Institute for Measurement Methods in Rural STEM Education

农村STEM教育测量方法研究所

• 批准号: 2126060
• 负责人: Matthew Irvin
• 金额: $ 95.45万
• 依托单位: University of South Carolina at Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-15 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2126060&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Institute; Measurement; Methods; Rural; STEM

The goal of the Institute for Measurement MEthodology in Rural STEM Education (IMMERSE) is to increase the capacity of researchers to measure and study key concepts central to rural STEM education research. Drawing on measurement science and a unified validity framework, the IMMERSE training will enable rural researchers in STEM, social sciences, and education to undertake empirical studies that attend to rurality. Specifically, participants in the IMMERSE experience will obtain the skills to advance the field of rural STEM education research towards more consistent operational definitions and psychometrically sound measures of important constructs, for example, place-based education and community engagement. IMMERSE will recruit two cohorts of 20 participants (Fellows) to engage in an intensive week-long summer training, with efforts to recruit researchers from underrepresented groups and minority-serving institutions in rural areas. Following the summer training, IMMERSE Fellows will then be provided on-going instruction, mentoring, and feedback on their measurement research projects. Fellows will be provided instruction and support from core faculty and nationally recognized experts in measurement methodology and rural STEM education throughout. IMMERSE Fellows will present the results of their measure development projects at a virtual summit the following summer. Through a partnership with the National Rural Education Association, the measures developed by IMMERSE Fellows will become part of a repository on their website for other rural researchers to use.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.

农村STEM教育测量方法研究所（IMMERSE）的目标是提高研究人员测量和研究农村STEM教育研究的关键概念的能力。利用测量科学和统一的有效性框架，IMMERSE培训将使STEM，社会科学和教育领域的农村研究人员能够进行针对农村的实证研究。具体而言，参与IMMERSE体验的人员将获得技能，以推动农村STEM教育研究领域朝着更一致的业务定义和重要结构的心理测量合理措施发展，例如，基于地方的教育和社区参与。IMMERSE将招募两批20名参与者（研究员）参加为期一周的强化夏季培训，并努力从代表性不足的群体和农村地区为少数群体服务的机构招募研究人员。夏季培训结束后，IMMERSE研究员将获得持续的指导，指导和对他们的测量研究项目的反馈。研究员将获得核心教师和全国公认的测量方法和农村STEM教育专家的指导和支持。IMMERSE研究员将在明年夏天的虚拟峰会上展示他们的措施开发项目的结果。通过与全国农村教育协会的合作伙伴关系，IMMERSE研究员制定的措施将成为其网站上供其他农村研究人员使用的知识库的一部分。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得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来支持。