Collaborative Research: Exploring Engagement and Science Identity Through Participation--A Meta-Analysis of Citizen Science Outcomes

协作研究：通过参与探索参与度和科学认同——公民科学成果的元分析

• 批准号: 1323058
• 负责人: Heidi Ballard
• 金额: $ 28.39万
• 依托单位: University of California-Davis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-10-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1323058&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Exploring; Engagement; Science

The Exploring Engagement and Science Identity Through Participation is a research project that examines the outcomes of various citizen science models for Public Participation in Scientific Research (PPSR). The investigation specifically targets citizen science projects that focus on relationships between science learning and science identity. A mixed-method, meta-analysis approach will be employed. The two primary goals of the study are to better understand science learning and science identify within PPSR contexts and to develop a valid Participant Engagement Metric (PEM) for use within PPSR contexts. Data will be collected and analyzed from several PPSR projects and over 4,000 PPSR participants. The project will address several research questions: 1. What are the dimensions of PPSR engagement and how can we measure them across different project models? The research for this question will include approximately 50 interviews of participants in six primary projects representing a range of PPSR approaches to develop and validate a Participant Engagement Metric (PEM) that will be constructed from the frequency, duration and intensity of involvement in key activities. The project will use a constant comparative method of data analysis (processing of data as they are gathered in order to compare them with emerging categories. The development of the PEM will be one concrete outcome of the proposed research. 2. Within and among projects, what is the relationship between participant engagement and individual learning outcomes? The project will use validated measures of learning outcomes derived from Learning Science in Informal Environments (NRC, 2009) and developed for the DEVISE project described below. The six measures include: Behavior & Stewardship, Skills of Science Inquiry, Knowledge of the Nature of Science, Interest in Science & the Environment, Efficacy, and Motivation. The proposed research will look at how engagement affects learning outcomes, as assessed by these six measures (science interest, efficacy, etc.). The project will conduct participant surveys in the six participating citizen science projects in addition to several other PPSR projects to test the relationship of the PEM and other measures of activity involvement to the learning outcomes measured by the survey instruments developed and validated through a previous project. The data analysis will begin with univariate summary statistics that will provide an overview of the basic dataset. Inferential statistics including multiple regression analysis will be used to test the relationships among the independent variables (type of PPSR project, demographics), PEM as a mediator variable, and the dependent variables. 3. How does degree and quality of participation in scientific research develop and/or reinforce individual science identity? The project will conduct a 3-year longitudinal study using surveys, a series of in-depth interviews, and on-site observations of 36 participants from the six primary projects to understand the development of individual science identity within PPSR environments over time. Quantitative and qualitative data and findings will be ?triangulated? to determine if convergent, inconsistent or complementary results can be identified. The project proposes a strong dissemination plan, using these approaches, to present research in journals, disseminate research briefs, host online forums, and launching various listserves and online forums at the citizenscience.org website.

通过参与探索参与和科学身份是一个研究项目，检查各种公民科学模型的公众参与科学研究（PPSR）的结果。该调查专门针对公民科学项目，重点关注科学学习与科学身份之间的关系。将采用混合方法、荟萃分析方法。该研究的两个主要目标是更好地理解科学学习和科学识别PPSR背景下，并制定一个有效的参与者参与度指标（PEM）在PPSR背景下使用。将从多个PPSR项目和4,000多名PPSR参与者中收集和分析数据。该项目将解决几个研究问题：1。PPSR参与度的维度是什么？我们如何在不同的项目模型中衡量它们？该问题的研究将包括对六个主要项目的参与者进行约50次访谈，这些项目代表了一系列PPSR方法，以开发和验证参与者参与度量（PEM），该度量将根据参与关键活动的频率，持续时间和强度构建。该项目将采用一种经常性的比较数据分析方法（在收集数据时对其进行处理，以便将其与新出现的类别进行比较）。PEM的开发将是拟议研究的一个具体成果。2.在项目内部和项目之间，参与者参与和个人学习成果之间的关系是什么？该项目将使用来自非正式环境中的学习科学（NRC，2009）并为下文所述的DEVISE项目开发的有效学习成果衡量标准。这六个测量指标包括：行为管理、科学探究技能、科学本质知识、科学兴趣、环境、效能感和动机。拟议的研究将着眼于参与如何影响学习成果，通过这六项措施（科学兴趣，效率等）进行评估。除了其他几个PPSR项目外，该项目还将在六个参与公民科学项目中进行参与者调查，以测试PEM和其他活动参与措施与通过以前项目开发和验证的调查工具测量的学习成果之间的关系。数据分析开始时将进行单变量汇总统计，以提供基本数据集的概述。将使用包括多元回归分析在内的推断统计学检验自变量（PPSR项目类型、人口统计学）、PEM（作为中介变量）和因变量之间的关系。3.参与科学研究的程度和质量如何发展和/或加强个人的科学身份？该项目将进行一项为期3年的纵向研究，使用调查，一系列深入访谈和现场观察的36名参与者从六个主要项目，以了解个人科学身份的发展PPSR环境中随着时间的推移。定量和定性数据和调查结果将是什么？三角定位以确定是否可以确定收敛、不一致或互补的结果。该项目提出了一个强有力的传播计划，使用这些方法，在期刊上介绍研究，传播研究简报，主办在线论坛，并在citizenscience.org网站上推出各种列表服务和在线论坛。