HSI Pilot Project: Building Bridges into Math and STEM at San Diego State University-Imperial Valley

在改进的本科生STEM教育：拉美裔服务机构(HSI计划)的支持下，这一试点项目旨在建设圣地亚哥州立大学帝国谷(SDSU-IV)的数学能力，并通过为有数学/统计课程要求的新录取学生开发和分析夏季桥数学体验(SBME)来增强本科科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教育。SBME的形式将是一个为期四天的夏季桥牌项目，包括两个主要组成部分：1)数学研讨会和2)校园生活指导/职业介绍性实地考察。该计划的使命是通过研讨会、活动、资源和各种经验，帮助学生在SDSU-IV进行数学准备和适应学术和学生生活，为他们成功地向大学进行学术和社会过渡做好准备。评估将被用来评估该计划在提高学生数学自信水平和改善计划方面的有效性。注册信息和未来课程成功与否将用于评估计划的影响。SDSU-IV的SBME将1)弥补社区STEM劳动力短缺和公平差距，2)最大限度地提高学生对STEM和数学的信心，以及3)使STEM项目的结果与劳动力需求保持一致。此外，它还将通过直接提高SDSU-IV代表不足群体的STEM教育质量来造福社会，并弥合他们对更多样化职业选择的渴望与帝国谷当地社区需求之间的差距。该项目的主要目标是1)提供有效的数学学习体验，2)促进一年级顺利过渡到大学环境，3)通过帮助新录取的学生建立支持网络(例如，学术和学生支持服务)，将新录取的学生与SDSU-IV社区联系起来，最终提高保留率和大学毕业率，4)激发普遍的STEM兴趣，5)吸引少数族裔学生报读新的数学学士学位。此外，该计划将帮助学生：对他们在课堂内外的学习承担责任；获得在大学内外取得成功所必需的学术、个人和社交技能；发展有效的沟通技能；建立与同学之间的支持性队列；以及获得校园知识，以便随时确定教职员工和校园资源。通过有针对性的招聘活动，该计划将寻求增加STEM招生人数，包括妇女和有色人种学生。该项目的结果将为该大学的活动提供信息，但也将改善类似机构的STEM招聘和保留活动，这些机构是农村HSI，服务于经济上处于不利地位的和地理上处于边缘地位的人口，特别是美墨边境各州。该HSI项目旨在加强高等专科学校本科生STEM教育和能力建设。HSI计划支持的项目也将产生关于如何实现这些目标的新知识。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。

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this pilot project aims to build math capacity at San Diego State University-Imperial Valley (SDSU-IV) and enhance undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education by developing and analyzing a Summer Bridge Math Experience (SBME) to newly admitted students who have math/statistics course requirements. The format of the SBME will be a four-day summer bridge program with two major components: 1) math workshops and 2) campus-life orientation/career introductory field trips. The mission of the program is to assist students with their math preparation and adjustment of both academic and student life at SDSU-IV through workshops, activities, resources, and various experiences which prepare them for their successful academic and social transition to the University. Assessments will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program in increasing students’ math confidence level and for program improvement. Enrollment information and future course success will be used to evaluate program impact. The SBME at SDSU-IV will 1) bridge the community STEM workforce shortfalls and equity gaps, 2) maximize students' STEM and mathematics confidence, and 3) align STEM program outcomes with workforce needs. In addition, it will benefit society by improving the STEM education quality for underrepresented groups, at SDSU-IV directly, and bridge the gap between their desire for more diversified career choices and local community needs at Imperial Valley.The primary goals of this project are to 1) provide an effective math learning experience, 2) facilitate a smooth first-year transition to the university environment, 3) connect newly admitted students to the SDSU-IV community by helping them build their support network (e.g. academic and student support services) to ultimately increase retention and college completion, 4) spark general STEM interest, and 5) attract minority students to enroll into the new B.A. in Mathematics. In addition, the program will help students: assume responsibility for their learning both in and out of the classroom; acquire academic, personal, and social skills essential to success in college and beyond; develop effective communication skills; establish a supportive cohort with fellow students; and gain campus knowledge to readily identify faculty, staff, and campus resources. Through targeted recruitment activities, the program will seek to increase STEM enrollments of underrepresented populations including women and students of color. Results from the project will inform activities at the University, but also improve STEM recruitment and retention activities across similar institutions that are rural HSIs and attend to economically disadvantaged, and geographically marginalized populations, particularly the US-Mexico border states. This HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at HSIs. Projects supported by the HSI Program will also generate new knowledge on how to achieve these aims.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.