Building Opportunities for STEM Success (BOSS)

随着对合格人才填补STEM岗位需求的增加，社区大学越来越多地寻求以证据为基础的、高影响力的实践，以鼓励学生在STEM学科中保留和毕业。许多因素影响学生对专业或职业的选择，但一些学生因为无法掌握STEM技能而不考虑STEM选择。“为STEM成功创造机会”（BOSS）项目将实施基于证据的工具、资源和教学模式，以改善位于杰克逊维尔的佛罗里达州立大学（一所社区大学）学生在STEM学习技能方面的教学。BOSS将开发和嵌入新的学习技能模块到六个关键的STEM课程中（大学代数、地球与空间科学、硬件配置、生物环境中的生命、普通化学导论和工程导论），目的是提高学生的学习收益和对STEM的兴趣。研究表明，学习技能和学业成功之间存在联系。BOSS将提供新的证据，证明将学习技能模块嵌入STEM课程的影响。BOSS教师将聚集在一个专业学习社区，开发解决STEM技能发展的模块。各模块的总体框架将在STEM课程中保持一致，并可灵活地根据不同学科领域的需求定制教学。从长远来看，这一举措将有助于扩大STEM人才储备，使其包括更多样化的人口。评估研究问题将侧重于新的学习技能策略与STEM自我效能、自我调节和学生成功之间的关系。合作伙伴包括东北佛罗里达STEM中心、佛罗里达教育部和JAXUSA Earn Up Initiative，后者将支持传播。这个项目通过教育社区大学学生成为技术和科学劳动力服务于国家利益。

As the need for qualified individuals to fill STEM jobs rises, community colleges increasingly seek evidence-based, high-impact practices to encourage student retention and graduation in STEM disciplines. Many factors influence a student's choice of a major or career, but some students do not consider STEM options because of a perceived inability to master STEM skills. The Building Opportunities for STEM Success (BOSS) project will implement evidence-based tools, resources, and instructional models that improve instruction in STEM study skills for students at Florida State College at Jacksonville, a community college. BOSS will develop and embed new study skills modules in six key STEM courses (College Algebra, Earth and Space Science, Hardware Configuration, Life in its Biological Environment, Introduction to General Chemistry, and Introduction to Engineering) with the aim of improving students' learning gains and interest in STEM. Research has shown a connection between study skills and academic success. BOSS will generate new evidence regarding the impacts of embedding study skills modules into STEM courses. BOSS faculty will come together in a professional learning community that will develop modules that address STEM skill development. The overall framework for modules will remain consistent across the STEM courses, with flexibility to tailor instruction to the needs of different subject areas. Long-term, the initiative will help broaden the STEM pipeline to include a more diverse population. Evaluation research questions will focus on the relationship between new study skill strategies and STEM self-efficacy, self-regulation, and student success. Partners include the Northeast Florida STEM Hub, the Florida Department of Education, and the JAXUSA Earn Up Initiative, who will support dissemination. This project serves the national interest by educating community college students for the technical and scientific workforce.