PEEPs for PD: Identifying Project Evaluation Effectiveness Principles for Professional Development in Elementary Science Teaching

本探索性专案旨在识别和描述科学教学专业发展（PTST）干预措施的评估，最终目标是提高小学课堂科学教学的质量。该项目将1)确定和描述PDST干预措施的评估，2)开发系统审查、元评估和汇总这些评估结果的机制和示例。重点将是建立一个可靠的基础，适当的专业发展STEM评估审查，开发元评估技术，并确定最合适的策略来确定PDST项目的累积有效性。为了提高STEM教育专业评估人员进行严格和有用评估的能力，本项目将尽可能通过研究报告、论文和报告向教育研究人员和评估人员、发起人和PDST干预措施的开发人员传播项目结果。传播产品将明确传达以下内容：(1)识别和检索PDST评估的方法及其局限性(2)可访问PDST评估的特征(3)用于PDST评估的研究设计和方法根据评估标准和框架评估现有评估文件绩效的合适方法(4)评估PDST干预绩效和影响的合适方法

This exploratory project is designed to identify and describe evaluations of Professional Development in Science Teaching (PTST) interventions with the ultimate goal of improving the quality of science instruction in elementary school classrooms. The project will 1) identify and describe evaluations of PDST interventions and 2) develop mechanisms and examples for systematically reviewing, meta-evaluating, and aggregating results of these evaluations. The focus will be on establishing a credible base of appropriate professional development STEM evaluation reviews, developing meta-evaluation techniques, and identifying the most appropriate strategies for determine the cumulative effectiveness of PDST programs. In order to increase the capacity of professional evaluators in STEM education to conduct rigorous and useful evaluations, the project will disseminate project findings to education researchers and evaluators, sponsors, and developers of PDST interventions through research presentations, papers, and reports to the extent feasible. Dissemination products will clearly communicate the following:(1) Methods for identifying and retrieving PDST evaluations, as well as their limitations(2) Characteristics of accessible PDST evaluations(3) Research designs and methodologies used in PDST evaluations Suitable methods for assessing the performance of available evaluation documents against evaluation standards and frameworks(4) Suitable methods for assessing the performance and impacts of PDST intervention