Models of Evaluation and Research for Educational Technologies

教育技术评估与研究模型

• 批准号: 0438445
• 负责人: Michael Coe
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Education NorthWest
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-12-01 至 2009-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0438445&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Models; Evaluation; Research; Educational; Technologies

Intellectual Merit:In this three-year project, the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) seeks to identify a core set of models for evaluating the effects of technology integration in the teaching and learning of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The purpose of the study is to determine if a new approach to evaluating educational technology, based on a refined set of typical models for how educational technology is actually used, can yield better measurement of the effectiveness of technology applications. The study will identify scientifically testable models by studying samples of technology integration project designs. The identified evaluation models will be refined, in part through a structured symposium with experts on technology integration and research methodologists. Overall, the study will develop capacity in the research and evaluation community, and in state and local education agencies, to plan and evaluate educational technology implementations. Technology integration is a widespread priority in the nation's school systems, yet little is known systematically about the impact of technology integration on teaching and learning. The study will identify the theories and assumed causal mechanisms that underlie current technology integration efforts, and clarify existing hypotheses about the effects of technology integration on student achievement. These will be clustered and refined to derive a small set of common or prototypical models that are scientifically testable and that account for a large number of current technology integration efforts. The models derived in this way will clarify the various purposes for which technology is applied in math and science education, and will serve as a basis for more clearly conceived project designs and rigorous evaluations.Broader Impact:Technology integration projects are increasingly used to address the needs of underrepresented minority groups and difficult to reach populations. This research will focus on identifying prototypes for projects that serve rural, isolated populations, as well as indigenous Native American, Native Alaskan, and language minority students, and the faculty and administrators who work in these areas. The study aims to improve the state of educational technology implementation and research, by improving project design and evaluation for federal, state, and locally sponsored projects. Findings from the study may generalize beyond projects that are aimed at underrepresented groups, either directly through application of the specific evaluation models generated here, or indirectly, by serving as an example of how to distill a group of project designs into a refined set of prototypical, testable models.

智力优势：在这个为期三年的项目中，西北地区教育实验室（NWREL）寻求确定一套核心模型，用于评估技术整合在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教学中的效果。这项研究的目的是确定一种评估教育技术的新方法是否可以更好地衡量技术应用的有效性，该方法基于一套关于教育技术实际使用情况的典型模型。本研究将通过研究技术集成项目设计的样本来确定科学可测试的模型。已确定的评价模型将得到改进，部分是通过与技术集成专家和研究方法学家举行有组织的研讨会。总的来说，这项研究将发展研究和评估社区以及州和地方教育机构的能力，以规划和评估教育技术的实施。技术整合在美国的学校系统中是一个普遍的优先事项，但人们对技术整合对教与学的影响却知之甚少。本研究将确定当前技术整合努力背后的理论和假设的因果机制，并澄清关于技术整合对学生成绩影响的现有假设。这些模型将被聚类和细化，以派生出一组公共模型或原型模型，这些模型在科学上是可测试的，并且解释了大量当前的技术集成工作。以这种方式得出的模型将澄清技术应用于数学和科学教育的各种目的，并将作为更明确构思的项目设计和严格评价的基础。更广泛的影响：技术集成项目越来越多地用于解决代表性不足的少数群体和难以覆盖人口的需求。这项研究将侧重于确定项目的原型，这些项目将服务于农村、孤立的人口、土著美国人、阿拉斯加原住民、语言少数民族学生以及在这些领域工作的教师和管理人员。该研究旨在通过改进联邦、州和地方资助项目的项目设计和评估，改善教育技术实施和研究的状况。该研究的发现可能会推广到针对代表性不足的群体的项目之外，或者直接通过应用这里生成的特定评估模型，或者间接地作为如何将一组项目设计提炼成一组精炼的原型，可测试的模型的例子。