Postdoctoral Fellowship: STEMEdIPRF: Development and Implementation of a Novel Measure of Student Evolution Acceptance

博士后奖学金：STEMEdIPRF：学生进化接受度新衡量标准的开发和实施

• 批准号: 2327483
• 负责人: Taya Misheva
• 金额: $ 31.88万
• 依托单位: Syracuse University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2025-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2327483&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Postdoctoral; Fellowship; STEMEdIPRF; Development; Implementation

Evolution is the central explanatory theory of biology and a key organizational framework for teaching and learning in the life sciences. Controversies concerning this theory can inhibit students’ abilities to understand the ways in which evolution functions as is a scientific explanation for the unity and diversity of life on Earth to address scientific challenges. This understanding is critical for post-graduation careers. The proposed project is designed to assess the effectiveness of teaching strategies that address student concerns about evolution through the creation of a survey that would examine student understanding, reasoning, and attitudes relating to evolution. The project aims to help educators develop more effective pedagogical strategies and resources for helping college students better understand the concepts relating to evolution. The goals of this project are to (1) characterize the landscape of evolution acceptance among undergraduate students and identify the reasoning students provide for their views, (2) develop a new survey tool for measuring student acceptance of the theory of evolution, and (3) identify trends and reasoning patterns. Semi-structured interviews will be conducted with a diverse sample of students and inductive coding will be used to identify relevant patterns. The results of this analysis will inform the creation of a survey that be piloted in biology courses at multiple universities and assessed for validity and reliability. This project is funded by the STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (STEM Ed PRF) program that aims to enhance the research knowledge, skills, and practices of recent doctorates in STEM, STEM education, education, and related disciplines to advance their preparation to engage in fundamental and applied research that advances knowledge within the field.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.

进化论是生物学的核心解释理论，也是生命科学教与学的关键组织框架。围绕这一理论的争论可能会抑制学生理解进化的作用方式的能力，因为这是对地球上生命的统一性和多样性的科学解释，以应对科学挑战。这一理解对于毕业后的职业生涯至关重要。这项拟议的项目旨在通过创建一项调查来检查学生对进化的理解、推理和态度，以评估解决学生对进化的担忧的教学策略的有效性。该项目旨在帮助教育工作者制定更有效的教学策略和资源，帮助大学生更好地理解与进化相关的概念。该项目的目标是(1)描述本科生对进化论的接受情况，并确定学生为他们的观点提供的推理；(2)开发一种新的调查工具来衡量学生对进化论的接受程度；(3)确定趋势和推理模式。将对不同样本的学生进行半结构化访谈，并将使用归纳编码来识别相关模式。这一分析的结果将为创建一项调查提供依据，该调查将在多所大学的生物课程中进行试点，并对其有效性和可靠性进行评估。该项目由STEM教育博士后研究奖学金(STEM Ed PRF)计划资助，该计划旨在提高STEM、STEM教育、教育和相关学科的新近博士的研究知识、技能和实践，以促进他们从事基础和应用研究，促进该领域知识的进步。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。