Implementation Project: STEM Center for the Advancement of Learning, Achievement and Research (SCALAR III)

历史黑人学院和大学-本科课程(HBCU-UP)中的实施项目为设计、实施、研究和评估全面的机构努力提供支持，以通过加强科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教育和研究来增加学生数量和提高他们的准备质量。佛罗里达农业和机械大学的这一实施项目旨在通过建立一个全面的、全校范围的方法来改善教与学，加强STEM学习、成就和研究促进中心(SCALL III)，这是一个STEM教育研究中心。该项目以循证实践为基础。整个大学的STEM学生和教职员工将参与该项目，支持扩大传统上在STEM学科中代表性不足的人的参与。标量III项目的目标是显著提高学生在核心STEM项目和佛罗里达农业与机械大学提供的课程中的成功率。项目对教师和学生的影响将通过定性和定量分析来衡量，包括(1)事后诊断结果；(2)对项目活动的参与程度；(3)留存、坚持和毕业率；(4)GPA；以及(5)通过调查对项目关键方面的满意度。该项目的成功完成有可能改善佛罗里达农业和机械大学STEM学生的学生成功结果，并增加该大学STEM教师的学术产出。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 in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) provide support to design, implement, study, and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the numbers of students and the quality of their preparation by strengthening science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and research. This implementation project at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University seeks to strengthen the STEM Center for the Advancement of Learning, Achievement, and Research (SCALAR III), a STEM educational research center, by establishing a comprehensive, campus-wide approach to improving teaching and learning. The project is grounded in evidence-based practices. STEM students and faculty across the entire university will participate in the project, bolstering efforts to broaden participation of persons traditionally underrepresented in STEM disciplines. The goal of the SCALAR III project is to significantly increase student success rates in the core STEM programs and courses offered at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. The impact of the project among faculty and students will be measured by qualitative and quantitative analysis to include (1) pre-post diagnostic results; (2) level of participation in the project's activities, (3) retention, persistence, and graduation rates; (4) GPA; and (5) level of satisfaction on crucial aspects of the program via surveys. Successful completion of this project has the potential to result in improved student success outcomes for Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University STEM students and increased scholarly output for the university’s STEM faculty.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.