BSCER Investigator Initiated Development program. Justice-orientated Approaches for Data science Education (JADE)

该能力建设项目由夏威夷大学管理，旨在通过参与密集的专业成长活动，包括STEM教育研究专家团队的指导、研究方法和文化能力研讨会以及参加STEM教育研究专业会议，发展研究人员在STEM教育研究(SER)方面的知识和技能。随着该项目的专业发展活动，调查员将设计和实施一项SER研究，重点是在数据科学教育(DSE)中使用面向正义的方法，以增加来自代表性不足群体的人对数据科学研究的参与。研究结果将增加关于扩大STEM参与的最佳实践的知识体系。调查员将参与一套全面的专业成长活动，以弥补通过自我评估发现的SER知识方面的差距，包括在项目的两年期间与导师定期举行形成性会议。本研究将检验以公正为导向的数据科学培训对本科生和研究生参与者的公正取向以及对DSE的归属感、坚持性和成功的影响的假设。将通过调查、访谈、焦点小组和反思收集数据，并使用定性和定量方法进行分析和解释。该项目将扩大对STEM的参与，并为支持跨学科参与并包括代表性不足的群体的DSE提供最佳做法。可在多种情况下使用的研究成果和干预产品将得到广泛传播。长期的社会利益包括改善不同民族的经济流动性和自决的潜力，以及参与地区和全球司法挑战。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。

This capacity-building project, administered by the University of Hawaii, is designed to develop the investigator’s knowledge and skills in STEM Education research (SER) through participation in intensive professional growth activities including mentoring by a team of experts in STEM Education research, workshops in research methods and cultural competence, and participation in SER professional conferences. In tandem with the project’s professional development activities, the investigator will design and implement a SER study focused on the use of justice-oriented approaches in data science education (DSE) to increase participation of people from underrepresented groups in the study of data science. The research findings will add to the body of knowledge on best practices for broadening participation in STEM.The investigator will engage in a comprehensive set of professional growth activities that addresses gaps in SER knowledge identified through self-assessment, including regular formative meetings with mentors throughout the project’s two-year duration. The research study will test hypotheses regarding the effects of justice-oriented data science training on undergraduate and graduate student participants’ justice-orientation, as well as sense-of-belonging, persistence, and success in DSE. Data will be collected via surveys, interviews, focus groups and reflections and analyzed and interpreted using qualitative and quantitative methods. The project will broaden participation in STEM and inform best practices for DSE that support transdisciplinary engagement and are inclusive of underrepresented groups. Research findings and intervention products, adaptable for use in multiple contexts, will be widely disseminated. Long-term societal benefits include the potential for improved economic mobility and self-determination for diverse peoples and engagement with regional and global justice challenges.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.