An EHR Core Research (ECR) Data Resource Hub to catalyze culture change and community building for improving rigor and reproducibility in STEM education research

开放科学中心（COS）将创建EHR核心研究（ECR）数据资源中心，以促进STEM（科学、技术、工程和数学）教育研究界的数据共享和研究注册等严格且可复制的研究实践。该中心将整合培训材料，基础设施，社区参与和研究创新，以提高严格的研究技能和行为。此外，该中心将促进开放和可复制的研究实践的创新，用于教育研究活动的广度，包括实验，观察，纵向和定性方法。最后，该中心将连接STEM教育研究社区与相关学科和多学科研究社区，以利用共享的见解和知识建设。这项工作是由ECR计划资助的，该计划投资于STEM教育研究，强调理论的严格发展和知识的积累，为正式和非正式环境中的所有群体和所有年龄段提供信息，以应对STEM兴趣，学习和参与方面的挑战。ECR致力于推进基础研究，通过三个研究方向提供知识：STEM学习和学习环境研究，STEM领域扩大参与研究和STEM劳动力发展研究。COS将与教育研究界的合作伙伴一起创建ECR数据资源中心，以提供四个集成功能，并将其整合到一个门户网站中：1）知识：该中心将整合现有的教育，培训和支持材料，以了解什么，为什么以及如何进行严格，开放，可复制的科学。2)基础设施：该中心将把支持STEM教育研究的现有服务连接在一起，并利用COS现有的公共开放科学框架和SHARE数据集基础设施服务。这些连接将改善工具和内容的发现，并促进新行为的采用。3)社会：该中心将进行外展和社区建设，以促进基层运动，以改善研究实践。这将包括方法创新的网络研讨会和培训，并为研究人员提供技术援助。该中心还将主办面向行动的会议，并在其他社会会议上组织正式和非正式活动。4)创新：该中心将促进STEM教育研究方法的教育，培训和支持材料的创新。特别是，该中心将协调社区参与，以提高观察性研究、纵向研究、定性研究和现有数据集研究的研究严谨性（注册、共享标准）。该中心强调培育基层网络和整合现有技术，将成为STEM教育研究企业知识和创新的可持续综合催化剂。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。

The Center for Open Science (COS) will create an EHR Core Research (ECR) Data Resource Hub to facilitate rigorous and reproducible research practices such as data sharing and study registration across the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education research community. The Hub will integrate training materials, infrastructure, community engagement, and innovation in research to advance rigorous research skills and behavior. In addition, the Hub will foster innovation in open and reproducible research practices for the breadth of research activities in education including experimental, observational, longitudinal, and qualitative methods. Finally, the Hub will connect the STEM education research community with related disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research communities to leverage shared insights and knowledge building. This effort is funded by the ECR program which invests in STEM education research that emphasizes rigorous development of theory and accumulation of knowledge to inform efforts to address challenges in STEM interest, learning and participation, for all groups and all ages in formal and informal settings. ECR strives to further fundamental research that informs knowledge across three research tracks: Research on STEM Learning and Learning Environments, Research on Broadening Participation in STEM fields, and Research on STEM Workforce Development.With partners across the education research community, COS will create the ECR Data Resource Hub to serve four integrated functions organized into a single portal: 1) Knowledge: The Hub will consolidate existing education, training, and support materials for the what, why, and how of doing rigorous, open, reproducible science. 2) Infrastructure: The Hub will link together existing services that support STEM education research and leveraging COS's existing public Open Science Framework and SHARE dataset infrastructure services. These connections will improve discovery of tools and content and facilitating adoption of new behaviors. 3) Social: The Hub will conduct outreach and community building to catalyze a grassroots movement for improving research practices. This will include webinars and training for methodology innovations and providing researchers with technical assistance. The Hub will also host action-oriented conferences and organize formal and informal events at other society meetings. 4) Innovation: The Hub will foster innovation in education, training, and support materials for STEM education research methodologies. In particular, the Hub will coordinate community engagement for improving research rigor (registration, sharing standards) for observational studies, longitudinal research, qualitative research, and research with existing datasets. With an emphasis on fostering a grassroots network and integrating existing technologies, the Hub will become a sustainable, integrated catalyst of knowledge and innovation for the STEM education research enterprise. The result will be a community of scholars, services, and events that will foster continuous improvement in the rigor of STEM education research.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.