Support for Interdisciplinary Training in Discourse to Transform Educational Research and Build Capacity

申请的资金将用于支付研究生和新博士的旅行津贴，以及将于2011年7月11日至13日在法国普瓦蒂埃举行的语篇与语篇学会2011年年会之前举行的三个关于理解和语篇分析研究的尖端方法的培训讲习班。语篇分析有助于创造和研究有效的教育情境，包括教材和技术的设计，以及加深对学生如何与之互动的理解。支持这一培训机会将为未来STEM领域的教育研究建立关键能力。STEM教育的一个基本问题是如何实现理解。语篇和语篇处理研究中的一些方法论方法有助于回答这个问题。计划举办的讲习班涉及一套方法论，这些方法论将推动对理解基础过程的研究，以及能够支持包括STEM领域在内的教育环境中的学习的智能导师。

Funds are requested to support graduate student and new Ph.D. travel stipends and three training workshops on cutting-edge methods for research on comprehension and discourse analysis that will immediately precede the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse, to be held in Poitiers, France, from July 11-13, 2011. Discourse analysis can make invaluable contributions to the creation and investigation of effective educational contexts, including the design of instructional materials and technologies, and developing an understanding how students interact with them. Supporting this training opportunity will build critical capacity for future educational research in STEM fields. One of the bedrock questions for STEM education is how comprehension is achieved. A number of methodological approaches in text and discourse processing research can contribute to answering this question. The planned workshops are on a set of methodologies that will advance research on the processes underlying comprehension and intelligent tutors that can support learning in educational settings including STEM domains.