Building Capacity for Equitable Research on STEM Learning Processes using Quantitative Ethnography

利用定量民族志建设 STEM 学习过程的公平研究能力

• 批准号: 2225240
• 负责人: Brendan Eagan
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 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: 2022-10-01 至 2025-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2225240&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Building; Capacity; Equitable; Research; STEM

The goal of the Quantitative Ethnography Institute is to increase the capacity of STEM education researchers to conduct quantitative ethnography (QE) to address fundamental questions in STEM education. A key challenge in STEM education research is using large amounts of rich qualitative data to develop models of student learning that accurately represent diverse learning processes and can be implemented at scale. QE helps mitigate this challenge by unifying quantitative and qualitative techniques, enabling researchers to produce models of large-scale qualitative data that are (1) fair and actionable for diverse learners, educators, and policy leaders and (2) statistically valid and generalizable. The Quantitative Ethnography Institute will recruit three cohorts of 30 participants, the majority of whom will be underrepresented early-career researchers, to engage in a 4-part series of training and mentoring activities identified as the Accelerator, the Incubator, the Booster, and the Multiplier. The Accelerator is the initial 4-day in-person workshop focused on the fundamentals of QE theory, methods, and techniques. The Incubator, which occurs approximately 3 months after the Accelerator, is a 1-day online workshop which gives participants the opportunity to present their QE research-in progress and receive feedback from peers and mentors. The Booster, which occurs approximately 3 months after the Incubator, is a 2-day online focused on techniques for writing successful QE conference papers, journal articles, and grant proposals. The Multiplier, which occurs approximately 3 months after the Booster, is a 2-day online workshop which teaches participants how to run their own QE and workshops.The project is supported by NSF’s EHR Core Research Building Capacity in STEM Education Research (ECR: BCSER) program, which is designed to build investigators’ capacity to carry out high-quality STEM education research.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.

定量民族志研究所的目标是提高STEM教育研究人员进行定量民族志（QE）的能力，以解决STEM教育中的基本问题。STEM教育研究的一个关键挑战是使用大量丰富的定性数据来开发学生学习模型，这些模型准确地代表了不同的学习过程，并且可以大规模实施。量化宽松有助于通过统一定量和定性技术来缓解这一挑战，使研究人员能够生成大规模定性数据模型，这些模型（1）对不同的学习者，教育工作者和政策领导者是公平和可操作的，（2）统计有效和可推广的。定量人种学研究所将招募三个30人的参与者，其中大多数将是代表性不足的早期职业研究人员，从事由四部分组成的培训和指导活动，这些活动被确定为加速器，孵化器，助推器和乘数。加速器是最初的为期4天的面对面研讨会，重点关注量化宽松理论、方法和技术的基础知识。孵化器在加速器之后大约3个月举行，是一个为期1天的在线研讨会，让参与者有机会展示他们的QE研究进展，并从同行和导师那里获得反馈。助推器，这发生在孵化器后大约3个月，是一个为期2天的在线专注于撰写成功的QE会议论文，期刊文章和赠款提案的技术。在助推器之后大约3个月，乘数是一个为期2天的在线研讨会，教参与者如何运行自己的QE和研讨会。该项目得到了NSF的EHR核心研究STEM教育研究能力建设的支持（ECR：BCSER）程序，该计划旨在培养调查人员的能力，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Is QE just ENA?

QE只是ENA吗？

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: ICQE 2022
• 作者: Shaffer, D.W.;Ruis, A.R.
• 通讯作者: Ruis, A.R.

The foundations and fundamentals of quantitative ethnography

定量民族志的基础和基础

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: ICQE 2022
• 作者: Arastoopour Irgens, G.;Eagan, B.
• 通讯作者: Eagan, B.