The Idaho Science Talent Expansion Program

该项目通过瞄准一年级STEM学生和教授这些学生的STEM教员来提高STEM保留率和毕业率。数学评估和学习与新生培训相结合，STEM教师教育培训正在与STEM新生学习社区和新学生培训相联系。该项目正在将在工程学学习社区中取得成功的量纲分析课程扩展并纳入到微积分基础STEM学习社区。这一课程改进有助于有效地帮助学生为化学和物理课程做好准备。基于优异的留住成绩，一年级学生工程研究实习的使用正在扩大到其他STEM学科。暑期冒险STEM迎新项目正在改善未能完成STEM学位的高危学生的保留率，包括那些数学准备不足的学生，那些有经济需要的学生，西班牙裔学生，女性学生，以及自我效能感低的学生。这些活动和评估提供了关于第一年计划对高危人群的影响的学术发现。该项目在五年的授权期内影响了至少1300名即将入学的STEM专业学生。预计STEM一年级学生的保留率将从57%提高到70%，STEM本科学位将每年增加40名STEM毕业生。内部和外部咨询委员会正在帮助指导该项目并传播成果。这个项目开发的课程增强资源正在通过他们的网站分发。正在通过专题介绍和出版物分享项目成果和经验教训。该项目还与一所新成立的地区社区学院--西爱达荷州学院--发展密切联系，并为其开展外联活动。《通向精通教学之旅：教师参与一年之久的教师学习社区》，《学习社区杂志》，2013。BOOKS/One Time Proceding Callahan，J.M.；Garzolini，J.A.；Hunt，G.L.；Guarino，J.；Bullock，D.；Shadle，S.；以及Schrader，C.B.“AC 2011-2500：爱达荷州科学人才扩展计划：STEM专业新生入门培训”，2011年1月1日至2011年12月31日，“美国工程教育学会2011年年会论文集”，2011年，“不适用”，L.S.Nadelson和S.Shadle。？提拔STEM教员？对他们的学习观念和教学实践的反思。美国工程教育学会2012年年会论文集，J.M.Callahan，D.Bullock，S.Y.Chyung。等式的两边：学习者和教师。美国工程教育学会2012年年会论文集.A.费尔德曼、D.布洛克和J.M.卡拉汉。？使用在线评估和练习，在微积分和微积分基础上实现更好的保留和安置。美国工程教育学会2012年年会论文集。

This project is increasing STEM retention and graduation rates by targeting first-year STEM students and the STEM faculty who teach those students. Mathematics assessment and learning are integrated with new-student orientation, and STEM faculty educational training is being linked with STEM freshman learning communities and with new student orientation. The project is expanding and incorporating a dimensional analysis curriculum, which has been successful in an engineering learning community, to a precalculus STEM learning community. This curriculum enhancement is helping to effectively prepare students for chemistry and physics courses. Based on exceptional retention results, the use of engineering research internships for first-year students is being expanded to other STEM disciplines. The Summer Adventure STEM Orientation program is improving retention with students at-risk for not completing a STEM degree, including those who are underprepared in math, those with financial need, Hispanic students, women, and students with low self-efficacy. The activities and assessments are providing scholarly findings about the impact of first-year programs for at-risk populations. This project is impacting at least 1300 incoming STEM majors over the five-year grant period. The expectation is that the retention rate of first-year STEM students will increase from 57% to 70%, and STEM undergraduate degrees will increase by 40 additional STEM graduates annually. Internal and External Advisory Boards are helping to guide the project and to disseminate results. Curriculum enhancement resources developed by this project are being distributing via their website. Project results and lessons learned are being shared through presentations and publications. This project is also developing close connections with and providing outreach activities for a newly formed regional community college, College of Western Idaho.PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH L.S. Nadelson, S.E. Shadle, J. Hettinger. "A Journey toward Mastery Teaching: STEM Faculty Engagement in a Year Long Faculty Learning Community," Learning Communities Journal, 2013.BOOKS/ONE TIME PROCEEDING Callahan, J.M.; Garzolini, J.A.; Hunt, G.L.; Guarino, J.; Bullock, D.; Shadle, S.; and Schrader, C.B.. "AC 2011-2500: The Idaho Science Talent Expansion Program: Freshman Orientation for STEM majors", 01/01/2011-12/31/2011, "Refereed Proceedings of the 2011 Annual Conference of the American Society of the Engineering Education", 2011, "Not applicable".L.S. Nadelson and S. Shadle. ?Promoting STEM Faculty Members? Reflection on their Learning Perceptions and Teaching Practices.? Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education.J.M. Callahan, D. Bullock, S.Y. Chyung. ?Both Sides of the Equation: Learner and Teacher.? Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education.A. Feldman, D. Bullock, and J.M. Callahan. ?Using Online Assessment and Practice to Achieve Better Retention and Placement in Precalculus and Calculus.? Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education.