Implementation Project - Viking STEM Elevating Higher and Emerging Stronger

该项目旨在通过在伊丽莎白城州立大学的STEM学术项目中提供创新的教学技术，包括数学入门课程、新生暑期桥梁、本科生研究机会、教师发展研讨会和研究生院准备活动，解决STEM学生的留校率和毕业问题。该项目将强调研究性学习的技术学习、内容学习和教学方法，以及教师在新媒体和教育技术方面的专业发展，以提高STEM专业和非STEM专业学生在代数、微积分预科和微积分课程中的成绩。将创建教师学习社区，以支持教师发展以问题为基础的学习教学法，并使用新媒体和教学技术，以及将成功实践融入STEM学生有效教与学的技术。大一新生夏令桥、STEM新生研讨会课程、为STEM专业学生开设的专门的大学代数课程，以及通过同伴带头补充指导的STEM学习社区，都是提高STEM新生留存率的策略。指导计划、为二年级学生设立的“维京探险家学院”、本科生的研究机会以及为研究生院举办的准备研讨会是解决STEM持续性和毕业率问题的策略。

The project aims to address student retention and graduation in STEM by providing innovative teaching technologies in introductory mathematics courses, a pre-freshman summer bridge, undergraduate research opportunities, faculty development workshops, and graduate school preparation activities in the STEM academic programs at Elizabeth City State University. This project will emphasize learning with technology, content and pedagogy for inquiry-based learning, and faculty professional development in new media and instructional technology to raise achievement of STEM majors and non-STEM majors in the algebra, pre-calculus and calculus courses. Faculty learning communities will be created to support faculty in developing problem-based learning pedagogies and use of new media and instructional technology, and techniques to integrate successful practices into effective teaching and learning for STEM students. The pre-freshman summer bridge, a STEM freshman seminar course, a special college algebra course for STEM majors, and a STEM learning community through peer-led supplemental instruction are the strategies employed to increase retention of STEM freshman. A mentoring program, a "Vikings Explorer's Academy" for sophomores, undergraduate research opportunities, and preparation workshops for graduate school are the strategies employed to address persistence and graduation rates in STEM.