Implementation Project: Enhancement of CUREs-based Curriculum and Immersive Engineering Studio to Enhance Engineering Education and Retention of Underrepresented Engineers at TSU

实施项目：加强基于 CURE 的课程和沉浸式工程工作室，以加强 TSU 的工程教育和保留代表性不足的工程师

• 批准号: 2306341
• 负责人: Lin Li
• 金额: $ 225万
• 依托单位: Tennessee State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-07-15 至 2028-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2306341&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Implementation; Project; Enhancement; CUREs; based

Implementation Projects in the HBCU-UP program 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 Tennessee State University seeks to address issues related to the declining enrollment and graduation of underrepresented engineers. The goal of this project is to create a five-year pilot engineering curriculum that includes a pre-engineering program and CUREs-based immersive engineering studio to enhance underrepresented student retention and graduation at Tennessee State University. A sociocultural educational research project will investigate the factors that contribute to the success of HBCU engineering students. Formative and summative evaluation will be used to evaluate the project.The project aims to develop a five-year pilot engineering program at TSU to improve student completion rates, focused on implementing a innovative pre-engineering curriculum for incoming freshmen. A STEM Enhancement Institute will be formed to provide support to students who struggle with their STEM courses in their pre-engineering program. Students will participate in CUREs and an immersive engineering studio project every year to enhance their engagement and empowerment in STEM learning. The immersive engineering studio will use virtual/augmented reality (VR/AR) facilitated instructional models to enhance students' visual-spatial ability, create a situated learning environment, encourage student engagement, and enable data-driven teaching decisions in STEM classrooms. The faculty team aims to structure an intervention around engineering curriculum to enhance students' learning commitment, motivation, and academic performance. The project aims to create a pipeline of trained undergraduate students with various engineering analysis and design skills, while also systematically studying the sociocultural factors affecting retention of underrepresented students in undergraduate engineering programs. Overall, the project aims to enhance the retention and success of underrepresented students in engineering programs at TSU through innovative pedagogical practices and interdisciplinary research.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.

HBCU-UP 计划中的实施项目为设计、实施、研究和评估综合机构工作提供支持，通过加强科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 教育和研究来增加学生数量和学生的准备质量。田纳西州立大学的这个实施项目旨在解决与代表性不足的工程师入学率和毕业率下降相关的问题。该项目的目标是创建一个为期五年的试点工程课程，其中包括工程预科课程和基于 CURE 的沉浸式工程工作室，以提高田纳西州立大学代表性不足的学生的保留率和毕业率。社会文化教育研究项目将调查有助于 HBCU 工程专业学生成功的因素。该项目将采用形成性评价和总结性评价的方式进行评估。该项目旨在在托州立大学开发一个为期五年的试点工程项目，以提高学生的完成率，重点是为新生实施创新的工程预科课程。将成立一个 STEM 强化学院，为在工程预科课程中 STEM 课程遇到困难的学生提供支持。学生每年都会参加 CURE 和沉浸式工程工作室项目，以提高他们对 STEM 学习的参与度和能力。沉浸式工程工作室将使用虚拟/增强现实 (VR/AR) 辅助教学模型来增强学生的视觉空间能力，创建情境学习环境，鼓励学生参与，并在 STEM 课堂上实现数据驱动的教学决策。教师团队的目标是围绕工程课程构建干预措施，以提高学生的学习投入、动力和学业成绩。该项目旨在培养一批具有各种工程分析和设计技能的受过培训的本科生，同时系统地研究影响本科工程项目中代表性不足的学生保留的社会文化因素。总体而言，该项目旨在通过创新的教学实践和跨学科研究，提高托州立大学工程项目中代表性不足的学生的保留率和成功率。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进行评估，被认为值得支持审查标准。