PECASE: A Quality Framework for Interpretive Engineering Education Research

这个工程教育研究启动补助金旨在结合联合收割机的全面质量管理（TQM）运动的元素，从工程与评估定性研究，将在项目期间开发的框架。有必要能够判断定性研究的结果;本项目将有助于实现这一目标。 此外，有一个明确界定的框架，借鉴熟悉的语言，工程师可能有助于使定性研究成果更容易在研究社区之间翻译。更广泛的意义和重要性，这个项目主要在于建立网络和研究能力，以及能够更广泛地交流研究成果。 建议的框架，如果被广泛接受，可以在研究生教育服务。 此外，改进定性研究技术将有助于研究工程领域代表性不足群体的公平问题。 该项目与NSF的战略目标重叠，即通过投资导致新兴的工程领域或转移现有领域来改变前沿。 此外，NSF通过支持创新学习系统的发展，实现了为社会创新的目标。

This engineering education research initiation grant seeks to combine elements of the total quality management (TQM) movement from engineering with a framework for evaluating qualitative research that will be developed during the project. There is a need to be able to judge the results of qualitative research; this project will help achieve this goal. Additionally having a clearly delineated framework that draws from language familiar to engineers may help make qualitative research results easier to translate between research communities.The broader significance and importance of this project lie primarily in building networks and capacity for research as well as being able to more broadly communicate research results. The proposed framework, if widely accepted, may serve in the education of graduate students. Additionally improving qualitative research techniques will help in studies of equity issues with under-represented groups in engineering. This project overlaps with NSF's strategic goals of transforming the frontiers by making investments that lead to emerging new fields of engineering, or shifting existing fields. Additionally NSF's goal of innovating for society is enabled by supporting the development of innovative learning systems.