BCSER: IID: Experiences of Students with Visual Impairments with Tactile Graphics in STEM Courses: Critical Interpretative Synthesis

消除获取STEM教学材料的障碍对于扩大视障学生在STEM职业中的代表性至关重要。触觉图形是重要的STEM教学辅助工具，但与原版相比，它们通常难以理解或内容有限。本项目旨在综合现有的关于学生触觉图形体验的知识体系，以开发一套最佳实践，并为该领域的未来研究建立基线。该项目将通过系统审查已发表的文献和涉及视力障碍学生的STEM教学法的培训，建立开展教育研究的能力。该项目将建立一个证据基础，结合视觉障碍学生在STEM课程中接触触觉图形的经验数据，为实践和进一步研究提供信息。使用批判性解释综合，本项目的范围是对2000年以来发表的文献进行系统回顾，这些文献关注于任何教育水平、学科和课堂环境下的视力障碍学生。传播计划旨在包括同行评议的期刊、会议报告、从业人员报告和一个项目网站。该项目得到了EHR核心研究：STEM教育研究能力建设（ECR: BCSER）竞赛的支持，该竞赛旨在培养个人在STEM学习和学习环境中开展高质量基础STEM教育研究的能力，扩大STEM领域的参与，以及STEM劳动力的发展。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

The importance of removing barriers to accessing STEM instructional materials is paramount to broadening the representation of students with visual impairments in STEM careers. Tactile graphics are important STEM instructional aids, but they are often difficult to understand or have limited content compared to the original. This project aims to conduct a synthesis of the existing body of knowledge of student experiences with tactile graphics to develop a set of best practices and establish baselines for future research in this field. The project will build capacity for conducting education research through trainings in systematic review of published literature and STEM pedagogy involving students with visual impairments. This project will establish a base of evidence incorporating empirical data on experiences of students with visual impairments with tactile graphics in STEM courses to inform practice and further research. Using critical interpretive synthesis, the scope of this project is to conduct a systematic review of literature published since 2000 that focuses on students with visual impairments at any education level, discipline, and classroom setting. The dissemination plan aims to include peer-reviewed journals, conference presentations, reports for practitioners, and a project website. The project is supported through the EHR Core Research: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research (ECR: BCSER) competition that is designed to build individuals’ capacity to carry out high quality fundamental STEM education research in STEM learning and learning environments, broadening participation in STEM fields, and STEM workforce development.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.