Analyzing Funding and Publication Patterns in STEM Education Research: Establishing a Baseline for Improved Monitoring of Research to Advance STEM Education

这个项目将由生物科学课程研究进行，将分析和综合有关教育研究资金和出版模式的信息，以增加对国家研究委员会(NRC)2013年报告中建议的科学教育研究状况的了解。这个项目将从方法论的角度审查过去的研究。此外，该项目将研究如何解决与扩大和扩大对STEM(科学、技术、工程和数学)教育和STEM工作人员的参与以及提高所有学生的STEM素养有关的成果。这项计划将会推动教育及人力资源局局长在推动短期教育专业教育研究方面的工作。由二00一年至今所资助或发表的教育研究研究，将会被视为符合检讨资格。要解决的问题包括以下几个方面。试图将项目效应与学生选择效应分开的试验性或准试验性研究的数量和比例是多少？试图解决语境对教学过程的影响的相关、实验或准实验研究的数量和比例是多少？正在研究的语境因素是什么？与NRC STEM教育战略目标有关的相关、实验或准实验研究的数量和比例是多少？

This project, to be conducted by Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, will analyze and synthesize information about education research funding and publication patterns, to increase understanding about the state of science education research as recommended in a 2013 report by the National Research Council (NRC). This project will examine past research studies in terms of methodology. In addition, the project will examine how studies address outcomes related to expanding and broadening participation in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education and the STEM workforce, as well as increasing STEM literacy for all students. The project will advance the work of the Education & Human Resources (EHR) directorate in fostering research on STEM education.Education research studies funded or published from 2001 to the present will be considered eligible for review. Questions to be addressed will include the following. What are the number and proportion of experimental or quasi-experimental studies that attempt to disentangle program effects from student selection effects? What are the number and proportion of correlational, experimental, or quasi-experimental studies that attempt to address the effects of context on the teaching and learning process and what context factors are being studied? What are the number and proportion of correlational, experimental, or quasi-experimental studies that address outcomes related to NRC strategic goals for STEM education?