Students Understanding Chemistry Concepts to Enhance STEM Skills (SUCCESS)

学生理解化学概念以提高 STEM 技能（成功）

• 批准号: 1712477
• 负责人: Timothy Turner
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Jackson State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-07-01 至 2022-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1712477&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Students; Understanding; Chemistry; Concepts; Enhance

The Students Understanding Chemistry Concepts to Enhance STEM Skills (SUCCESS) project at Jackson State University will target at-risk and underrepresented students, with a focus on biology majors, and will enable them to successfully complete general and organic chemistry. The SUCCESS project will provide three-day Chemistry Readiness Workshops prior to the start of a course, and an additional two-hour SUCCESS Session during each week of the semester. Enabling at-risk and underrepresented students to succeed in their chosen major will support diversification of the STEM workforce. How these interventions promote student success will be documented, and the knowledge gained will complement successful approaches to undergraduate instruction across multiple STEM disciplines. The impact of Chemistry Readiness Workshops, the modified Xavier University Chemistry Drill Program, and Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) sessions on the success of students in general chemistry will be documented. Data from the intervention groups will be compared to historical data and evaluated to determine whether these strategies: (a) improve attendance in chemistry classes, (b) decrease drop/fail/withdraw rates, (c) improve students' conceptual understanding of chemistry, and (d) improve student retention. The results will be disseminated in biology and chemistry education conferences, and associated proceedings. Overall, this project will contribute to what is known about the promoting student success in STEM with at-risk and underrepresented students. This project will support broadening participation in STEM and the STEM workforce.

杰克逊州立大学的学生理解化学概念以提高STEM技能(SUCCESS)项目将以高危和代表性不足的学生为目标，重点是生物专业，并将使他们能够成功地完成普通化学和有机化学。Success项目将在课程开始前提供为期三天的化学准备工作坊，并在每学期的每周额外提供两个小时的成功课程。帮助有风险和代表性不足的学生在他们选择的专业取得成功，将有助于STEM劳动力的多样化。这些干预措施如何促进学生的成功将被记录在案，所获得的知识将补充跨多个STEM学科的本科教学的成功方法。化学准备工作坊、修改后的泽维尔大学化学演练计划和面向过程的指导性研究性学习(POGIL)课程对学生在普通化学方面取得成功的影响将被记录下来。来自干预组的数据将与历史数据进行比较和评估，以确定这些策略是否：(A)提高化学课的出勤率，(B)降低辍学率/不及格率/退学率，(C)提高学生对化学的概念理解，以及(D)提高学生的记忆力。结果将在生物和化学教育会议和相关会议上传播。总体而言，该项目将有助于我们了解到，如何在高危学生和代表不足的学生中促进学生在STEM中取得成功。该项目将支持扩大STEM和STEM劳动力的参与。

项目成果

STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF ‘SUCCESS’: A BIOLOGY STUDENT RETENTION PROGRAM

学生对“成功”的看法：生物学学生保留计划

• DOI: 10.34107/kszv7781.10392
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation
• 作者: Howard, Barbara;Turner, Timothy;Campbell, Naomi;Graham, Barbara;Garner, Solomon;Hamme, Ashton
• 通讯作者: Hamme, Ashton