Enriching the Undergraduate Experience through Personalized Learning and Mentoring

通过个性化学习和指导丰富本科生体验

• 批准号: 1742523
• 负责人: Sahra Sedigh Sarvestani
• 金额: $ 65万
• 依托单位: Missouri University of Science and Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-04-01 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1742523&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Enriching; Undergraduate; Experience; through; Personalized

With funding from the NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program, the "Enriching the Undergraduate Experience through Personalized Learning and Mentoring" program will support high-achieving, low-income computer science and engineering students with demonstrated financial at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. This four-year S-STEM Track 2 project will provide scholarships to 21 financially at-risk sophomores, in three cohorts of seven students. The first cohort will be funded for three years; the second cohort will be funded for two years; and the third cohort will be funded for one year. In addition to the scholarships, students will receive faculty mentoring and participate in community building activities. They will also receive help in one of their challenging computing courses through a new software program that can deliver personalized learning opportunities.The objectives of this S-STEM Track 2 project are to a) increase retention and graduation rates of participating students, ideally to 100% within five years; b) attain 100% placement in jobs or graduate programs well-suited to participating students' talents and interests; c) evaluate the activities carried out during the project to identify best practices that can be scaled to larger student cohorts and adapted to other disciplines and institutions. Personalized learning support in the computer engineering and computer science courses will be provided to the scholars using the PERCEPOLIS cyber infrastructure developed by the investigators. Scholars will engage in professional development opportunities that aim to better motivate and prepare them for computer science careers and/or graduate education, with a blended learning approach supported by the PERCEPOLIS software that enables collection of data on learning outcomes and engagement.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在国家科学基金科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金(S-STEM)计划的资助下，“通过个性化学习和指导丰富本科经验”计划将支持在密苏里科技大学拥有证明经济能力的高成就、低收入计算机科学和工程专业的学生。这个为期四年的S-STEM Track 2项目将为21名经济困难的大二学生提供奖学金，分三组，每组七名学生。第一批将资助三年，第二批将资助两年，第三批将资助一年。除了奖学金外，学生还将接受教师指导，并参与社区建设活动。S-STEM Track 2项目的目标是a)提高参与学生的保留率和毕业率，最好在五年内达到100%；b)达到100%的就业或研究生项目，适合参与学生的天赋和兴趣；c)评估项目期间开展的活动，以确定可以扩展到更大的学生队列并适应其他学科和机构的最佳实践。将利用调查人员开发的PERCEPOLIS网络基础设施，向学者提供计算机工程和计算机科学课程中的个性化学习支助。学者将参与职业发展机会，旨在更好地激励和准备他们的计算机科学职业生涯和/或研究生教育，通过PERCEPOLIS软件支持的混合学习方法，能够收集关于学习结果和参与的数据。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。