Testing the Efficacy of the Strategic Observation and Reflection (SOAR) for Math Professional Learning Program

测试数学专业学习计划的战略观察与反思 (SOAR) 的有效性

• 批准号: 1814356
• 负责人: Tony Albano
• 金额: $ 497.89万
• 依托单位: University of California-Davis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1814356&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Testing; Efficacy; Strategic; Observation; Reflection

Professional development is an important way for teachers who are currently in classrooms to learn about new best practices in mathematics teaching and learning and improve their practice. Little is known about what types of professional development (PD) and teacher mentoring programs support teachers' improved practices and ultimately lead to gains in student learning. The purpose of this project is to develop, implement and test a professional development program, SOAR for Math, to build capacity for mentors and teachers to improve English learner's academic language development and mathematical content understanding. The Discovery Research preK-12 program (DRK-12) seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of innovative resources, models and tools. Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects.This study will test the efficacy of the Strategic Observation and Reflection (SOAR) for Math professional development program. The mixed methods study is designed to answer several research questions: (1) What is the impact of teachers' participation in SOAR for Math on student achievement outcomes for current and recent grade 3-6 English learner students in treatment schools? (2) What is the impact of SOAR for Math on treatment school teachers' knowledge and practices related to their academic language and literacy development instruction for current and recent English learner students, specifically scores on the Knowledge/Use Scale? (3) What is the impact of SOAR for Math on treatment mentors' knowledge and practices related to their academic language and math instruction? A randomized controlled trial will be conducted in 80 elementary schools in one California school district. Schools serving third- through sixth-grade general education students will be eligible to participate. The research team will randomly assign 40 schools to provide SOAR for Math training to mentor teachers and 40 schools to comprise a control group receiving business-as-usual professional development. Two mentors per school will participate in the study. Measures will include state math scores and a variety of observations and questionnaires to assess fidelity of implementation. Data will be analyzed using hierarchical linear modeling to account for the nested data structure.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

专业发展是当前在课堂上的教师了解新的数学教学和学习的最佳实践并改进其实践的重要途径。什么类型的专业发展（PD）和教师指导计划支持教师的改进实践，并最终导致学生学习的收益知之甚少。该项目的目的是开发、实施和测试一个专业发展计划，SOAR数学，为导师和教师建立能力，以提高英语学习者的学术语言发展和数学内容的理解。探索研究preK-12计划（DRK-12）旨在通过研究和开发创新资源，模型和工具，显着提高preK-12学生和教师的科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的学习和教学。DRK-12计划中的项目建立在STEM教育的基础研究和先前的研究和开发工作的基础上，为拟议的项目提供理论和经验依据。这项研究将测试数学专业发展计划的战略观察和反思（SOAR）的有效性。 混合方法研究旨在回答几个研究问题：（1）教师参与SOAR数学对学生成绩的影响是什么？(2)SOAR for Math对治疗学校教师的知识和实践有什么影响？这些知识和实践与当前和最近的英语学习者学生的学术语言和读写能力发展教学有关，特别是知识/使用量表的分数？(3)SOAR for Math对治疗导师与其学术语言和数学教学相关的知识和实践有何影响？一项随机对照试验将在加州一个学区的80所小学进行。为三至六年级普通教育学生提供服务的学校将有资格参加。研究小组将随机分配40所学校，为数学培训提供SOAR，以指导教师，40所学校组成对照组，接受照常的专业发展。每所学校将有两名导师参加这项研究。措施将包括国家数学成绩和各种观察和问卷调查，以评估实施的保真度。 该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。