HSI Pilot Project: Building Bridges into Math and STEM at San Diego State University-Imperial Valley

HSI 试点项目：在圣地亚哥州立大学帝国谷分校搭建数学和 STEM 的桥梁

• 批准号: 2150400
• 负责人: Huan Qin
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: San Diego State University Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-04-01 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2150400&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: HSI; Pilot; Project; Building; Bridges

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this pilot project aims to build math capacity at San Diego State University-Imperial Valley (SDSU-IV) and enhance undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education by developing and analyzing a Summer Bridge Math Experience (SBME) to newly admitted students who have math/statistics course requirements. The format of the SBME will be a four-day summer bridge program with two major components: 1) math workshops and 2) campus-life orientation/career introductory field trips. The mission of the program is to assist students with their math preparation and adjustment of both academic and student life at SDSU-IV through workshops, activities, resources, and various experiences which prepare them for their successful academic and social transition to the University. Assessments will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program in increasing students’ math confidence level and for program improvement. Enrollment information and future course success will be used to evaluate program impact. The SBME at SDSU-IV will 1) bridge the community STEM workforce shortfalls and equity gaps, 2) maximize students' STEM and mathematics confidence, and 3) align STEM program outcomes with workforce needs. In addition, it will benefit society by improving the STEM education quality for underrepresented groups, at SDSU-IV directly, and bridge the gap between their desire for more diversified career choices and local community needs at Imperial Valley.The primary goals of this project are to 1) provide an effective math learning experience, 2) facilitate a smooth first-year transition to the university environment, 3) connect newly admitted students to the SDSU-IV community by helping them build their support network (e.g. academic and student support services) to ultimately increase retention and college completion, 4) spark general STEM interest, and 5) attract minority students to enroll into the new B.A. in Mathematics. In addition, the program will help students: assume responsibility for their learning both in and out of the classroom; acquire academic, personal, and social skills essential to success in college and beyond; develop effective communication skills; establish a supportive cohort with fellow students; and gain campus knowledge to readily identify faculty, staff, and campus resources. Through targeted recruitment activities, the program will seek to increase STEM enrollments of underrepresented populations including women and students of color. Results from the project will inform activities at the University, but also improve STEM recruitment and retention activities across similar institutions that are rural HSIs and attend to economically disadvantaged, and geographically marginalized populations, particularly the US-Mexico border states. This HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at HSIs. Projects supported by the HSI Program will also generate new knowledge on how to achieve these aims.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.

在改善本科STEM教育：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI计划）的支持下，该试点项目旨在建立圣地亚哥州立大学帝国谷（SDSU-IV）的数学能力，并通过开发和分析夏桥数学体验（SBME）来加强本科科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）教育。SBME的形式将是一个为期四天的夏桥计划，有两个主要组成部分：1）数学讲习班和2）校园生活方向/职业介绍实地考察。该计划的使命是通过研讨会，活动，资源和各种经验，帮助学生为他们成功的学术和社会过渡到大学做好数学准备和调整SDSU-IV的学术和学生生活。评估将被用来评估该计划在提高学生的数学信心水平和计划改进的有效性。入学信息和未来的课程成功将被用来评估计划的影响。SDSU-IV的SBME将1）弥合社区STEM劳动力短缺和公平差距，2）最大限度地提高学生的STEM和数学信心，3）使STEM计划成果与劳动力需求保持一致。此外，它将通过提高STEM教育质量的代表性不足的群体，在SDSU-IV直接造福社会，并弥合他们的愿望之间的差距差距更多样化的职业选择和当地社区的需要在帝王谷。该项目的主要目标是1）提供一个有效的数学学习经验，2）促进一年级顺利过渡到大学环境，3）通过帮助新入学的学生建立他们的支持网络（例如学术和学生支持服务）将他们与SDSU-IV社区联系起来，最终提高保留率和大学完成率，4）激发一般STEM兴趣，5）吸引少数民族学生注册新的BA。在数学上。此外，该计划将帮助学生：承担起他们在课堂内外学习的责任;获得在大学及以后取得成功所必需的学术，个人和社交技能;发展有效的沟通技巧;与同学建立支持性的队列;并获得校园知识，以便随时识别教师，员工和校园资源。通过有针对性的招聘活动，该计划将寻求增加STEM代表性不足的人群的入学率，包括女性和有色人种学生。该项目的结果将为大学的活动提供信息，但也改善了农村HSI类似机构的STEM招聘和保留活动，并关注经济弱势和地理边缘化人群，特别是美墨边境州。该HSI计划旨在加强本科STEM教育并建立HSI的能力。HSI计划支持的项目也将产生关于如何实现这些目标的新知识。该奖项反映了NSF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。