Assessing the State of STEM Concept Inventories: A National Workshop

评估 STEM 概念清单的状况：国家研讨会

• 批准号: 0731232
• 负责人: Teri Reed
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Purdue University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-05-15 至 2010-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0731232&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Assessing; State; STEM; Concept; Inventories

Engineering - Other (59)The goal of the project is to organize and host a national workshop on STEM concept inventories (CIs) designed for engineering and engineering science courses. The investigators are planning a two-day workshop to address the following questions: (1) What is the current state of concept inventory development across the STEM disciplines? (2) What CIs are missing from the current portfolio? (3) What infrastructural needs (e.g., a national database and strategies for organizing and supporting the ongoing efforts) would facilitate CI development and refinement? and (4) How can the results of CIs be disseminated to inform faculty how to utilize CIs to assess their teaching and ultimately change their pedagogical practice? A steering committee is inviting educators who have been involved in CI work and is organizing a two-tiered format in the workshop, with large-group activities highlighting successful approaches and methods, followed by small-group sessions to explore opportunities for broadening and adapting these approaches. The steering committee also is inviting a second group of participants who have limited experience with CIs but who provide more diversity, with an emphasis on underrepresented groups. Activities during the workshop are being designed to foster greater collaboration between inventory developers and instill the desire to begin new inventories. Evaluation data is being collected using a survey with both forced choices and open-ended responses. Additional workshops and formal presentations at professional society meetings, along with a website, are being developed to disseminate the results of this effort. The participation of a diverse set of faculty members and the dissemination of the material will contribute to the workshop's broader impacts.

工程-其他（59）该项目的目标是组织和主办一次关于为工程和工程科学课程设计的STEM概念清单的全国讲习班。研究人员计划举办一个为期两天的研讨会，以解决以下问题：（1）STEM学科概念清单开发的现状如何？(2)当前投资组合中缺少哪些配置项？(3)哪些基础设施需求（例如，国家数据库以及组织和支持正在进行的努力的战略）是否有助于传播和信息的发展和完善？以及（4）如何传播CI的结果，以告知教师如何利用CI来评估他们的教学，并最终改变他们的教学实践？一个指导委员会正在邀请参与传播和信息工作的教育工作者参加，并在讲习班上组织一个两级形式，即大组活动突出成功的方法和途径，然后是小组会议，探讨扩大和调整这些方法的机会。 指导委员会还邀请了第二批参与者，他们在CI方面的经验有限，但提供了更多的多样性，重点是代表性不足的群体。研讨会期间的活动旨在促进清单编制者之间的更大合作，并灌输开始编制新清单的愿望。 目前正在通过一项调查收集评价数据，调查中既有强制性选择，也有开放式答复。 目前正在筹备更多的讲习班和在专业协会会议上的正式介绍，并沿着一个网站，以传播这项努力的成果。 各种教员的参与和材料的传播将有助于讲习班产生更广泛的影响。