Targeted Infusion Project: Innovating Writing-To-Learning Pedagogy To Promote And Assess Deep Conceptual Understanding And Mindful Learning Across Authentic STEM Education Settings

历史黑人学院和大学本科项目(HBCU-UP)通过有针对性的灌输项目，支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以改善HBCU本科学生的准备和成功，使他们可以攻读科学、技术、工程或数学(STEM)研究生课程和/或职业。这个项目探索了杰克逊州立大学STEM课程的学生在写作学习(WTL)教学法的实施以及认知和元认知技能的发展。项目的主要目标是使用人工智能授权的学生写作和元认知提示的自动评估来评估学生的学习收获，并帮助提高学生在STEM领域的学习和坚持性。该提案纳入了一个由教学和教育研究专业人员组成的虚拟网络，以参与专业发展和交流有关创新教学做法的知识。该项目的成果将为在HBCU社区内促进学生学习和技能发展的有效教学方法的制度化奠定基础，并促进STEM教师和学习科学家之间的合作，特别是新成立的HBCU学者。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。

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 science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) graduate programs and/or careers. This project explores the implementation of the Writing-to-Learn (WTL) pedagogy coupled with cognitive and metacognitive skills development for students enrolled in STEM courses at Jackson State University.The primary goal of the project is to use AI-empowered automatic assessment of students’ writing and metacognitive prompts to both assess student learning gains and help improve student learning and persistence in STEM domains. The proposal incorporates a virtual network of teaching and educational research professionals to engage in professional development and exchange knowledge on innovative instructional practices. Outcomes from the project will lay the foundation for institutionalizing the effective pedagogies that facilitate students' learning and skill development within HBCU communities and promote collaboration among STEM instructors and learning scientists, particularly newly minted HBCU academicians.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.