Implementation Project: Improving Minority Student Persistence in STEM Fields Through Active-learning, Peer-mentoring, Undergraduate Research and Community Outreach

实施项目为传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）提供支持，以设计、实施、研究和评估全面的机构努力，以增加获得科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）本科学位的学生人数，并通过加强教育和研究来提高他们的准备质量。莱恩学院的这个项目旨在以以往的成功努力为基础，提高非裔美国人和其他历史上被剥夺权利群体的学生在STEM学科中的参与度。该项目的目标是增加进入STEM领域研究生和专业学校的学生数量。该项目将影响该机构的所有STEM专业。该项目包括对当地K-12学校的大力推广。该项目的目标是：通过让学生积极学习，包括基于课程的研究和扩大的同伴指导计划，为基础的STEM课程提供补充指导，从而加强课程的传授；将社区外展项目扩展到当地的K-12学校，让学生参与科学素养教育，并提供实践和探究性体验；并研究项目活动对学生科学认知、归属感和科学素养的影响。该项目还寻求在关键门户科学课程中实施改革后的教学策略，并将为教师提供教育学方面的专业发展。一项使用混合方法的研究将在HBCU的背景下进行，以调查这些活动对学生在STEM领域坚持学习的有效性。该项目将由内部和外部咨询委员会和评估人员指导和评估。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。

Implementation Projects provide support to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to design, implement, study, and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the number of students receiving undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and enhance the quality of their preparation by strengthen education and research. The project at Lane College seeks to build on previous successful efforts to increase participation of African-American and other students from historically disenfranchised groups in STEM disciplines. The goal of the project is to increase the number of students entering graduate and professional school in STEM fields. The project will impact all STEM majors at the institution. The project includes a strong outreach component to local K-12 schools.The project has the objectives to: enhance course delivery by engaging students in active learning, including course-based research and an expanded peer mentoring program with supplemental instruction for the foundational STEM courses; expand community outreach projects to local K-12 schools by engaging students in science literacy and providing hands-on and inquiry-based experiences; and study the impact of program activities on student perceptions of science, sense of belonging, and scientific literacy. The project also seeks to implement reformed teaching and learning strategies within critical gateway science courses and will provide professional development in pedagogy for faculty. A research study, using mixed-methods, will be conducted to investigate the effectiveness of these activities on student persistence in STEM fields within the context of an HBCU. The project will be guided and evaluated by internal and external advisory boards and evaluators.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.