Students Understanding Chemistry Concepts to Enhance STEM Skills (SUCCESS)

杰克逊州立大学的学生理解化学概念以提高STEM技能（SUCCESS）项目将针对有风险和代表性不足的学生，重点是生物学专业，并使他们能够成功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研讨会，并在学期的每周提供额外的两小时SUCCESS会议。让有风险和代表性不足的学生在他们选择的专业上取得成功，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下来，所获得的知识将补充多个STEM学科的本科教学成功方法。化学准备研讨会的影响，修改泽维尔大学化学训练计划，和过程导向探究学习（POGIL）会议对学生在普通化学的成功将被记录。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)减少辍学/不及格/退学率，(c)提高学生对化学的概念理解，(d)提高学生的保留率。研究结果将在生物和化学教育会议及相关论文集上发表。总的来说，这个项目将有助于促进有风险和代表性不足的学生在STEM领域的成功。该项目将支持扩大STEM和STEM劳动力的参与。

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.