Implementation Project: Improving Minority Student Persistence in STEM Fields Through Active-learning, Peer-mentoring, Undergraduate Research and Community Outreach

实施项目支持传统黑人学院和大学(HBCU)设计、实施、研究和评估全面的机构努力，以增加获得科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)本科学位的学生数量，并通过加强教育和研究提高他们的准备质量。莱恩学院的这个项目寻求在之前成功努力的基础上，增加非洲裔美国人和其他来自历史上被剥夺公民权的群体的学生参与STEM学科。该项目的目标是增加在STEM领域进入研究生和专业学校的学生人数。该项目将影响该学院所有STEM专业的学生。该项目包括对当地K-12学校的强大外展部分。该项目的目标是：通过让学生参与主动学习来加强课程交付，包括基于课程的研究和扩展的同伴指导计划，并为STEM基础课程提供补充指导；通过让学生参与科学素养并提供动手和基于探究的体验，将社区外展项目扩展到当地K-12学校；以及研究计划活动对学生的科学认知、归属感和科学素养的影响。该项目还寻求在关键的门户科学课程中实施改革的教与学策略，并将为教师提供教育学方面的专业发展。在HBCU的背景下，将进行一项混合方法的研究，以调查这些活动对STEM领域学生坚持不懈的有效性。该项目将由内部和外部顾问委员会和评估员指导和评估。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。

Implementation Projects provide support to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to design, implement, study, and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the number of students receiving undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and enhance the quality of their preparation by strengthen education and research. The project at Lane College seeks to build on previous successful efforts to increase participation of African-American and other students from historically disenfranchised groups in STEM disciplines. The goal of the project is to increase the number of students entering graduate and professional school in STEM fields. The project will impact all STEM majors at the institution. The project includes a strong outreach component to local K-12 schools.The project has the objectives to: enhance course delivery by engaging students in active learning, including course-based research and an expanded peer mentoring program with supplemental instruction for the foundational STEM courses; expand community outreach projects to local K-12 schools by engaging students in science literacy and providing hands-on and inquiry-based experiences; and study the impact of program activities on student perceptions of science, sense of belonging, and scientific literacy. The project also seeks to implement reformed teaching and learning strategies within critical gateway science courses and will provide professional development in pedagogy for faculty. A research study, using mixed-methods, will be conducted to investigate the effectiveness of these activities on student persistence in STEM fields within the context of an HBCU. The project will be guided and evaluated by internal and external advisory boards and evaluators.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.