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

HSI 试点项目：在圣地亚哥州立大学帝国谷分校搭建数学和 STEM 的桥梁

• 批准号: 2150400
• 负责人: Huan Qin
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: San Diego State University Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-04-01 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2150400&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: HSI; Pilot; Project; Building; Bridges

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.

在改善本科生 STEM 教育：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI 计划）的支持下，该试点项目旨在培养圣地亚哥州立大学帝国谷分校 (SDSU-IV) 的数学能力，并提高本科生的科学、技术、工程和数学能力通过为有数学/统计学课程要求的新入学学生开发和分析夏季桥梁数学体验 (SBME) 进行 (STEM) 教育。SBME 的形式将是为期四天的夏季桥梁课程，包含两个主要组成部分：1) 数学。研讨会和 2) 校园生活定向/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，帮助学生做好数学准备并调整 SDSU-IV 的学术和学生生活。评估将用于评估该计划在提高学生数学信心水平方面的有效性，并用于改进计划的注册信息和未来课程的成功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的 STEM 和数学信心，3) 使 STEM 计划成果与劳动力需求保持一致。此外，它将通过提高代表性不足群体的 STEM 教育质量来造福社会。 ，直接在 SDSU-IV，并弥合他们对更多元化职业选择的渴望与帝王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) 促进顺利的数学学习第一年过渡到大学环境，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），将他们与 SDSU-IV 社区联系起来，最终提高保留率和大学完成率，4) 激发普遍的 STEM 兴趣，以及 5) 吸引少数族裔学生入读新的数学学士学位课程。此外，该计划将帮助学生：承担课堂内外学习的责任；获得对成功至关重要的学术、个人和社交技能。大学及以上；培养有效的沟通技巧；与同学建立支持性群体；并获得校园知识，以便轻松识别教职员工和校园资源，该计划将寻求增加包括女性和有色人种学生在内的弱势群体的入学人数。该项目的结果将为大学的活动提供信息，同时也改善类似农村 HSI 机构的 STEM 招聘和保留活动，并关注经济弱势群体和地理弱势群体，特别是美国和墨西哥边境各州。加强本科生STEM HSI 计划支持的项目也将产生有关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价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。 。