Targeted Infusion Project: Infusion of Cyber, Research, and Peer-Led Team Learning to Enhance Minority STEM Majors' Mathematics Performance and Coding Experience

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科生计划（HBCU-UP）通过有针对性的输液项目支持开发，实施和基于证据的创新模式和方法的研究，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以追求STEM研究生课程和/或职业。阿肯色州的松海崖大学希望通过将网络，研究和同行领导的团队学习（PLTL）策略纳入微积分课程，以提高少数STEM专业的数学表现和编码经验。 这项工作很重要，因为它解决了改革数学教学的需要，以提高学生在这些课程中的学习，这些课程是学生成功获得STEM学位不可或缺的。 该项目力求以在其他较低级别代数课程中已证明成功的方式重新设计现有课程。 如果成功，该项目将成为降低STEM课程学生流失率的一个组成部分。 它将（1）帮助该机构数学课程的课程交付的持续转型，（2）为大学的STEM教师提供额外的工具，以支持提高学生在STEM课程中的表现，以及（3）直接增加准备进入STEM劳动力的学生人数。该项目的目标是通过以下方式提高微积分I和II课程的通过率使用循证医学（EB）教学方法。 该项目的具体目标是（1）提供为期2周的暑期教师开发研讨会，在编码和循证（EB）指令，（2）设计和实施EB教学微积分I和微积分II课程，（3）培训和导师PLTL领导人。 PI将使用三种EB方法来教授微积分：Julia计算机编程，PLTL和WebAssign。 通过PLTL研讨会，学生将提高他们的数学知识以及他们的社交技能。 教师将参加夏季研讨会，以获得朱莉娅计算机编程技能和其他EB教学方法，使他们能够有效地利用EB方法，以提高学生的学习经验，并最终提高通过率，保留率和毕业率。 PI和参与的教师将在与数学有关的区域和国家会议上展示项目成果。 这些机构包括但不限于美国数学协会和美国数学学会。 项目成果还将在教育会议（如美国学院和大学协会）、大学研究论坛和HBCU-UP/CREST PI会议上展示。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff aspires to enhance minority STEM majors’ mathematics performance and coding experiences by incorporating cyber, research, and peer-led team learning (PLTL) strategies into calculus courses. This work is important as it addresses the need to reform mathematics instruction to enhance student learning in those courses, courses that are integral to students successfully earning STEM degrees. The project seeks to re-design existing courses in a manner that has already proved successful in other lower-level, algebra courses. If successful, this project will be integral to reducing the student attrition rate in STEM courses. It will (1) aid the ongoing transformation of the course delivery of the institution’s math courses, (2) equip the university’s STEM faculty with additional tools for supporting improved student performance in the STEM courses, and (3) directly increase larger numbers of students who are prepared for entry in the STEM workforce.The goal of this project is to increase passing rates of Calculus I and II courses by utilizing evidence based (EB) instructional methods. The specific aims of the project are to (1) provide a 2-week summer faculty development workshop in coding and Evidence Based (EB) instructions, (2) design and implement EB instructional Calculus I and Calculus II courses, and (3) train and mentor PLTL leaders. The PIs will use three EB methods to teach Calculus: Julia computer programing, PLTL, and WebAssign. Through PLTL workshops, students will enhance their math knowledge as well as their social skills. Instructors will attend summer workshops to obtain Julia computer programming skills and other EB instructional methods, enabling them to effectively utilize EB methods to enhance students’ learning experiences and ultimately improve passing, retention, and graduation rates. The PIs and participating faculty will present project outcomes at regional and national meetings that pertain to mathematics. These include, but are not limited to, Mathematics Association of America and the American Mathematics Society. Project results will also be presented at educational conferences (such as the America Association of Colleges and Universities), at research forums at the university, and at the HBCU-UP/CREST PI meeting.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.