Emphasizing Core Calculus Concepts Using Biomedical Applications to Engage, Mentor and Retain STEM Students

这个项目提供了一系列的学分，应用学习模块，与一年级和二年级的微积分课程并行提供。这些模块由数学科学系和生物工程系的教职员工开发和领导。该项目的一个重要组成部分是，高级本科生作为参加模块学习的STEM学生的同行导师。该项目从所有STEM专业招募参与者，特别努力从女性、少数族裔、第一代大学生和社区大学转学等代表性较低的群体招聘。学生有机会在每个学期注册一个应用学习模块，最多四个学期。建议的单元强调与四个生物医学研究领域有关的数学和统计学：1)骨科，2)传染病，3)人体内热传播，4)乳房X光照相和放射学。学生参加实地考察，参观与其模块相关的设施和实验室。每个学期的学生都可以通过项目网站访问教师开发的在线视听材料。

This project provides a series of for-credit, applied learning modules that are given in parallel to the freshman and sophomore calculus courses. The modules are developed and led by faculty members from the Departments of Mathematical Science and Bioengineering. An important component of the project is that advanced undergraduate students serve as peer mentors to the STEM students who are taking the modules. This project recruits participants from all STEM majors with special efforts to recruiting from underrepresented groups such as women, minorities, first-generation college students, and community college transfers. Students have the opportunity to enroll in one applied learning module per semester for up to four semesters. The proposed modules emphasizes mathematics and statistics relevant to four biomedical research areas 1) orthopaedics, 2) infectious diseases, 3) heat propagation in the human body, 4) mammography and radiology. Students participate in field trips to visit facilities and labs related to their module. Each semester students have access to online faculty-developed audio-video materials via the project website.