A Workshop to Synthesize Findings from Education Research Conducted During the Pandemic: Emerging Lessons From COVID-19

总结大流行期间进行的教育研究结果的研讨会：从 COVID-19 中汲取的教训

• 批准号: 2140471
• 负责人: Vanessa Peters
• 金额: $ 9.99万
• 依托单位: Digital Promise Global
• 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 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2140471&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Synthesize; Findings; Education; Research

This project will host a workshop in order to identify and synthesize research findings from NSF awards that addressed the unanticipated effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on STEM teaching and learning. The interruptions from the pandemic had dramatic, widespread effects in education. Across the nation, teachers, students, parents, staff, and school administrators experienced extended school closures and a rapid and unexpected shift to virtual instruction. Although long-term consequences are unknown, early observations revealed deeper disparities in access and opportunity for many students of color. These inequities extend beyond STEM education and include challenges to student’s mental health and wellbeing. In spring 2020, NSF invited researchers to submit educational research proposals in response to this national crisis. Each award has its own dissemination and plans for broader impacts, yet the public is underserved by separate reports published in many different venues. To enable stakeholders to find and discern the most important insights, our research team will aggregate and organize major findings across these projects via a workshop, synthesize key findings, identify unresolved issues, and communicate overall insights to broader audiences.To synthesize findings, Digital Promise will organize and convene a workshop with NSF awardees who conducted research on the educational impacts of the pandemic. Workshop attendees will participate in answering four questions: (1) What are the major themes and topics across the different NSF awards? (2) How were imperatives to address emerging inequities related to STEM education addressed in research plans and findings? (3) Within each topic or theme, what are the major findings, insights and recommendations for teaching and learning in STEM? (4) Across awardees, what was learned about doing RAPID research during a pandemic, and what are recommendations for improvement when subsequent needs for RAPID research in education arise? Data sources for the synthesis will be collected from project artifacts (e.g., reports, journal articles, practitioner resources, etc.), pre/post-workshop surveys, and workshop outputs from workshop presentations, panel discussions, and small group discussions. Interviews with a subset of workshop attendees will provide insight into what was learned about conducting research during a global pandemic. Data will be codified, categorized, and coded using established qualitative methods. Digital Promise’s broad network of partners and collaborators will achieve broad dissemination and outreach to education stakeholders at both the K-12 and postsecondary levels. This project is jointly funded by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, the Discovery Research PreK-12 program (DRK-12) program, the EHR Core Research (ECR:Core) program, and the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program.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.

该项目将主办一个研讨会，以确定和综合国家科学基金会奖项的研究成果，这些研究成果解决了新冠肺炎大流行对STEM教与学的意外影响。疫情的中断对教育产生了戏剧性的、广泛的影响。在全国范围内，教师、学生、家长、教职员工和学校管理人员经历了延长的学校停课时间，以及迅速和意想不到的向虚拟教学的转变。尽管长期后果尚不清楚，但早期的观察显示，许多有色人种学生在获得机会和机会方面存在更深层次的差距。这些不平等不仅限于STEM教育，还包括对学生心理健康和福祉的挑战。2020年春，美国国家科学基金会邀请研究人员提交教育研究建议，以应对这场国家危机。每个奖项都有自己的传播和更广泛影响的计划，但在许多不同的场所发布的单独报告对公众的服务不足。为了使利益相关者能够发现和识别最重要的见解，我们的研究团队将通过研讨会汇总和组织这些项目的主要发现，综合关键发现，确定悬而未决的问题，并向更广泛的受众传达总体见解。为了综合发现，Digital Promise将组织和召开一个研讨会，由NSF获奖者对大流行的教育影响进行研究。研讨会参与者将参与回答四个问题：(1)不同NSF奖项的主要主题和主题是什么？(2)研究计划和结果中如何处理与STEM教育相关的新出现的不平等问题？(3)在每个主题或主题中，对STEM的教学和学习有什么主要的发现、见解和建议？(4)从获奖者中，在大流行期间进行快速研究学到了什么，当随后出现对教育快速研究的需求时，有什么改进的建议？综合的数据来源将从项目人工制品(例如，报告、期刊文章、从业人员资源等)、研讨会前/研讨会后调查以及研讨会演示、小组讨论和小组讨论的研讨会产出中收集。对部分研讨会与会者的采访将使我们深入了解在全球大流行期间进行研究所学到的东西。将使用既定的定性方法对数据进行编码、分类和编码。Digital Promise广泛的合作伙伴和合作者网络将实现对K-12和中学后各级教育利益攸关方的广泛传播和拓展。该项目由推进非正式STEM学习(AISL)计划、发现研究PreK-12计划(DRK-12)、EHR核心研究(ECR：CORE)计划和学生和教师创新技术体验(ITEST)计划联合资助。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。