Evidence Quality and Reach Hub for the DRK-12 community

要了解STEM教育工作的影响，研究人员需要掌握先进研究方法的前沿知识，并有能力将研究知识转化为多个不同的利益相关者受众。证据质量和覆盖范围(EQR)中心项目将通过与Discovery Research PreK-12研究社区的重点工作来明确地加强这两项能力。该中心将为社区中的研究人员开发和实施讲习班和学习机会，召集实践社区讨论具体的研究方法，并与DRK-12项目进行个别磋商。这些活动旨在加强当前和未来在学前-12年级STEM教育研究方面的工作。该项目将在多个层面上工作，以支持DRK-12研究社区。将开展和部署网络研讨会等普遍活动，以支持研究人员了解新的研究方法和战略，以便为广泛的利益攸关方社区转化研究成果。集体活动将涉及少数DRK-12项目，讨论在实践社区和通过虚拟讲习班开展工作所共有的具体研究和传播问题。还将向个别项目提供关于其当前工作的咨询。该项目将从了解需求的活动开始，这些活动将确定普遍、集体和个人工作的重要主题和重点领域。该项目每年将通过调查、在线协作空间的用户分析和对大约10个项目的采访来收集关于他们努力成效的数据。探索研究预科-12项目(DRK-12)旨在通过研究和开发创新资源、模型和工具，显著提高预科-12学生和教师在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)方面的学习和教学。DRK-12计划中的项目建立在STEM教育的基础研究和先前的研究和开发工作的基础上，为拟议的项目提供了理论和经验上的证明。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。

Understanding the impact of STEM education efforts requires researchers to have cutting-edge knowledge of advanced research methods and the ability to translate research knowledge to multiple and diverse stakeholder audiences. The Evidence Quality and Reach (EQR) Hub project will work explicitly to strengthen these two competencies through focused work with the Discovery Research PreK-12 research community. The hub will develop and implement workshops and learning opportunities for researchers in the community, convene communities of practice to discuss specific research methods, and engage in individualized consultations with DRK-12 projects. These activities are designed to strengthen current and future work in PreK-12 STEM education research.This project will work at multiple levels to support the DRK-12 research community. Universal activities such as webinars will be developed and deployed to support researchers in learning about new research methods and strategies for translating research for a broad set of stakeholder communities. Collective activities will involve a small number of DRK-12 projects in discussing particular research and dissemination issues common to their work in communities of practice and via virtual workshops. Individual projects will also be offered consultations on their current work. The project will begin with needs-sensing activities that will identify important themes and areas of focus for the universal, collective, and individual work. The project will collect data about the efficacy of their endeavors through surveys, user analytics from online collaboration spaces, and interviews with approximately 10 projects per year.The Discovery Research preK-12 program (DRK-12) seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of innovative resources, models and tools. Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects.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.