Cultivating Learners' Autonomy to Improve Math Skills for STEM Learning

培养学习者的自主性，提高 STEM 学习的数学技能

• 批准号: 2142608
• 负责人: Fei Gao
• 金额: $ 29.8万
• 依托单位: Bowling Green State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2142608&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Cultivating; Learners; Autonomy; Improve; Math

This project aims to serve the national interest by increasing students' motivation to achieve early mastery of essential math skills (i.e., basic procedural math skills) necessary for success in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Based on self-determination theory, this IUSE Engaged Student Learning Level 1 project will develop motivational features for the STEM Fluency system, an online training system that aims to improve students' mastery of essential math skills via explicit practice. The motivational features will support students' autonomy during the online training by providing students meaningful choice and rationale to increase their motivation to engage with the training. The project will improve students' mastery of essential math skills and positively impact students' persistence and progress in STEM undergraduate programs. The project will also generate design principles that will inform researchers' future endeavors to improve students' engagement in online training on a variety of STEM topics. STEM undergraduate students often do not possess essential math skills that are foundational to solve STEM problems, or they are far from fluent in their use. The goal of the project is to develop an enhanced STEM Fluency system that addresses students' motivational needs to complete essential math skill training, particularly for those who are underprepared and underrepresented in STEM. The development of the enhanced STEM Fluency system will follow the stages of design-based research to iteratively improve the enhanced system through analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. The central question of the project is to what extent the essential math skill training in the enhanced STEM Fluency system affects students' sense of autonomy, mastery of essential math skills, and self-efficacy. To address this question, the project team will conduct quasi-experiments by comparing the effectiveness of the original system to an enhanced system with integrated autonomy-supportive features. The project team will also use validated learning assessment instruments, surveys, and interviews both to iteratively improve the design and to test the efficacy of the enhanced system. The research findings will be disseminated via conference presentations, peer-reviewed journal publications, and workshops. This project will advance understanding of how to increase student engagement in online STEM training and benefit society by developing a diverse, globally competitive STEM workforce. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through the Engaged Student Learning track, the program supports the creation, exploration, and implementation of promising practices and tools.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.

该项目旨在通过增加学生在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）方面取得成功的早期掌握基本数学技能（即基本的程序数学技能）来提高学生的动力来满足国家利益。基于自决理论，这个IUSE敬业的学生学习级别1项目将开发STEM Flumenty System的动机功能，STEM Flumency System是一种在线培训系统，旨在通过明确的实践来提高学生对基本数学技能的掌握。动机功能将通过为学生提供有意义的选择和理由来增加参加培训的动力，从而支持学生在在线培训期间的自主权。该项目将提高学生对基本数学技能的掌握，并积极影响学生在STEM本科课程中的持久性和进步。 该项目还将生成设计原则，这些原则将为研究人员的未来努力提供帮助，以改善学生在各种STEM主题的在线培训中的参与。 STEM本科生通常不具备解决STEM问题的基本基本数学技能，或者他们的使用远不足以解决。该项目的目的是开发一种增强的STEM流利系统，以满足学生的动机需求，以完成基本的数学技能培训，特别是对于那些在STEM中做好准备和代表性不足的人。增强的茎流利系统的开发将遵循基于设计的研究的阶段，以通过分析，设计，开发，实施和评估迭代改善增强系统。该项目的核心问题是在增强的STEM流畅度系统中的基本数学技能培训在多大程度上会影响学生的自主意识，对基本数学技能的掌握和自我效能感。为了解决这个问题，项目团队将通过将原始系统与增强系统的有效性与综合自主支持功能进行比较，进行准实例。项目团队还将使用经过验证的学习评估工具，调查和访谈，以迭代改善设计并测试增强系统的功效。研究结果将通过会议演讲，同行评审的期刊出版物和研讨会来传播。该项目将通过发展多样化的全球竞争性STEM劳动力来提高如何提高学生参与在线STEM培训并使社会受益的理解。 NSF IUSE：EHR计划支持研发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。通过参与的学生学习轨道，该计划支持有希望的实践和工具的创建，探索和实施。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估的评估来支持的。

项目成果

Students’ needs satisfaction in a gamified math practice

学生需要在游戏化的数学练习中获得满足感

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference
• 作者: Gao, F.;Rogers, K.;Li, L.;Darke, A.
• 通讯作者: Darke, A.

Designing a student-facing learning analytics dashboard to support online STEM practices

设计面向学生的学习分析仪表板以支持在线 STEM 实践

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Companion Proceedings of the 13th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference
• 作者: Gao, F.;Lower, V.;Abouheaf, M.;Krishnankuttyrema, R.;& Sarder, M.
• 通讯作者: & Sarder, M.