Students Engaging In Science and Mathematics Interdisciplinary Collaborations - SEISMIC

学生参与科学和数学跨学科合作，或地震，是利用学习社区，以帮助低收入，学术才华的学生从布里奇沃特州立大学（BSU）在东南部马萨诸塞州成为自信的STEM专业谁体验科学和数学作为一个协作，跨学科领域。SEISMIC正在增加拥有解决现代社会问题所需技能的STEM毕业生的数量。 地震补助金团队进行的研究正在帮助确定跨学科的基于问题和服务学习的课程是否能促进学术天赋，低收入STEM学生的成功。 此外，地震学者正在通过服务学习活动提高科学认识和提高公众科学素养。地震奖学金正在帮助BSU缩小低收入科学和数学专业在保留率和毕业率方面的成就差距。 有资格获得地震奖学金的学生是低收入家庭的学生，他们在生物学、化学、计算机科学、地质学、数学或物理学的入门课程中获得了3.0 GPA和B或更好的成绩。 保持高GPA的学者在BSU STEM领域学习的最后三年获得高达6，000美元的奖励。通过分析学生作业，学生记录数据，以及学者和由未获得奖学金的合格学生组成的对照组的Likert和开放式问卷调查，SEISMIC赠款团队正在评估参与跨学科问题和服务学习课程如何导致STEM保留和动机的增加，以及社会的发展，帮助毕业生在职场取得成功的心理和文化资本。

Students Engaging In Science and Mathematics Interdisciplinary Collaborations, or SEISMIC, is using learning communities to help low-income, academically talented students from Bridgewater State University (BSU) in Southeastern Massachusetts become confident STEM majors who experience science and mathematics as a collaborative, interdisciplinary field. SEISMIC is increasing the number of STEM graduates who possess the skills needed to address problems of modern society. Research conducted by the SEISMIC grant team is helping to establish whether an interdisciplinary problem-based and service-learning curriculum promotes the success of academically talented, low-income STEM students. Additionally, SEISMIC Scholars are enhancing scientific understanding and increasing public scientific literacy through service learning activities. SEISMIC Scholarships are helping BSU close achievement gaps in retention and graduation rates for low-income science and mathematics majors. Students eligible for SEISMIC Scholarships are low-income students who earned a 3.0 GPA and B- or better in their introductory course in biology, chemistry, computer science, geology, mathematics or physics. Scholars maintaining high GPAs receive awards of up to $6,000 for the final three years of their studies in BSU STEM fields. Through analysis of student work, student records data, and Likert and open-response surveys of Scholars and a control group consisting of eligible students who did not receive scholarships, the SEISMIC grant team is evaluating how participating in an interdisciplinary problem-based and service-learning curriculum leads to increases in STEM retention and motivation, as well as the development of the social, psychological and cultural capital that help graduates succeed in the workforce.