A Workshop to Synthesize Findings from Education Research Conducted During the Pandemic: Emerging Lessons From COVID-19

该项目将举办一个研讨会，以识别和综合NSF奖项的研究成果，这些研究成果涉及COVID-19大流行对STEM教学和学习的意外影响。大流行病的中断对教育产生了巨大而广泛的影响。在全国范围内，教师、学生、家长、教职员工和学校管理人员经历了长时间的学校关闭，并迅速而意外地转向虚拟教学。虽然长期后果尚不清楚，但早期的观察显示，许多有色人种学生在入学和机会方面存在更大的差距。这些不公平现象超出了STEM教育的范围，包括对学生心理健康和福祉的挑战。2020年春季，NSF邀请研究人员提交教育研究提案，以应对这场国家危机。每个奖项都有自己的传播和计划，以产生更广泛的影响，但在许多不同的场所发布的单独报告对公众的服务不足。为了让利益相关者能够发现和辨别最重要的见解，我们的研究团队将通过研讨会汇总和整理这些项目的主要发现，综合关键发现，确定未解决的问题，并向更广泛的受众传达整体见解。为了综合研究结果，Digital Promise将组织和召集一个研讨会，与NSF获奖者一起进行关于流行病教育影响的研究。研讨会与会者将参与回答四个问题：（1）什么是主要的主题和主题，在不同的NSF奖项？(2)如何在研究计划和研究结果中解决与STEM教育相关的新出现的不平等问题？(3)在每个主题或主题中，对STEM教学和学习的主要发现、见解和建议是什么？(4)在获奖者中，在大流行期间进行RAPID研究的经验教训是什么，以及当教育领域出现后续RAPID研究需求时，有哪些改进建议？用于综合的数据源将从项目工件中收集（例如，报告、期刊文章、从业者资源等），讲习班前/后调查，以及讲习班发言、小组讨论和小组讨论的讲习班产出。对研讨会与会者的一部分进行访谈，将深入了解在全球大流行期间开展研究的经验。将使用既定的定性方法对数据进行编纂、分类和编码。Digital Promise广泛的合作伙伴和协作者网络将在K-12和中学后各级实现对教育利益相关者的广泛传播和推广。该项目由推进非正式STEM学习（AISL）计划、发现研究PreK-12计划（DRK-12）计划、EHR核心研究（ECR：Core）计划和学生和教师创新技术体验（ITEST）计划共同资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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。

This project will host a workshop in order to identify and synthesize research findings from NSF awards that addressed the unanticipated effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on STEM teaching and learning. The interruptions from the pandemic had dramatic, widespread effects in education. Across the nation, teachers, students, parents, staff, and school administrators experienced extended school closures and a rapid and unexpected shift to virtual instruction. Although long-term consequences are unknown, early observations revealed deeper disparities in access and opportunity for many students of color. These inequities extend beyond STEM education and include challenges to student’s mental health and wellbeing. In spring 2020, NSF invited researchers to submit educational research proposals in response to this national crisis. Each award has its own dissemination and plans for broader impacts, yet the public is underserved by separate reports published in many different venues. To enable stakeholders to find and discern the most important insights, our research team will aggregate and organize major findings across these projects via a workshop, synthesize key findings, identify unresolved issues, and communicate overall insights to broader audiences.To synthesize findings, Digital Promise will organize and convene a workshop with NSF awardees who conducted research on the educational impacts of the pandemic. Workshop attendees will participate in answering four questions: (1) What are the major themes and topics across the different NSF awards? (2) How were imperatives to address emerging inequities related to STEM education addressed in research plans and findings? (3) Within each topic or theme, what are the major findings, insights and recommendations for teaching and learning in STEM? (4) Across awardees, what was learned about doing RAPID research during a pandemic, and what are recommendations for improvement when subsequent needs for RAPID research in education arise? Data sources for the synthesis will be collected from project artifacts (e.g., reports, journal articles, practitioner resources, etc.), pre/post-workshop surveys, and workshop outputs from workshop presentations, panel discussions, and small group discussions. Interviews with a subset of workshop attendees will provide insight into what was learned about conducting research during a global pandemic. Data will be codified, categorized, and coded using established qualitative methods. Digital Promise’s broad network of partners and collaborators will achieve broad dissemination and outreach to education stakeholders at both the K-12 and postsecondary levels. This project is jointly funded by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, the Discovery Research PreK-12 program (DRK-12) program, the EHR Core Research (ECR:Core) program, and the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program.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.