Pilot Study: Intentionally Delivered Effective Accommodation (IDEA) at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) - IDEA@ECSU

美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation）的“历史上的黑人高校本科项目”（HBCU-UP）支持那些渴望在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）本科教育和研究方面建立研究能力的历史上的黑人高校（hbcu）的教师。预计试点奖励将进一步提高教师的研究能力，提高学院的研究和教学水平。让本科生参与研究体验。伊丽莎白城市州立大学的项目将研究可减轻的情况对主修STEM领域和/或参加STEM课程的学生的表现的影响，制定适当的干预措施来支持这些目标课程的学生，并确定这些干预措施如何降低在所述情况下的流失率。本项目旨在了解伊丽莎白城市州立大学（ECSU）有意提供有效住宿（IDEA）的可行性和有效性。IDEA @ ECSU是一种新颖的教学范式，旨在通过解决传统STEM学术教学中未被正式认可和传统上不适应的个别学生层面的减轻教育负担，作为改善教育成果的一种手段，促进学生的坚持并减少STEM课程的流失。这是一个试点项目，其目标是建立在最近一项小规模研究的初步结果的基础上，该研究表明，承担减轻教育负担的学生（如学生运动员）的住宿不足可能是导致STEM项目流失的一个原因。IDEA的教学方法主动征求学生对其教育需求的意见，并依赖于有意设计的课程大纲，在不影响学习目标的情况下，最大限度地为所有学生提供合理的住宿。该项目将评估在伊丽莎白城市州立大学两学年的高不及格率和退学率的两门入门级STEM课程中使用注入了idea的课程大纲的影响。该项目还将从学生和STEM教师的角度探讨HBCU学生的教育需求、负担和住宿问题。本研究所产生的信息将通过为STEM教学提供新的指导和视角来推进目标导向的STEM教学法。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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) at the National Science Foundation supports faculty supports at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that aspire to build research capacity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) undergraduate education and research. It is expected that the pilot awards will further the faculty member's research capability, improve research and teaching at the institution. and involve undergraduate students in research experiences. The project at Elizabeth City State University will study the impact of extenuating circumstances on the performance of students who major in STEM fields and/or who take STEM courses, develop appropriate interventions to support those students in those targeted courses, and determine how those interventions reduce attrition rates in the stated circumstances. This project seeks to understand the feasibility and effectiveness of Intentionally Delivered Effective Accommodation (IDEA) at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU). IDEA @ ECSU is a novel instructional paradigm intended to promote student persistence and reduce attrition from STEM programs by addressing individual student-level extenuating education burdens that are not formally recognized and traditionally unaccommodated within the conventional academic STEM instruction as a means of improving educational outcomes. This is a pilot project with a goal of building upon preliminary findings of a recent small-scale study suggesting that inadequate accommodations of students bearing extenuating education burdens - such as student athletes - is a possible contributor to attrition from STEM programs. The IDEA instructional approach proactively solicits student input regarding their educational needs and relies on course syllabi intentionally designed to maximize reasonable accommodation for all students in the course without compromising learning goals. The project will evaluate the impact of utilizing IDEA-infused course syllabi in two introductory level STEM courses notable for high rates of failing grades and withdrawals at the Elizabeth City State University for two academic years. The project will also explore issues around HBCU student educational needs, burdens, and accommodations from the perspectives of both students and HBCU STEM faculty. Information generated from this study will advance goal-oriented STEM pedagogy by providing a novel guide and perspective to STEM instruction.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.