"Developing Meaningful Mathematics for Student Success Through a Collaboration Between Community College and High School Faculty"

在改善本科生STEM教育：拉美裔服务机构计划的支持下，这个Track 2项目旨在通过开发为期一年的双学分大学代数/大学准备技能课程来提高学生在数学方面的成功。超过一半的学生进入新墨西哥州中部社区学院学习发展数学课程，这可能会使STEM专业的学位进步推迟至多两年。大学代数/大学准备技能课程将旨在支持学生在代数方面取得成功，使学生能够进入微积分，这是许多STEM专业的必修课。大学代数/大学准备技能课程将由包括高中和大学数学教师在内的专业学习社区设计。该课程将面向高三学生和新墨西哥州中部社区学院的学生，旨在提高学生在过渡到大学水平的数学课程工作中的成功。通过参与专业学习社区，大学教职员工还将了解如何为一年级学生提供更好的学习体验。通过更好地为学生在大学代数课程中取得成功做好准备，该项目有可能支持更多成功攻读STEM学位的学生。该项目旨在提高大学准备和大学代数的完成率。这一目标将通过由新墨西哥州中部社区学院、阿尔伯克基高中和南谷学院高中的数学教师合作开发一门背景化的大学代数/大学准备技能课程来实现。教师将确定如何提高学生的数学掌握能力，并提高学生在大学STEM课程中取得成功所需的技能的发展。通过建立在高中和大学数学教师的知识基础上，该课程可能会更好地为学生成功转学社区大学做好准备，并在合作机构之间提供一种新的联系。该项目将调查以下研究问题：(1)专业学习社区如何影响教学实践？(2)在课程中纳入大学准备和结合背景的数学方法在哪些方面为学生在随后的大学水平的STEM课程中取得成功做好准备？以及(3)大学代数/大学准备课程是否能提高学生在大学一年级STEM和数学课程中的成绩？为了解决这些问题，该项目将使用定量和定性数据，包括学生在数学和其他STEM课程中的学习成绩，以及来自重点小组的数据。跨机构专业学习社区基础设施可能为其他机构提供可复制的模式，这些机构寻求加强大学数学和其他STEM课程一年级学生的过渡。项目成果将通过会议报告在区域和国家范围内共享，课程将通过一个开放获取的在线平台共享。改善本科生STEM教育：西班牙裔服务机构(HSI)计划旨在加强本科生STEM教育并建设HSIS的能力。HSI计划支持的项目也将产生关于如何实现这些目标的新知识。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。

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program, this Track 2 project aims to enhance student success in mathematics by developing a year-long dual-credit College Algebra/College Readiness Skills course. More than half of the students entering Central New Mexico Community College place into developmental mathematics courses, which can set STEM majors back in their degree progression by up to two years. The College Algebra/College Readiness Skills Course will be designed to support student success in Algebra, enabling students to enter calculus, a required course for many STEM majors. The College Algebra/College Readiness Skills Course will be designed by a professional learning community that includes high school and college mathematics faculty. The Course will be offered to high school seniors and to Central New Mexico Community College students, with the aim of enhancing student success in the transition to college-level mathematics course work. By participating in the professional learning community, college faculty will also gain insight about how to provide a better learning experience for first-year students. By better preparing students for success in college algebra courses, the project has the potential to support an increase in the number of students who successfully pursue STEM degrees.The project seeks to enhance college readiness and completion of college algebra. This goal will be accomplished through collaborative development of a contextualized College Algebra/College Readiness Skills Course by mathematics faculty at Central New Mexico Community College, Albuquerque High School, and South Valley Academy High School. The faculty will identify how to improve students' mastery of mathematics and increase students' development of the skills needed to be successful in college STEM courses. By building on the knowledge of high school and college mathematics teachers, the Course may better equip students for successful transfer into the community college, as well as provide a novel link between the collaborating institutions. The project will investigate the following research questions: (1) How does the Professional Learning Community affect teaching practices? (2) In what ways does curricular inclusion of college readiness and a contextualized approach to mathematics prepare students to succeed in subsequent college-level STEM courses? and (3) Does the College Algebra/College Readiness Course improve student success in first-year college STEM and mathematics courses? To address these questions, the project will use quantitative and qualitative data, including student academic performance in mathematics and other STEM courses, and data from focus groups. The cross-institutional professional learning community infrastructure may be a replicable model for other institutions that seek to enhance the transition of students in the first year of college mathematics and other STEM courses. Project outcomes will be shared both regionally and nationally through conference presentations, and the curricula will be shared through an open-access, online platform. The Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at HSIs. Projects supported by the HSI Program will also generate new knowledge on how to achieve these aims.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.