Quantitative Research Methods for STEM Education Scholars Program

STEM 教育学者计划的定量研究方法

• 批准号: 2225362
• 负责人: Laura Stapleton
• 金额: $ 99.9万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 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: 2022-08-15 至 2025-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2225362&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Quantitative; Research; Methods; STEM; Education

Despite the persistent under representation of individuals from underserved populations in STEM, there are not enough scholars and early career researchers trained to adequately study the issues. This training institute project will target early career scholars with research foci on issues of access and equity of underrepresented populations in STEM within either K-12 or postsecondary settings. The goal of the training institute is to focus on and improve education research study design, methods of measurement, and data analytical approaches for 60 early career scholars over three cohorts. Each scholar's work will make valuable and immediate contributions to the literature around issues such as STEM education access, achievement gaps, and workforce diversity. This research institute involves a year-long training of three cohorts of 20 Quantitative Research Methods (QRM) scholars via two intensive institutes on fundamental issues in research design, analysis, measurement, with both in-person and remote collaborative activities and meetings with their assigned methods mentor and graduate student facilitator. Year-long interactions include live-stream workshops, regular meetings with methods mentors, and a social network infrastructure to improve participant's skills in design and execution of research in STEM Education. Each QRM scholar will be expected to work on a proposed study/activity during the year while they are being mentored, this may be in collaboration with other scholars. The year will culminate with a capstone conference, where the scholars present their work from the past year.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.

尽管STEM中服务不足人群的代表性持续不足，但没有足够的学者和早期职业研究人员接受过充分的培训来研究这些问题。 该培训机构项目将针对早期职业学者，研究重点是K-12或中学后环境中STEM中代表性不足的人口的获得和公平问题。该培训机构的目标是专注于和改善教育研究的研究设计，测量方法和数据分析方法，为60名早期职业学者在三个队列。每位学者的工作将为围绕STEM教育机会，成就差距和劳动力多样性等问题的文献做出宝贵和直接的贡献。 该研究所涉及三个队列的20个定量研究方法（QRM）学者通过两个密集的研究所在研究设计，分析，测量的基本问题为期一年的培训，既有面对面的和远程的合作活动，并与他们分配的方法导师和研究生主持人会议。为期一年的互动包括直播研讨会，与方法导师的定期会议，以及社交网络基础设施，以提高参与者在STEM教育研究的设计和执行方面的技能。每个QRM学者将被期望在一年中工作，而他们正在指导一项拟议的研究/活动，这可能是与其他学者合作。该项目由NSF的EHR Core Research Building Capacity in STEM Education Research（ECR：BCSER）项目资助，旨在培养研究人员开展高质量STEM教育研究的能力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。