Implementation project: Interdisciplinary Research Infusion into STEM Education (I-RISE) Undergraduate Program

实施项目为传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）提供支持，以设计，实施，研究和评估全面的机构努力，通过加强科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）教育和研究来增加学生人数和他们的准备质量。贾维斯基督教大学（JCU）的这个项目旨在通过在教育、跨学科STEM研究和社会学习策略之间建立创新联系来培养多样化的学生群体。该项目的目标是增加少数族裔学生攻读STEM学位的人数，使其在研究生和专业学校中具有竞争力。该项目将影响攻读STEM学位的学生的学业成功、留校率和毕业率，并对该机构的STEM项目做出可持续的改变。该项目旨在通过在STEM领域实施和推广循证教学，解决STEM学生成绩差距的几个原因。将基于课程的本科研究经验（CUREs）注入到较低水平的STEM课程中，将使学生尽早接触动手研究方法，从而有可能提高他们对所选领域的理解并提高批判性思维技能。该项目将深入了解干预措施对社会学习策略的影响，包括成长心态、归属感和自我效能感。此外，新工程课程的发展将为工程领域提供坚实的基础，并使学生能够在更高水平的课程和工程专业中脱颖而出。此外，学生在学年和夏季参与教师指导的研究将有助于推进教师研究，并提高JCU STEM学生成功竞争研究生研究奖学金的能力。最后，通过建立跨学科研究与教育中心（IREC），这个机会将促进与其他机构在学位和研究机会方面的新的和扩大的合作。该项目可以作为广泛的STEM干预模式，将进行评估，以确定教师指导、实习、研究经验和社会学习策略对STEM专业学生保留率和毕业率的影响。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。

Implementation Projects provide support to the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) 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 project at Jarvis Christian University (JCU) seeks to train a diverse group of students by making innovative connections between education, interdisciplinary STEM research, and social learning strategies. The goal of this project is to increase the number of underrepresented minority students pursuing STEM degrees to be competitive for graduate and professional schools. The project will impact the academic success, retention, and graduation rate of students enrolled in STEM degrees and make sustainable change to STEM programs at the institution. The project seeks to address several causal factors of STEM student achievement gaps through implementation and extension of evidence-based teaching in the STEM areas. The infusion of Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) into lower-level STEM courses will expose students early to hands-on research approaches with the potential to advance their understanding of their chosen field and promote critical thinking skills. The project will gain insight into the effects of interventions on social learning strategies, including growth mindset, sense of belonging, and self-efficacy. In addition, the development of the new Engineering program will provide a strong general foundation in the field of engineering and equip students to excel in higher-level courses and engineering specializations. Moreover, student participation in faculty mentored research during the academic year and summer will contribute to the advancement of faculty research and increase JCU STEM students’ ability to compete successfully for graduate research fellowships. Finally, this opportunity will promote new and expanded collaborations for degree and research opportunities with other institutions through the establishment of the Interdisciplinary Research and Education Center (IREC). The project, which may serve as a model for broad STEM intervention, will be assessed to determine the impact of faculty mentoring, internships, research experiences, and social learning strategies on the outcomes of retention and graduation rates of STEM majors.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.