教师的能力，以解决一个重要的绊脚石，可以阻止学生继续在STEM领域。广泛使用该应用程序的一个预期好处是增加STEM专业学生的保留率。拟议项目的总体目标是为学生提供学习机会，将数学概念应用于生命科学问题，并通过开发和验证低成本交互式数学应用程序，为教师提供有关学生学习成果的真实的时间信息。为了实现这一目标：1）学生将被招募，以协助在应用程序的开发，2）学生焦点小组将形成测试应用程序的内容，并提供反馈，3）数学和生物学教师将被招募开发课程模块，纳入应用程序，和4）应用程序将在三个生物学课程进行评估。该应用程序的功能，包括多层次的难度，教程，样本问题，以及对学生和教师的反馈，再加上广泛的问题库，将有助于加强学生的定量素养在广泛的大学。