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A STEP to Grow in Science-Engineering-Mathematics Undergraduate Degrees Kandethody Ramachandran a (PI), Catherine Bénéteau a, Scott Campbell b, Gordon Fox c, Arcadii Grinshpan a, Jennifer Lewis d, Marcus McWaters a Departments of a Mathematics and Statistics, b Chemical Engineering, c Integrative Biology and d Chemistry University of South Florida, Tampa, FL Goal Rationale Calculus Passing Rates Section No help session Help session Help session or project OR project AND project Morning 49% 59% (help session) 85% Evening 45% 67% (projects) N/A Challenges and Opportunities A E Implementation Progress Project implementation began in Fall Institutional impact and resulting student gains are given below for each thrust. PROJECT BASED INSTRUCTION Institutional impact for Engineering Calculus II and III and Life Sciences Calculus II : Semester # Sections# Students# Different # Submitted Registered Instructors Projects Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Student gains caused by project based instruction (through Fall 2010): Passing Rate Sections with Project Based Instruction 68 % Sections without Project Based Instruction 58 % PEER LEADING Institutional impact for Engineering Calculus I and Life Sciences Calculus I: Semester# Sections# Students# Different Registered Instructors Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Student gains caused by peer leading (through Fall 2010): Passing Rate Eng Calc I Sections with Peer Leading 61 % Eng Calc I Sections without Peer Leading 48 % Life Sci Calc I Sections with Peer Leading 62 % Life Sci Calc I Sections without Peer Leading 52 % Challenges relate mostly to sustainability and institutionalization. However, several opportunities have arisen out of these challenges. PEER LEADING The university has committed the resources, through the general education program, to fully support the peer leader program at USF (currently chemistry and mathematics). This includes continuous funding of 22 peer leaders and 4 graduate TAs every semester for Mathematics. These students will also provide support in STEM Mart. STEM MART USF is providing space for STEM Mart as well as salary and benefits for the administrative support staff in the Learning Commons. The Student Success Task Force at USF recommended that USF assign a high priority to building a separate and highly visible Student Success Center on campus. When such a building becomes a reality, STEM Mart will be a prominent part of that building. The grant investigators were asked by the university administration to provide estimates for the additional funding needed to support STEM Mart once the grant ends. They were asked not only for estimates to maintain it at its current level of service but also for estimates to expand it to additional mathematics and science courses. PROJECT BASED INSTRUCTION The mathematics application activities have resulted in a new center (Center for Industrial and Interdisciplinary Mathematics) at USF being directed by Dr. Arcadii Grinshpan (a Co-PI of the STEP project). This center, serving the local industry and research, is a long term resource for the community. To improve student retention in STEM disciplines, and thus increase the number of graduates in STEM fields, by reforming the curricula of the Engineering and Life Sciences Calculus sequences at USF. The National Science Foundation (grant DUE ) and the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering and the Center for 21 st Century Teaching Excellence at the University of South Florida are gratefully acknowledged for their financial support Motivation At USF, 6-yr graduation rates are 80% for business, nursing and education majors. Passing rates (C or better needed to advance to the next course) average 55% for Engineering Calculus I, II and III and Life Sciences Calculus I and II. Thrusts PROJECT BASED INSTRUCTION Introduction of “bridge” projects into Engineering Calculus II and III and Life Sciences Calculus II by giving students the option of replacing the final exam with a project. Students work with a faculty member or supervisor in their workplace to define a problem, write and analyze appropriate equations, and write a narrative report – in essence, they write a story problem, and then answer it and write it up as a scientific report PEER LEADING Undergraduate peer leaders lead weekly, 50 minute cooperative learning inquiry sessions in Engineering and Life Science Calc. I. Curricula developed by faculty and graduate students focus on guiding students to discover concepts of calculus prior to lecture. Algebra and trigonometry warm ups are included. STEM MART Undergraduate tutors staff a “one-stop” tutoring lab with evening and weekend hours. They provide assistance in calculus and in introductory science courses such as chemistry, physics and biology. STEM MART Institutional impact for STEM Mart: Year# Student Visits (Two semesters)1, (Two semesters) 2,555 Fall 2010 (One semester)2,415 Student gains caused by STEM Mart : Pass RateFall 2009Spring 2010 Overall 67 % 65 % Five visits or less 65 % 60 % More than five visits 85 % 82 %