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The Puerto Rico Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation |
The Puerto Rico Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (PR-LSAMP) Phase IV, is a collaborative between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) system and two private universities -- Inter-American University System (IAU)b and the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (PCUPR). Created in 1991, PR-LSAMP aims at increasing the number of students who successfully complete a baccalaureate degree in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and pursue and complete a graduate degree in a STEM-related field. During the first three Phases of PR-LSAMP (1991 to 2006), undergraduate STEM enrollment at participating institutions increased from 12,572 to 27,993 in 2005. During this same period of time, institutions awarded 42,073 BS degrees, and the annual degree production increased from 1,709 in 1991 to 3,124 in 2006, placing PR-LSAMP institutions as the Nation’s leading producer of Hispanic STEM BS degree recipients. This accomplishment was stimulated by a two-prong approach: (1) increasing enrollment in STEM disciplines, and (2) improving retention and graduation rates by implementing a series of strategies to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of STEM programs.
- Curriculum & Teaching Strategies
- TaDDEI
- Chem-2-Chem
- Cooperative Learning
- Integration of Class and Laboratory in the Introductory Physics Course
- Precalculus Tools for Everyone
- Internet Tutorials for Calculus II Course
- PR-LSAMP System Dynamics Institute
- Electronic Data Banks for STEM disciplines
- Electronic Modules for STEM students to Become Fluent in Information Technology (FITness)
- An assessment system to measure effectiveness of the General Physics Course
- Short digital videos for demonstrations and lab activities in Physics
- Electronic Modules for Students to Master Hard to Learn Physics Concepts
- Electronic Modules to Expand Interdisciplinary Capabilities of STEM Students
- An Interdisciplinary Module to Reinforce the Integration of Concepts from the Three Main Disciplines: Biology, Physics and Chemistry
- Electronic Modules for STEM students to Become Fluent in Information Technology (FITness)
- Enhancing UPR-Mayaguez Web Tools to Reduce Failure and Withdrawal Rates in Pre-Calculus and Calculus Courses
- E-Learning Specialist Certification Conference
- Using the NSF Digital Library (NSDL) to Enhance Computer Science Education
- Student Activities
