Developing a Growth Mindset Model to Build Resiliency in STEM Students

国家科学基金科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金(S-STEM)计划支持有经济需求的高成就、低收入学生的留校和毕业。布朗克斯社区学院和雷曼学院的这个项目是纽约市立大学系统中两所为拉美裔服务的机构，将为10组学生提供575个奖学金，这些学生正在布朗克斯社区学院攻读副学士学位，并在雷曼学院攻读STEM领域的学士学位。许多参与的学生将来自纽约第15国会选区及周边地区。这个地区是美国最贫穷的地区，34.2%的当地居民生活在贫困线以下，而全国范围内的这一比例为12.7%。奖学金学生将获得：(1)优化的学生成功支持(例如，大学预科暑期训练营、第一年研讨会、密集辅导、转学桥梁计划)；(2)奖学金和经济援助；(3)教师指导；(4)积极学习和合作研究；(5)学术支持；(6)作为补充指导负责人赚取收入的机会；(7)通过参加会议、研讨会、博览会和STEM俱乐部获得职业发展机会；以及(8)职业建议和实习。教师和辅助教学负责人将接受培训，以帮助学生有意识地建立一种成长心态，即通过努力和特定技能的发展，智力和学术成功可以随着时间的推移而提高。有证据表明，具有成长型思维的学生会培养克服失败和挫折的韧性。虽然有充分的证据将成长心态与提高学业成绩联系起来，但很少有证据表明，哪些特定的活动有助于学生发展成长心态，进而提高他们的学业表现和毅力。该项目将开发和测试一个增长思维模式，为发展增长思维模式创建一个“路线图”。这些信息有可能帮助全国各地的学院和大学增加完成STEM研究并进入STEM工作队伍的大学生的数量和多样性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program supports the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need. This project at Bronx Community College and Lehman College, both Hispanic-Serving Institutions in the City University of New York system, will fund 575 scholarships in 10 groups of students who are pursuing associate degrees at Bronx Community College and baccalaureate degrees at Lehman College across STEM fields. Many of the participating students will be from New York's 15th Congressional District and surrounding area. This district is the poorest in America, with 34.2% of local residents living below the poverty level, as compared to 12.7% nationwide. The scholarship students will receive: (1) optimized student success supports (i.e. pre-College Summer Boot Camp, First Year Seminar, intensive advisement, a transfer bridge program); (2) scholarships and financial aid; (3) faculty mentoring; (4) active learning and collaborative research; (5) academic support; (6) opportunities to earn income as Supplemental Instruction Leaders; (7) professional development opportunities through participation in conferences, workshops, fairs, and STEM clubs; and (8) career advisement and internships. Faculty and Supplemental Instruction Leaders will be trained to help students intentionally build a growth mindset, the perspective that intelligence and academic success can be improved over time with effort and with the development of specific skills. There is evidence that students with growth mindsets develop the resiliency to overcome failures and set-backs. While there is ample evidence linking growth mindsets to improved academic performance, there is little evidence regarding what specific activities help students to develop growth mindsets and, in turn, improve their academic performance and persistence. This project will develop and test a Growth Mindset Development Model that creates a "roadmap" for developing growth mindsets. This information has the potential to help colleges and universities across the nation increase the number and diversity of college students who complete STEM studies and enter the STEM workforce.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.