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.

知识分子优点：在这个为期三年的项目中，西北地区教育实验室（NWREL）试图确定一组核心模型，以评估技术整合在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）教学和学习中的影响。该研究的目的是确定一种新的方法来评估教育技术的新方法，基于一组精致的教育技术如何实际使用的典型模型，可以更好地测量技术应用的有效性。该研究将通过研究技术整合项目设计样品来确定可科学测试的模型。 确定的评估模型将部分通过与技术整合和研究方法论专家的结构化研讨会进行完善。 总体而言，该研究将在研究和评估社区以及州和地方教育机构中发展能力，以计划和评估教育技术实施。技术集成是该国学校系统中普遍的优先事项，但是对于技术整合对教学的影响，几乎没有人知道。该研究将确定基于当前技术整合工作的基础的理论，并假定的因果机制，并阐明有关技术整合对学生成就的影响的现有假设。这些将被聚集并精制，以得出一系列可科学测试的常见或原型模型，并解释了当前的技术集成工作。 以这种方式得出的模型将阐明在数学和科学教育中应用技术的各种目的，并将作为更清晰构想的项目设计和严格评估的基础。Broader的影响：技术集成项目越来越多地用于满足代表性不足的少数群体的需求，难以到达人口。这项研究将着重于确定为农村，孤立人群以及美国原住民，阿拉斯加原住民和语言少数派学生以及在这些领域工作的教师和管理人员提供的项目的原型。该研究旨在通过改善联邦，州和本地赞助项目的项目设计和评估来改善教育技术实施和研究状态。该研究的发现可以推广到针对代表性群体不足的群体的项目，直接通过使用此处生成的特定评估模型，或通过作为如何将一组项目设计提炼成精制的一组原型，可测试的模型的示例来实现。