Scholarships Combined with Targeted Support Services to Increase Student Success in STEM

奖学金与有针对性的支持服务相结合，以提高学生在 STEM 方面的成功

• 批准号: 1833982
• 负责人: Eduardo Araujo-Pradere
• 金额: $ 82.24万
• 依托单位: Miami Dade College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1833982&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Scholarships; Combined; Targeted; Support; Services

The NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program will support the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at the Miami Dade College Homestead Campus (MDC-HC). This project aims to award a total of more than 300 semester-long scholarships to at least 60 academically talented STEM students with financial need. The project has three phases. In the first phase, participants will complete a paired mathematics and Student Life Skills course, through which they will gain improved study habits, time management, and other skills to enhance their academic experience and improve their performance in the math course. The following term, participants enter the One Step Up phase, in which they will apply the skills acquired during the first phase and demonstrate a strong motivation to succeed in their chosen STEM pathway. Faculty mentors, advisors, and instructors will address needs to support student momentum and progression in this phase. The third phase, Stepping Out, will occur during the final two college terms and will include field trips to universities and STEM employers, presentations by STEM professionals, research experiences, and aid with transfer to four-year institutions.The project will conduct a research study to address the following questions: (1) Does the pairing of a credit-bearing mathematics course with a student life skills course increase the success in a mathematics course? (2) How can the institution design interventions that will help low-income students sustain sufficient motivation to succeed in STEM pathways? (3) What factors contribute most to the success of a talented student from a low-income family in a STEM career pathway, including factors in the social environment (e.g., personal factors at home, family support) and the academic environment (e.g., adequate advisement, tutoring)? and (4) How do psychosocial constructs (such as math/science self-efficacy, science identity, and leadership/teamwork self-efficacy) of low-income, academically talented STEM students change over time when they are provided STEM-specific academic supports and career related interventions?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.

NSF 科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金 (S-STEM) 计划将支持迈阿密戴德学院霍姆斯特德校区 (MDC-HC) 表现出经济需求的高成就、低收入学生的保留和毕业。该项目旨在向至少 60 名有经济需要的学术才华横溢的 STEM 学生提供总共 300 多个学期的奖学金。该项目分为三个阶段。在第一阶段，参与者将完成数学和学生生活技能配对课程，通过该课程，他们将获得改善的学习习惯、时间管理和其他技能，以增强他们的学术经验并提高他们在数学课程中的表现。接下来的学期，参与者进入“一步一步”阶段，他们将应用在第一阶段获得的技能，并表现出在他们选择的 STEM 途径中取得成功的强烈动机。教师导师、顾问和讲师将解决支持学生在此阶段动力和进步的需求。 第三阶段“走出去”将在大学的最后两个学期进行，包括对大学和 STEM 雇主的实地考察、STEM 专业人士的演讲、研究经验以及转入四年制院校的援助。该项目将进行一项研究，以解决以下问题：(1) 学分数学课程与学生生活技能课程的配对是否会提高数学课程的成功率？ (2) 机构如何设计干预措施来帮助低收入学生保持足够的动力以在 STEM 途径中取得成功？ (3) 哪些因素对来自低收入家庭的优秀学生在 STEM 职业道路上的成功影响最大，包括社会环境因素（例如家庭个人因素、家庭支持）和学术环境因素（例如充分的建议、辅导）？ (4) 当低收入、学术才华横溢的 STEM 学生获得针对 STEM 的学术支持和职业相关干预措施时，他们的心理社会结构（例如数学/科学自我效能、科学认同和领导力/团队合作自我效能）如何随着时间而变化？该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。