Implementation Project: Science Community of Active Learners to Enhance Achievement and Retention

实施项目支持传统黑人学院和大学(HBCU)设计、实施、研究和评估全面的机构努力，以增加获得科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)本科学位的学生数量，并通过加强STEM教育和研究提高他们的准备质量。佛罗里达农业和机械大学(FAMU)的这个项目寻求在之前成功努力的基础上，增加非裔美国学生对STEM学科的参与。该项目的目标是显著提高科技学院STEM项目的学生成功率。该项目的重点是提高STEM新生的学习准备，使他们更好地为专业课程、研究生院和全球市场的严格要求做好准备；并提高STEM专业的保留率和毕业率。以下活动和策略是为支持实现这些目标而设计的：改善学生在学业生涯初期对数学的准备；确保学生在核心学科中发展良好的基础知识；帮助学生培养对其学习能力的积极态度；将学生置于有效的学习环境中；在学生的整个学术生涯中为他们提供足够的学术支持资源；以及发展和加强批判性思维能力。这些项目战略是以证据为基础的，但将在这所大学的背景下进行有效性研究。该项目将由内部和外部咨询委员会以及一组评估员提供咨询意见并对其效果进行评估。佛罗里达农工大学的项目可以作为可持续转变本科STEM课程的典范，将循证战略和实践纳入少数族裔服务机构的STEM教育。

Implementation Projects provide support to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to design, implement, study, and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the number of students receiving undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and enhance the quality of their preparation by strengthening STEM education and research. The project at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) seeks to build on previous successful efforts to increase participation of African-American students in STEM disciplines. The goal of the project is to significantly improve student success rates in the STEM programs in the College of Science and Technology.The project focuses on the objectives to improve the academic preparedness of freshman STEM students so they are better equipped for the rigor of major courses, graduate school, and the global marketplace; and to increase retention and graduation rates of STEM majors. The following activities and strategies are designed in support of meeting the objectives: improving students' preparedness in mathematics early in the academic career; ensuring that students develop sound foundational knowledge in core disciplines; helping students develop positive attitudes about their ability to learn; placing students in effective learning environments; providing students with sufficient academic support resources throughout their academic career; and developing and enhancing critical thinking skills. These project strategies are evidence-based, but will be studied for effectiveness in the setting of this university. The project will be advised and evaluated for effectiveness by internal and external advisory boards and by a team of evaluators. The project at Florida A&M University can serve as a model for the sustainable transformation of the undergraduate STEM curriculum to incorporate evidence-based strategies and practices in STEM education for minority serving institutions.