Collaborative Research: Feasibility Study of Dissemination of Knowledge from STEP Type 1 Projects

合作研究：STEP 1 类项目知识传播的可行性研究

• 批准号: 1314060
• 负责人: Eric Grodsky
• 金额: $ 12.07万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1314060&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Feasibility; Study; Dissemination

The STEP special project examines the challenges facing principal investigators and evaluators in efforts to assess the impact of individual STEP Type 1 projects and to define, construct, and conduct appropriate comparison group studies. The project empirically tests the feasibility and usefulness of collecting, analyzing, and sharing a common set of data to evaluate the impact of activities at the individual project level and to assess the effectiveness and impact of a set of proven practices across a well defined set of institutions for comparison purposes. The project pairs an interrupted time series design with a case control design to identify relevant distinctions between the experiences of students who are participating in project activities and the experiences of students who are not participants. The research integrates institutional administrative data with survey data from student participants to examine the effectiveness and impact of first-year experiences on student success. The project develops and provides a set of strategies and data resources from which institutions with similar characteristics can draw to assess the impact of the STEP program on baccalaureate degree attainment. Working closely with STEP Type 1 projects, this effort has the potential to develop strategies for the design and execution of evaluation efforts across multiple projects; provide project level data for project improvement and documentation of successes; provide information on project challenges and opportunities; provide strong evidence for project impact; and provide high quality data resources for other researchers interested in student retention in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

STEP特别项目研究了主要研究者和评估者在努力评估单个STEP 1型项目的影响以及定义、构建和进行适当的比较组研究时所面临的挑战。 该项目从经验上检验收集、分析和分享一套共同数据的可行性和有用性，以评价活动在单个项目一级的影响，并评估一套经过验证的做法在一组明确界定的机构中的有效性和影响，以供比较。 该项目配对中断的时间序列设计的情况下，控制设计，以确定相关的学生谁是参与项目活动的经验和经验的学生谁不是参与者之间的区别。 该研究将机构行政数据与学生参与者的调查数据相结合，以检查第一年经历对学生成功的有效性和影响。 该项目开发并提供了一套策略和数据资源，具有类似特征的机构可以从中借鉴，以评估STEP计划对学士学位获得的影响。 这项工作与STEP第1类项目密切合作，有可能为多个项目的评价工作的设计和执行制定战略;为项目改进提供项目一级的数据并记录成功;提供关于项目挑战和机会的信息;为项目影响提供强有力的证据;并为其他对科学、技术、工程和数学领域的学生保留感兴趣的研究人员提供高质量的数据资源。