Targeted Infusion Project: Engagement, Retention and Innovation in Physics Instruction

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科项目（HBCU- up），通过有针对性的输液项目，支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以追求科学、技术、工程或数学（STEM）研究生课程和/或职业。马里兰大学东岸分校的这个项目旨在通过实施创新的、基于证据的物理教学策略和活动来加强本科物理教育。该项目包括一个强有力的形成性和总结性评估计划。这个项目的目标是提高学生在物理课堂上的参与度，通过引入点对点教学，通过实验室和讲座之间的同步，通过使用非传统的方法通过新颖的教学材料作为参与工具，并通过将材料整合到点击问题中进行实时的课堂反馈和学习成果评估。该项目建立了教师和研究生助教在小组环境中积极学习方法的培训计划；在选定的物理课程中实施主动学习技巧；创建一个与文化和科学相关的点击题池，以提高参与度和批判性思维；并衡量实施的效果和出现的挑战。该项目将作为如何在该机构实施循证教学方法的案例研究，然后可以作为其他类似使命和规模的机构的典范。

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 the University of Maryland Eastern Shore seeks to enhance undergraduate physics education by implementing innovative, yet evidence-based strategies and activities to teach physics. The project includes a strong plan for formative and summative evaluation.This project has the goal to improve student engagement in physics classrooms by introducing peer-to-peer instruction, by synchronization between labs and lectures, by using a non-traditional approach as an engagement tool through novel instructional materials, and by integrating the materials to clicker questions for real-time, in-class feedback and assessment of learning outcomes. The project establishes a faculty and graduate teaching assistants training program in active learning methods in group settings; implements active learning techniques in selected physics courses; creates a pool of culturally and scientifically relevant clicker questions to enhance both engagement and critical thinking; and measures the effects of implementation and challenges as they arise. This project will serve as a case study on how to implement evidence-based teaching methods in the setting of this institution, which can then serve as a model at other institutions of similar mission and size.