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

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科项目（HBCU- up）通过有针对性的输液项目，支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以攻读STEM研究生课程和/或职业。阿肯色大学派恩布拉夫分校（UAPB）的这个项目将为普通化学和有机化学课程注入基于网络的教学工具和模拟软件。预计学习成果将得到改善，从而使留用率全面提高。该项目的目标是增加完成有机化学I并转向有机化学II的学生人数，从而提高STEM学科学生的保留率。该项目还旨在将同伴领导的团队学习（PLTL）实践纳入UAPB的普通化学和有机化学课程。干预策略将提高学生在有机化学方面的表现，从而全面提高学生在科学方面的保留率。它还将通过注入新的教学方法来加强STEM课程，这将促进有机化学知识的更深入。本项目将量化和分析技术注入对学习有机化学中困难概念的影响。这项研究还将确定教育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。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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.