Building Capacity for Educational Assessment Research in Geography

地理教育评估研究能力建设

• 批准号: 1937307
• 负责人: Michael Solem
• 金额: $ 29.34万
• 依托单位: Texas State University - San Marcos
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1937307&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Building; Capacity; Educational; Assessment; Research

This project will allow a mid-career principal investigator to acquire education research expertise needed to successfully conceive and execute fundamental research with the potential to meaningfully advance knowledge about psychometrics and large-scale data analysis as it relates to geography assessment. The principal investigator's individual professional development plan includes a mentor and advisory board members with expertise specific to this topic who will provide guidance and feedback throughout the award period. Specifically, the principal investigator will seek to increase capacity in the following areas: (1) large scale data operation; (2) defining and measuring geography constructs; (3) issues of sampling and population modeling; (4) item response theory; (5) statistical methodologies for analyzing clustered assessment datasets; (6) specialized software packages for analyzing data; (7) hierarchical linear modeling; and (8) cognitive diagnostic modeling relative to achievement testing. Activities in the professional development plan needed to gain required expertise to complete the pilot study will be obtained through subject-specific conferences, workshops, short courses, seminars, webinars, mentoring and networking. Guided by the psychometric measurement theory, the principal investigator will analyze geography data collected through the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) recent administrations to explain patterns of geographic learning among youth in diverse school communities. This analysis is important since NAEP data show that students from minority populations continue to score at or below basic in geography. Hence, the principal investigator will examine variability in geography achievement for all grade levels on which data are available relative to student background characteristics, school-level contextual attributes, and classroom opportunity to learn. Survey data from teachers and school administrators who participated in NAEP administrations will also be analyzed. Through this project, the principal investigator will gain expertise needed to plan, design, and conduct studies on educational assessment and measurement in the context of geography education and set the stage for future interventions to enable more minority students to achieve at higher levels in geography. The project is supported through the EHR Core Research Building Capacity in STEM Education Research competition that is designed to build individuals' capacity to carry out high quality fundamental STEM education research in 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.

该项目将允许职业生涯中期的主要研究者获得成功构思和执行基础研究所需的教育研究专业知识，并有可能有意义地推进有关心理测量学和大规模数据分析的知识，因为它与地理评估有关。主要研究者的个人专业发展计划包括导师和咨询委员会成员，他们将在整个奖励期间提供指导和反馈。具体而言，首席研究员将寻求提高以下领域的能力：（1）大规模数据操作;（2）定义和测量地理结构;（3）抽样和人口建模问题;（4）项目反应理论;（5）分析聚类评估数据集的统计方法;（6）分析数据的专用软件包;（7）分层线性建模;（8）与成就测验相关的认知诊断模型。将通过专题会议、讲习班、短期课程、研讨会、网络研讨会、辅导和联网，开展专业发展计划中的活动，以获得完成试点研究所需的专门知识。在心理测量理论的指导下，首席研究员将分析通过国家教育进步评估（NAEP）最近的行政部门收集的地理数据，以解释不同学校社区青年的地理学习模式。这项分析很重要，因为NAEP的数据显示，少数民族学生的地理成绩继续处于或低于基础水平。因此，主要研究者将研究地理成绩的变化，所有年级的数据是相对于学生的背景特征，学校层面的背景属性，和课堂学习的机会。参与NAEP管理的教师和学校管理人员的调查数据也将进行分析。通过这个项目，首席研究员将获得规划，设计和进行地理教育背景下的教育评估和测量研究所需的专业知识，并为未来的干预措施奠定基础，使更多的少数民族学生能够在地理上达到更高的水平。该项目通过EHR核心研究STEM教育研究能力建设竞赛得到支持，该竞赛旨在培养个人在STEM学习和学习环境中开展高质量基础STEM教育研究的能力，扩大STEM领域的参与，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。