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

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科生计划（HBCU-UP）通过有针对性的输液项目支持开发，实施和研究以证据为基础的创新模式和方法，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以追求科学，技术，工程或数学（STEM）研究生课程和/或职业。该项目旨在探索在杰克逊州立大学的STEM课程中实施“以人为本”（WTL）教学法以及认知和元认知技能发展。该项目的主要目标是使用人工智能自动评估学生的写作和元认知提示，以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。该提案包括一个教学和教育研究专业人员虚拟网络，以从事专业发展和交流创新教学实践知识。该项目的成果将为促进HBCU社区内学生学习和技能发展的有效教学法制度化奠定基础，并促进STEM教师和学习科学家，特别是新晋HBCU院士之间的合作。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

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.