Pilot Study: Intentionally Delivered Effective Accommodation (IDEA) at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) - IDEA@ECSU

试点研究：伊丽莎白城市州立大学 (ECSU) 的有意提供有效住宿 (IDEA) - IDEA@ECSU

• 批准号: 2011434
• 负责人: Anthony Emekalam
• 金额: $ 14.38万
• 依托单位: Elizabeth City State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-08-01 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2011434&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Pilot; Study; Intentionally; Delivered; Effective

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) at the National Science Foundation supports faculty supports at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that aspire to build research capacity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) undergraduate education and research. It is expected that the pilot awards will further the faculty member's research capability, improve research and teaching at the institution. and involve undergraduate students in research experiences. The project at Elizabeth City State University will study the impact of extenuating circumstances on the performance of students who major in STEM fields and/or who take STEM courses, develop appropriate interventions to support those students in those targeted courses, and determine how those interventions reduce attrition rates in the stated circumstances. This project seeks to understand the feasibility and effectiveness of Intentionally Delivered Effective Accommodation (IDEA) at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU). IDEA @ ECSU is a novel instructional paradigm intended to promote student persistence and reduce attrition from STEM programs by addressing individual student-level extenuating education burdens that are not formally recognized and traditionally unaccommodated within the conventional academic STEM instruction as a means of improving educational outcomes. This is a pilot project with a goal of building upon preliminary findings of a recent small-scale study suggesting that inadequate accommodations of students bearing extenuating education burdens - such as student athletes - is a possible contributor to attrition from STEM programs. The IDEA instructional approach proactively solicits student input regarding their educational needs and relies on course syllabi intentionally designed to maximize reasonable accommodation for all students in the course without compromising learning goals. The project will evaluate the impact of utilizing IDEA-infused course syllabi in two introductory level STEM courses notable for high rates of failing grades and withdrawals at the Elizabeth City State University for two academic years. The project will also explore issues around HBCU student educational needs, burdens, and accommodations from the perspectives of both students and HBCU STEM faculty. Information generated from this study will advance goal-oriented STEM pedagogy by providing a novel guide and perspective to STEM instruction.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.

国家科学基金会的历史黑人学院和大学本科项目(HBCU-UP)支持历史黑人学院和大学(HBCU)的教师支持，这些学院和大学渴望在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)本科教育和研究方面建立研究能力。预计试点奖项将进一步提高教职员工的研究能力，改善该机构的研究和教学。并让本科生参与研究体验。伊丽莎白城州立大学的这个项目将研究可减轻的情况对主修STEM领域和/或参加STEM课程的学生的表现的影响，制定适当的干预措施，支持这些学生参加这些有针对性的课程，并确定这些干预措施如何在所述情况下减少流失率。该项目旨在了解伊丽莎白城市州立大学(ECSU)有意提供有效住宿(IDEA)的可行性和有效性。IDEA@ECSU是一种新的教学模式，旨在通过解决学生个人层面的教育负担来促进学生的坚持性并减少STEM项目的自然减员，这些负担在传统的学术STEM教学中没有得到正式承认和传统上无法适应，作为改善教育结果的一种手段。这是一个试点项目，目的是建立在最近一项小规模研究的初步结果的基础上，该研究表明，承担减轻教育负担的学生--如学生运动员--的住宿不足可能是STEM项目流失的原因之一。IDEA教学方法主动征求学生对他们的教育需求的意见，并依赖于有意设计的课程教学大纲，以便在不影响学习目标的情况下，最大限度地为所有学生提供合理的适应。该项目将评估在伊丽莎白城州立大学两个入门级别的STEM课程中使用注入IDEA的课程大纲的影响，这两个课程以两个学年的高不及格率和退学率而闻名。该项目还将从学生和HBCU STEM教职员工的角度探讨HBCU学生的教育需求、负担和住宿问题。这项研究产生的信息将为STEM教学提供一个新的指导和视角，从而推动以目标为导向的STEM教学法。这一奖项反映了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。