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CAREER: Learning to solve problems in context-rich environments: A naturalistic study in STEM workplaces, research labs, project-based courses and lab courses

职业：学习在丰富的环境中解决问题：在 STEM 工作场所、研究实验室、基于项目的课程和实验室课程中进行自然主义研究

基本信息

批准号：
1846321
负责人：
Benjamin Zwickl
金额：
$ 48.61万
依托单位：
Rochester Institute of Tech
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Continuing Grant
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-05-01 至 2024-04-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1846321&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
CAREER Learning solve problems context

项目摘要

This CAREER project investigates learning and assessment of problem-solving in context-rich settings, such as research laboratories, project-based courses, and STEM workplaces. It includes an education plan focused on transferring the research to improve education. Because these context-rich, problem-solving experiences more closely mimic professional work, they offer important venues for STEM workforce development. However, these environments tend to be resource and time-intensive compared to lecture courses, so it is important to understand their unique benefits. The level of "context" refers to the complexity of the goals, tools, and applications for learning. While there is a substantial amount of education research related to lower-context learning, such as active learning in lecture courses emphasizing knowing, concepts, and the acquisition of knowledge, there has been less education research on high context ("context-rich") environments. such as laboratories and actual research experiences that involve practice. The project will support the improvement of context-rich experiences that develop the science and engineering workforce, support retention and diversity, create free and publicly available assessments for STEM faculty, and guide policies on expanding and improving access to research experiences and other context-rich environments. The project addresses a national need for research that can inform the development, testing, validation, and dissemination of assessments of learning in context-rich environments and guide education policy.This research will examine how context-rich experiences prepare students for STEM workforce careers. The research plan involves describing the experience, observing evidence for learning, comparisons of activities, outcomes, and the development of new assessments. The conceptual framework is based on applying Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) to learning in context-rich settings. CHAT provides a perspective that situates cognition within an activity system that relates a subject, an objective, and a community as an activity system that accomplishes practical outcomes. Data collection and analysis will utilize Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), particularly to understand mechanisms and factors within context-rich problem-solving environments that support outcomes such as development of professional identity, self-efficacy, and persistence. The education plan involves a project based first-year physics course, as well as the development of a set of validated tools that could be used for the assessment of learning in context-rich environments. Thus, the education plan is integrated with the research activities and would provide both local (course-specific) and transferable (disseminated) outcomes. The CAREER program is a National Science Foundation (NSF)-wide activity that offers awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education, and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. This project is supported by NSF's EHR Core Research (ECR) program. ECR supports fundamental research that advances knowledge on STEM learning and learning environments, broadening participation in STEM fields, and STEM workforce development.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.

这个职业项目调查了在背景丰富的环境中解决问题的学习和评估，例如研究实验室，基于项目的课程和STEM工作场所。它包括一项教育计划，重点是转移研究，以改善教育。由于这些背景丰富的解决问题的经验更接近于模拟专业工作，它们为STEM劳动力发展提供了重要场所。然而，与讲座课程相比，这些环境往往是资源和时间密集型的，因此了解它们的独特优势非常重要。“情境”的层次是指学习的目标、工具和应用的复杂性。虽然有大量的教育研究与低背景学习有关，例如在强调知识，概念和知识获取的讲座课程中的主动学习，但对高背景（“丰富的背景”）环境的教育研究较少。例如实验室和涉及实践的实际研究经验。该项目将支持改善背景丰富的经验，发展科学和工程劳动力，支持保留和多样性，为STEM教师创建免费和公开的评估，并指导扩大和改善获得研究经验和其他背景丰富的环境的政策。该项目解决了国家对研究的需求，可以为丰富背景环境中学习评估的开发，测试，验证和传播提供信息，并指导教育政策。这项研究将研究丰富背景的经验如何为学生的STEM劳动力职业做好准备。研究计划包括描述经验，观察学习证据，比较活动，结果和开发新的评估。概念框架的基础上应用文化历史活动理论（CHAT）的背景丰富的设置学习。 CHAT提供了一个视角，将认知置于一个活动系统中，该活动系统将主体、目标和社区联系起来，作为一个实现实际结果的活动系统。数据收集和分析将利用社会认知职业理论（SCCT），特别是了解背景丰富的问题解决环境中的机制和因素，这些环境支持职业认同，自我效能和持久性等发展。该教育计划涉及一个基于项目的第一年物理课程，以及开发一套经过验证的工具，可用于评估在背景丰富的环境中的学习情况。因此，教育计划与研究活动相结合，将提供当地（具体课程）和可转让（传播）的成果。职业生涯计划是一个国家科学基金会（NSF）范围内的活动，提供奖励，以支持初级教师谁通过杰出的研究，优秀的教育，以及教育和研究的整合在其组织的使命的背景下，发挥教师学者的作用。该项目由NSF的EHR核心研究（ECR）计划支持。 ECR支持基础研究，促进STEM学习和学习环境的知识，扩大STEM领域的参与，以及STEM劳动力发展。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。