Implementation Project: Transforming Education through Active Learning

实施项目：通过主动学习改变教育

• 批准号: 1719370
• 负责人: Anthea Aikins
• 金额: $ 182.87万
• 依托单位: Delaware State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1719370&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Implementation; Project; Transforming; Education; through

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 strengthening STEM education and research. The project at Delaware State University seeks to build on previous successful efforts with a continued focus on improving teaching and learning in mathematics and science towards the goal of enhancing student preparation and performance in STEM fields. Through increased experiential learning and career preparation the project will improve graduation rates and post-graduate outcomes for STEM students and serve as a model for other institutions that serve high minority populations.The project will utilize evidence-based, high-impact pedagogical practices to improve student learning and outcomes and seeks to transform the STEM educational experience through active and experiential learning, provide professional development for faculty, and further align the training of students to the current and future needs of the STEM workforce. Specific initiatives are to: transform first and second year laboratory courses to introduce students to research through authentic inquiry activities; implement a sustainable peer teaching and learning model focused on developing the leadership skills of advanced students in preparation for graduate school and employment; and bridge the gap of understanding between potential employers and the university in the preparation of STEM students for the workforce. The project will be advised and evaluated for effectiveness by internal and external advisory boards and an evaluator.

实施项目为传统黑人学院和大学 (HBCU) 提供支持，以设计、实施、研究和评估全面的机构工作，以增加获得科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 本科学位的学生数量，并提高教育质量通过加强 STEM 教育和研究来做好准备。特拉华州立大学的该项目力求在之前成功努力的基础上，继续专注于改善数学和科学的教学和学习，以期提高学生在 STEM 领域的准备和表现。通过增加体验式学习和职业准备，该项目将提高 STEM 学生的毕业率和研究生成绩，并为其他为少数族裔群体提供服务的机构树立榜样。该项目将利用基于证据的、高影响力的教学实践来改善学生的学习和成果，并寻求通过主动和体验式学习改变 STEM 教育体验，为教师提供专业发展，并进一步使学生的培训适应 STEM 劳动力当前和未来的需求。具体举措包括： 转变第一年和第二年的实验室课程，通过真实的探究活动向学生介绍研究；实施可持续的同伴教学模式，重点培养高级学生的领导技能，为研究生院和就业做好准备；弥合潜在雇主和大学之间在 STEM 学生为劳动力做好准备方面的理解差距。该项目将由内部和外部顾问委员会以及评估员提供建议和评估其有效性。