Targeted Infusion Project: Implementation and Assessment of Blended Learning First and Second Year Chemistry Courses at Spelman College

斯佩尔曼学院是一所为少数民族服务的机构，将通过国家科学基金-S历史黑人高校-本科项目(HBCU-UP)定向输血项目资助机会，实施普通化学和有机化学的课程修订。该项目实施了混合式学习。这些活动旨在监督和支持学生的成功，同时训练学生进行科学思维，掌握和应用科学概念，并将在关键的一年级和二年级本科阶段发展起来的技能转移到STEM学习中。混合学习形式将用于内容交付，包括技能培养活动，包括解决问题的课程、基于团队的指导性探究学习(例如，POGIL、ChemDrills、案例研究、计算机建模)。这项为期36个月的项目包括评估，包括在顺序课程中使用事前和事后考试，以及侧重于影响学生保持能力的长期目标的综合评估。将利用国内和国际场所以及斯佩尔曼？S i-Tunes大学和大学网站传播项目成果。

Spelman College, a minority-serving institution, will implement course revision in General and Organic Chemistry through the National Science Foundation?s Historically Black Colleges and Universities-Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) Targeted Infusion Project funding opportunity. The project implements a ?blended learning? in first and second year chemistry courses to improve the retention of students selecting majors in this STEM field.The activities are designed to monitor and support student success while training students to engage in scientific thinking, master and apply scientific concepts, and transfer skills developed in the critical freshman and sophomore undergraduate years of STEM study. A blended learning format will be used for content delivery to include skill-building activities involving problem-solving sessions, team-based guided inquiry learning (e.g., POGIL, ChemDrills, case studies, computer modeling).This 36-month project includes assessment that involves use of pre-and post exams in both sequence courses and comprehensive evaluation focusing on long-term goals impacting student retention. National and international venues will be used for the dissemination of project outcomes as well as Spelman?s I-Tunes University and the universities website.