COMPASS: CoOrdinated Math-Physics Assessment for Student Success

COMPASS(学生成功的数学和物理协调评估)计划将支持一项保留STEM专业的全国性倡议，旨在帮助学生顺利度过第一年。特别是，该计划将旨在帮助学生提高他们在入门课程中的成绩，并增加留存。建议的方法结合了在入学前针对特定学生需求量身定做的有效教育计划。对COMPASS计划的更广泛影响包括制定专门为解决STEM学科本科生保留率而设计的战略。学生将被安排参加一个旨在增强他们个人优势的计划，以支持他们在其他重要学术领域的发展。该计划将建立在以教育研究为基础的现有课程的基础上，并提供一种易于适应的保留策略，可供广泛的机构使用。COMPASS计划的智力优势包括开发方法来解释学生在进入大学水平课程之前的初始准备状态信息。该方案的活动将包括审查新的方法，以改进STEM入门课程，通过协调的课程战略，以适应个别学生的具体需要。

The COMPASS (Co-Ordinated Math and Physics Assessment for Student Success) program will support a national initiative to retain STEM majors and will be designed to aid students to navigate successfully through their first year. In particular, the program will be designed to help students improve their achievements in their introductory courses and increase retention. The proposed approach combines effective educational programs tailored to specific student needs prior to their enrollment.The broader impacts for the COMPASS program include the development of strategies specifically designed to address the retention rates of undergraduate students in STEM disciplines. Students will be placed in a program designed to build on their personal strengths in a way to support them in the development of other important academic areas. The program will build on existing courses grounded in educational research and provides an easily adaptable retention strategy accessible to a wide range of institutions.The intellectual merits for the COMPASS program include the development of methodologies to interpret information about the initial state of students' preparedness prior to their enrollment in college level courses. The program activities will include an examination of new ways to improve introductory STEM courses through a coordinated curriculum strategy which is adapted to individual students' specific needs.