Persistence, Effectiveness and Retention Studies In STEM Teaching

STEM教育中有关教师有效性、坚持性和留任力的研究文献极其不足。该项目通过促进与这三个重要领域相关的更多研究项目来服务于国家利益。STEM教学中的持续性、有效性和保留性研究(Persistence)项目的总体目标是通过参与社区建设来支持Noyce Track 4研究提案的严谨性和创造性，社区建设利用和共享资源并形成互利合作，以推动Robert Noyce教师奖学金计划的议程。参加过Noyce Track 1、2和3项目的教师包括10,000多名个人，他们的集体经验和知识可以为改善高需求学校的STEM教育产生丰富的理解。然而，由于典型的诺伊斯奖学金和奖学金项目的结构，这种潜力在很大程度上尚未开发。持久化项目将分两个阶段进行。在第一阶段，项目负责人将邀请目前的NSF Noyce Track 4研究首席调查员(PI)和共同PIs参加紧接年度Noyce峰会之前的为期1天的会议。在Noyce Track 4 PI会议之后，将综合产生的想法并收集资源。这些资料将汇编成一本出版的杂志式的小册子，用于指导项目第二阶段的讨论和传播工作。在第二阶段，也就是坚持的外联阶段，将举办为期半天的会前讲习班，以便在2020年的三次全国STEM教育会议上举行。通过鼓励研究人员合作设计与高需求学区的STEM教师招聘、准备和有效性相关的研究项目，该项目将帮助推动该领域的发展，有助于扩大STEM的参与。首先是让参与者熟悉NSF Noyce计划，特别是最近增加的Track 4，该计划侧重于与STEM教师准备、有效性和坚持性相关的研究。其次，该项目寻求在Noyce Track 4项目之间创建和培育一个协作社区。第三，PI将在诺伊斯资助的研究中产生协同效应，目的是扩展关于在高需求的当地教育机构招聘和留住有效的K-12数学、科学、工程和计算机科学教师的高效方法的知识。对这些目标的追求将导致四个结果。首先，这些会议将把研讨会参与者(目前没有参与Noyce的研究人员)彼此联系起来，并与Noyce社区联系起来，作为未来潜在合作的基础。第二，会议上的互动将使与会者能够讨论和传播STEM师资培养和留任方面的关键研究领域。第三，与会者将有机会讨论和传播STEM教师有效性和坚持性研究的方法学方法。最后，与会者将与NSF Noyce计划、Noyce社区和其他感兴趣的STEM教师教育研究人员分享收集到的Noyce Track 4计划研究领域出现的前沿问题和需求。通过帮助产生关于STEM教师准备、有效性和坚持性的更多研究，并通过扩大从事这些领域重要研究的研究人员队伍，该项目最终有可能促进STEM的教和学，特别是与教师效率、坚持不懈和高需求学区的留住有关的教与学。因此，扩大STEM中代表性不足群体参与STEM的可能性很高。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Research literature in STEM education related to teacher effectiveness, persistence, and retention is extremely inadequate. This project serves the national interest by fostering additional research projects related to these three important areas. The overarching objective of the Persistence, Effectiveness and Retention Studies in STEM Teaching (PERSIST) project is to bolster the rigor and creativity of Noyce Track 4 research proposals through participation in community-building that leverages and shares resources and forms mutually beneficial collaborations that further the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program's agenda. The pool of teachers who have participated in various Noyce Track 1, 2, and 3 projects includes over 10,000 individuals, whose collective experiences and knowledge could generate a wealth of understanding about improving STEM education in high-need schools. Yet, this potential is largely untapped due to the structure of typical Noyce scholarship and fellowship projects. The PERSIST project will be conducted in two phases. During the first phase, project leaders will invite current NSF Noyce Track 4 Research Principal Investigators (PIs) and Co-PIs to participate in a 1-day meeting immediately preceding the Annual Noyce Summit. Following the Noyce Track 4 PI meeting, the ideas generated will be synthesized and resources will be collected. These will be compiled into a published magazine-style brochure intended for use in guiding discussions and dissemination efforts during the second phase of project. During the second phase, the outreach phase of PERSIST, half-day pre-conference workshops will be developed to take place at three national STEM education conferences in 2020. By encouraging researcher partnerships to design research projects related to STEM teacher recruitment, preparation, and effectiveness in high-need school districts, this project will help move the field forward in ways that will help broaden STEM participation.Three goals guide this project. First is to familiarize participants with the NSF Noyce program, particularly the recently added Track 4, which focuses on research related to STEM teacher preparation, effectiveness and persistence. Second, the project seeks to create and foster a collaborative community among Noyce Track 4 projects. Third, the PIs will generate synergy across Noyce-funded research with the intent to extend knowledge of highly effective approaches to recruiting and retaining effective K-12 mathematics, science, engineering, and computer science teachers in high-need local education agencies. Pursuit of these goals will lead to four outcomes. First, the meetings will connect workshop participants (researchers not currently engaged in Noyce) to one another and to the Noyce community, as a basis for potential future collaboration. Second, interactions at the meetings will enable participants to discuss and disseminate critical areas for research in STEM teacher preparation and retention. Third, participants will find opportunity to discuss and disseminate methodological approaches for the study of STEM teacher effectiveness and persistence. Finally, meeting attendees will share with the NSF Noyce program, the Noyce community, and other interested STEM teacher education researchers the leading-edge questions and needs that emerge from the collected Noyce Track 4 program's research arena. By helping to generate additional research into STEM teacher preparation, effectiveness, and persistence, and by broadening the pool of researchers engaged in pursuing important research in these areas, this project ultimately has the potential to advance STEM teaching and learning, especially related to teacher effectiveness, persistence and retention in high-need school districts. Thus, the potential to broaden participation in STEM of underrepresented groups in STEM is high.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.