Implementation Project: STEM Center for the Advancement of Learning, Achievement and Research (SCALAR III)

在历史上的黑人学院和大学的实施项目-本科课程（HBCU-UP）提供支持，设计，实施，研究和评估全面的机构努力，以增加学生的数量和他们的准备质量，通过加强科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）教育和研究。在佛罗里达农业和机械大学的这个实施项目旨在加强STEM中心的学习，成就和研究的进步（SCALAR III），STEM教育研究中心，通过建立一个全面的，校园范围内的方法来改善教学和学习。该项目以循证实践为基础。整个大学的STEM学生和教师将参与该项目，以扩大传统上在STEM学科中代表性不足的人的参与。SCALAR III项目的目标是显著提高学生在佛罗里达农业和机械大学提供的核心STEM课程和课程的成功率。教师和学生之间的项目的影响将通过定性和定量分析来衡量，包括（1）前后诊断结果;（2）在项目的活动参与水平，（3）保留，持久性和毕业率;（4）GPA;和（5）通过调查程序的关键方面的满意度水平。该项目的成功完成有可能导致改善学生的成功成果为佛罗里达农业和机械大学STEM学生和增加学术产出为大学的STEM教师。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响力审查标准进行评估的支持。

Implementation Projects in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) provide support to design, implement, study, and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the numbers of students and the quality of their preparation by strengthening science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and research. This implementation project at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University seeks to strengthen the STEM Center for the Advancement of Learning, Achievement, and Research (SCALAR III), a STEM educational research center, by establishing a comprehensive, campus-wide approach to improving teaching and learning. The project is grounded in evidence-based practices. STEM students and faculty across the entire university will participate in the project, bolstering efforts to broaden participation of persons traditionally underrepresented in STEM disciplines. The goal of the SCALAR III project is to significantly increase student success rates in the core STEM programs and courses offered at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. The impact of the project among faculty and students will be measured by qualitative and quantitative analysis to include (1) pre-post diagnostic results; (2) level of participation in the project's activities, (3) retention, persistence, and graduation rates; (4) GPA; and (5) level of satisfaction on crucial aspects of the program via surveys. Successful completion of this project has the potential to result in improved student success outcomes for Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University STEM students and increased scholarly output for the university’s STEM faculty.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.