Targeted Infusion Project: Infusion of Computer Technology into General and Organic Chemistry.

历史黑人学院和大学本科项目(HBCU-UP)通过有针对性的灌输项目，支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以改善HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们能够攻读STEM研究生课程和/或职业。阿肯色松林大学(UAPB)的这个项目将在普通和有机化学课程中注入基于网络的教学工具和模拟软件。预计学习结果将得到改善，从而导致留存的总体增加。该项目的目标是增加完成有机化学一并转到有机化学二的学生人数，从而总体上增加学生在STEM学科中的留存率。该项目还旨在将同行主导的小组学习(PLTL)实践纳入UAPB的普通化学和有机化学课程。这些干预策略将提高学生在有机化学方面的表现，从而总体上增加学生对理科的保留。它还将通过灌输新的教学方法来加强STEM课程，这些方法将促进更深入地了解有机化学。这个项目将量化和分析技术灌输在有机化学中学习困难概念的效果。这项研究还将确定教育性TPACK框架在为课堂和实验室环境中的技术灌输制定研究框架方面的有效性。该项目将帮助UAPB培养更多合格的少数族裔毕业生，他们将在STEM领域从事职业生涯。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。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP), through Targeted Infusion Projects, supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. This project at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) will infuse the General and Organic Chemistry curriculum with web-based teaching tools and simulation software. It is expected that learning outcomes will be improved leading to an overall increase in retention. The goal of this project is to increase the number of students completing Organic Chemistry I and moving to Organic Chemistry II, resulting in an overall increase in retention of students in STEM disciplines. This project is also designed to incorporate Peer Led Team Learning (PLTL) practices into General and Organic Chemistry classes at UAPB. The intervention strategies will improve students’ performance in organic chemistry leading to overall increase in retention of students in the sciences. It will also strengthen STEM curricula through infusion of new pedagogical approaches that will promote a greater depth of knowledge in Organic Chemistry. This project will quantify and analyze the effects of technology infusion in learning difficult concepts in Organic Chemistry. The study will also identify the effectiveness of educational TPACK Framework in framing the study for technology infusion in the classroom and laboratory settings. This project will help UAPB to produce a greater number of qualified minority graduates who will pursue careers in the STEM areas.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.