Targeted Infusion Project: Strengthening Undergraduate STEM Programs at Central State University through Computational Content and A Computer-Assisted Personalized Approach

有针对性的注入项目：通过计算内容和计算机辅助个性化方法加强中央州立大学本科 STEM 项目

• 批准号: 2107320
• 负责人: Mohammadreza Hadizadeh
• 金额: $ 30.32万
• 依托单位: Central State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2107320&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Targeted; Infusion; Project; Strengthening; Undergraduate

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. This project at Central State University (CSU) intends to develop new computational courses for STEM students at CSU. Students, faculty, and community K12 educators will have the potential to learn how to translate real world problems to mathematics and computer algorithms. It is expected that successful implementation of the proposed work will lead to the more CSU students entering the STEM workforce and graduate school. The goal of this multi-phase project is to bring computational thinking and computing skills to Central State University (CSU) by i.) developing new introductory and advanced computational courses with STEM-driven aspects and computational components, ii.) implementing the LON-CAPA e-learning management platform at CSU and develop computational modules in physics, chemistry, and biology courses to enhance teaching, learning, and assessment practices and improve student learning gains by embedding computational thinking into the curriculum. Successful implantation of the work will allow CSU students to gain practical and marketable computer programming skills while developing their confidence in computational modeling to study complex real-life problems in the natural sciences. In addition, the implementation of the LON-CAPA platform provides educational support not only for CSU faculty and students but also for local K-12 schools.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.

历史悠久的黑人学院大学本科课程（HBCU-UP）通过有针对性的输液项目支持开发，实施和研究基于证据的创新模型和方法，以改善HBCU本科生的准备和成功，以便他们可以从事STEM研究生课程和/或职业。该项目在中央州立大学（CSU）打算为CSU的STEM学生开发新的计算课程。学生，教师和社区K12教育工作者将有可能学习如何将现实世界问题转化为数学和计算机算法。预计拟议工作的成功实施将导致进入STEM劳动力和研究生院的更多CSU学生。 该多相项目的目的是将计算思维和计算技能带到中央州立大学（CSU）。将计算思维嵌入课程中。成功植入工作将使CSU学生能够获得实用和可销售的计算机编程技能，同时发展他们对计算建模的信心，以研究自然科学中的复杂现实生活中的问题。此外，LON-CAPA平台的实施不仅为CSU教师和学生提供教育支持，还为本地K-12学校提供了教育支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子的评估来获得支持的，并具有更广泛的影响。