STEMWAY: Comprehensive Academic Support for STEM students

STEMWay是一个全面的课堂外学术支持计划，旨在提高两年制院校STEM学生的毕业率。STEMWay结合了四个关键要素，与最近对STEM学生成功的研究一致：与STEM课程和路径密切相关的学术支持服务；分析管理，以有限的资源提供全面支持；全面的辅导服务，让学生在活跃的学习社区中不断取得成功；以及所有STEM教师持续参与协作改进。STEMWay学术学生支持采用脚手架模式，其中包括多维技能准备评估，以改善学生在适当课程中的安置，并确定知识差距，以及预期的助推器指导，为学生提供在每门课程中取得成功所需的技能。一个提供全方位服务的商场提供评估和指导，与教师和课程协调，监控学生的路径进展，并评估每个项目元素的成功。STEMWay的最初目标是在2年的数学课程中增加482名学生毕业（比基线增加95%），这已被证明是所有STEM领域成功的基础。STEMWay评估包括对多个项目因素的形成性分析，以获得持续反馈，随后是对STEMWay作为一个完整系统的总结性评估，以促进STEM保留，并传播STEMWay评估的有效策略，以积极影响全国STEM毕业努力。智力优势：STEMWay是一个可测试的“密集干预”模型，反映了一种已经提出但尚未完全实施的学生保留理论，其理论家Tinto和Seidman说。STEMWay将早期和持续的评估和干预与战略管理优化实践以及学术社区建设相结合。STEMWay方法为STEM的成功提供了改进的教学模式和策略。整个项目及其每个部分的经验为大学提供了STEM学生进步、保留和毕业的有效实践。STEMWay为学生在课堂之外的学术需求定义并应用了一套全面的服务系统。STEMWay适应多种外部和内部资源的评估，安置和脚手架。将纵向实施和改进的互补学术支持的综合解决方案与应用管理科学增加适应性资源配置相结合，是一种新的方法。更广泛的影响：STEMWay项目预计将增加拥有副学士学位的毕业生数量，并为更多的学生准备进入STEM职业的四年制高级学习。由于许多Foothill学院的毕业生继续在当地大学获得学士学位或在硅谷就业，因此增加STEM毕业生的数量立即使当地社区受益，并进一步使国家受益。因为山麓学院目前支持教师培训和STEM教师招聘，它的努力导致更多的K-12 STEM教师，特别是在代表性不足的群体中。一个成功的STEMWay项目不仅改变了参与学生的生活，也改变了那些从雇用合格STEM毕业生的STEM公司和企业的成功中受益的人的生活。

STEMWay is a comprehensive outside-the-classroom academic support program designed to increase graduation of STEM students at 2-year institutions. STEMWay combines four key elements, consistent with recent research on STEM student success: academic support services that closely parallel STEM courses and pathways; analytical management to enable comprehensive support with limited resources; comprehensive mentoring services for progressive student success within an active learning community; and continual involvement by all STEM faculty members for collaborative improvement. STEMWay academic student support applies a scaffolding model, which includes multi-dimensional skills readiness assessment to improve placement of students into appropriate courses and to identify knowledge gaps, and anticipatory booster instruction to give students the necessary skills for success in each course. A full-service emporium supplies assessments and instruction, coordinates with faculty and courses, monitors students' pathway progress, and assesses success of each program element. STEMWay's initial target is 482 additional student graduations (a 95% increase beyond baseline) in a 2-year mathematics progression, which has been shown to be foundational for success in all STEM areas. STEMWay evaluation includes formative analysis of multiple program factors for continual feedback, to be followed by summative evaluation of STEMWay as a full system to promote STEM retention, and dissemination of STEMWay assessment of effective strategies to positively impact nation-wide STEM graduation efforts.Intellectual Merit: STEMWay is a testable model of "intensive intervention", reflecting a theory of student retention that has been proposed but not yet fully implemented, according to its theorists Tinto and Seidman. STEMWay combines early and continuous assessment and intervention with strategic management optimization practices, and with academic community construction. STEMWay methods produce improved pedagogical models and strategies for STEM success. The experiences of the full program and of each of its parts inform colleges of effective practices for STEM student progression, retention, and graduation. STEMWay defines and applies a system of wrap-around services for students' academic needs outside the classroom. STEMWay adapts multiple external and internal resources for assessment, placement, and scaffolding. The combination of a comprehensive solution for complementary academic support with longitudinal implementation and improvement, and applied management science to add adaptive allocation of resources, is new.Broader Impacts: The STEMWay project is expected to increase the number of graduates with associate degrees and to prepare more students for advanced 4-year studies leading into STEM careers. As many Foothill College graduates continue on to receive baccalaureate degrees at local universities or are employed in Silicon Valley, increasing the number of STEM graduates immediately benefits the local community and further benefits the nation. Because Foothill College currently supports teacher preparation and STEM teacher recruitment, its efforts lead to more K-12 STEM teachers, especially among underrepresented groups. A successful STEMWay program changes not only the lives of participating students for the better but also those who benefit from the successes of STEM companies and corporations who hire qualified STEM graduates.