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

基金将用于支持研究生和新博士的旅行津贴和三个关于理解和话语分析研究的前沿方法的培训研讨会，这些研讨会将于2011年7月11日至13日在法国普瓦捷举行的2011年文本与话语学会年会之前举行。话语分析可以为创造和调查有效的教育环境做出宝贵的贡献，包括教学材料和技术的设计，以及理解学生如何与他们互动。支持这一培训机会将为STEM领域未来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。文本和话语处理研究中的一些方法论方法可以帮助回答这个问题。计划中的研讨会将讨论一系列方法，这些方法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.