Targeted Infusion Project: Infusing Evidence-based Instructional Practices into the STEM Curriculum at Alcorn State University

历史黑人学院和大学本科项目(HBCU-UP)通过有针对性的灌输项目，支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以改善HBCU本科学生的准备和成功，使他们能够攻读科学、技术、工程或数学(STEM)研究生课程和/或职业。阿尔科恩州立大学的这个项目旨在通过培训教师掌握积极的学习方法，并培养一批支持使用这些方法的学生同行领袖来改善STEM的学习。这些活动和策略是以证据为基础的，一个强有力的形成性和终结性评估计划是该项目的一部分。该项目的目标是发展教师在积极学习教学实践方面的专业知识，并开发一个STEM学习资源中心，以将同行主导的教学和学习纳入STEM课程。为此，将通过研讨会、会议和持续的教师学习社区，招聘和培训两批STEM教师，使他们掌握最佳实践。学习资源中心将由STEM本科生领导，由STEM教职员工监督。除了作为STEM职业信息的储存库外，该空间还将用于课程研讨会、项目和家庭作业协助、考试准备以及协助使用软件和图书馆数据库等资源。本项目的评估和传播将有助于开发其他机构学生和教师对STEM专业的支持模式。

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 science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) graduate programs and/or careers. The project at Alcorn State University seeks to improve STEM learning by training faculty in active learning methods and developing a cohort of student peer leaders to support the use of the methods. The activities and strategies are evidence-based and a strong plan for formative and summative evaluation is part of the project.This project has the goals of developing faculty expertise in active learning instructional practices and developing a STEM Learning Resource Center for implementing peer led teaching and learning into the STEM curriculum. These will be done by recruiting and training two cohorts of STEM faculty in best practices through workshops, conferences, and an ongoing faculty learning community. The Learning Resource Center will be led by STEM undergraduate students and supervised by STEM faculty. Along with being a repository for STEM career information, the space will be used for course workshops, project and homework assistance, exam preparation and assistance with using resources such as software and library databases. The evaluation and dissemination of this project should be useful in developing models of student and faculty support for STEM majors at other institutions.