Collaborative Research: Advanced Quantitative and Computational Methods for STEM Education Research

该能力建设研究所的目标是(A)向参与者介绍先进方法在STEM教育研究中的严格和新颖的应用，(B)在研究规划、数据分析和出版方面为他们提供持续的方法学支持，以及(C)创建一个社区，为新兴学者在推进STEM教育研究方面发挥领导作用做好准备。该能力建设奖通过芝加哥大学和密歇根州立大学的研究人员之间的合作，发起了一个STEM教育研究的量化和计算方法研究所。通过发起一项全国性的招聘活动，该团队将在职业生涯早期和中期的学者中，特别是那些来自代表性不足的背景的学者中，挑选不同的NSF STEM教育研究研究员。讲师和研究员将在1年级和2年级的暑假期间对现有的STEM教育研究进行批判性评估。学院培训的重点是(1)研究设计和因果推理，(2)测量，(3)社会网络分析，(4)多层建模，(5)因果调解分析，以及(6)分析定性和社交媒体数据的计算方法。对研究员正在进行的研究进行的有组织的讨论将辅之以嘉宾发言和圆桌讨论。研究员将在第三年的夏天展示他们的顶峰项目并进一步发展研究合作。一个定制的网站将向更广泛的STEM教育研究社区传播。该研究机构由ECR(教育和人力资源局的核心研究计划)资助，专门关注研究能力建设的关键方面。该奖项反映了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。

The goals of this capacity building institute are (a) to introduce participants to rigorous and novel applications of advanced methods to STEM education research, (b) to provide them with continuous methodological support in research planning, data analysis, and publication, and (c) to create a community that prepares emerging scholars for taking leadership in advancing STEM education research. This capacity building award initiates an institute in quantitative and computational methods for STEM education research through a collaboration between researchers at the University of Chicago and those at Michigan State University. Through launching a national campaign of recruitment, the team will select a diverse cohort of NSF Fellows of STEM Education Research among early- and mid-career scholars, especially those from under-represented backgrounds. Instructors and Fellows will critically evaluate existing STEM education research throughout six courses over the summers in year 1 and year 2. Institute training will focus on (1) research designs and causal inference, (2) measurement, (3) social network analysis, (4) multilevel modeling, (5) causal mediation analysis, and (6) computational methods for analyzing qualitative and social media data. Structured discussions of Fellows’ ongoing studies will be supplemented by guest speaker presentations and round-table discussions. Fellows will present their capstone projects and further develop research collaborations in the summer of year 3. A customized website will disseminate to the broader STEM education research community.This research institute is funded by ECR (the core research program of the Education and Human Resources directorate) and attends specifically to critical aspects in research capacity building.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.