Targeted Infusion Project: Engaging Students for Higher Retention and Building Stronger Foundations in Pre-Calculus Using the Flipped Model

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本科生的准备和成功，使他们能够攻读STEM研究生课程和/或职业。诺福克州立大学的这一项目旨在通过实施翻转课堂，积极吸引学生参与，以提高微积分预科的通过率。由于HBCU培养了绝大多数进入STEM劳动力队伍的非裔美国人，这些努力不仅将有助于这一趋势，还将培养出准备更充分的STEM毕业生。这些努力将对支持学生完成STEM学位产生重大影响，从而增加STEM专业进入研究生院和工作场所的人数。此外，该课程结构亦会在社区工作坊向中学教育专业人士介绍。计划的整体目标是提高STEM微积分预科课程的成功率，并加深数学联系，以促进学生的学习。具体目标是：1)提高微积分预科的及格率；2)提供坚实的微积分预科基础，以提高STEM专业的保留率。通过翻转模式的更多动手方式，这个项目将努力加强量化能力、推理和批判性思维能力。STEM教育和NSU在实现这些目标方面的好处包括更多地保留STEM领域的本科专业，在STEM主题方面有更坚实的基础，以及自主学习者的发展，从而导致更高的学生获得学位和进入劳动力市场的比率。

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 Norfolk State University seeks to raise the passing rate of pre-calculus by actively engaging students through implementation of the flipped classroom. As HBCUs produce the vast majority of African Americans entering the STEM workforce, these efforts will not only help this trend but also produce STEM graduates who are better prepared. These efforts will have a big impact on bolstering students' completion of STEM degrees, thus increasing the number of STEM majors entering graduate schools and the work place. In addition, this course structure will also be presented to secondary education professionals in workshops in the community.The overall goals of the project are to increase the success rate in the STEM pre-calculus course and to deepen math connections to boost student learning. The specific goals are to: 1) increase the passing rate in pre-calculus; and 2) to provide a strong foundation in pre-calculus to bolster an increase in STEM major retention. Through the more hands-on approach via the flipped model, this project will strive to strengthen quantitative abilities, reasoning and critical thinking skills. The benefits to STEM education and NSU in achieving these goals include greater retention of undergraduate majors in STEM fields with a stronger foundation in STEM topics and development of autonomous learners which leads to a higher rate of students obtaining degrees and entering the workforce.