BCSER-IID: Foundations for a STEM What Work Clearinghouse for Broadening Participation Research in STEM Education

BCSER-IID：STEM What Work 扩大 STEM 教育参与研究的基础

• 批准号: 2243213
• 负责人: Erin Lynch
• 金额: $ 31.86万
• 依托单位: QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-15 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2243213&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: BCSER; IID; Foundations; STEM; What

The proposed project will lay the foundation for a clearinghouse of broadening participation STEM education research at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The clearinghouse is envisioned as an online platform that will be populated with data collected through a systematic literature review during this initial phase. The investigator used the Vitae Researcher Development Framework to identify the STEM education research skills gaps that will be the focus of a comprehensive professional development. The professional development domains include knowledge and intellectual abilities; personal effectiveness; research governance and organization; and engagement, influence and impact. The goals will be accomplished by completing formalized training in meta-analysis research design and methodology, acquiring training in database foundations and data analytics, and receiving mentoring. The project will position the investigator to contribute scholarship that informs effective interventions at HBCUs and topics for future research. The research project will produce a meta-analysis of NSF-funded broadening participation interventions at HBCUs by answering two research questions: (1) What broadening participation research interventions work and for whom? and (2) What are the mean corrected correlations between program traits in NSF-funded HBCU broadening participation interventions and student success metrics at HBCUs? The research design is a quantitative retrospective systematic review. The rationale for this design selection is the power of meta-analytical studies for researchers. The research will be guided by expert mentors and informed by the expertise acquired through structured professional development activities. The research project, in the long term, is expected to provide accessible empirical data for investigators to conduct robust broadening participation in STEM education research studies. The project is supported through the EHR Core Research Building Capacity in STEM Education Research 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.

拟议的项目将为扩大传统黑人学院和大学 (HBCU) 参与 STEM 教育研究的信息交换所奠定基础。该信息交换所被设想为一个在线平台，将填充在初始阶段通过系统文献综述收集的数据。调查人员使用 Vitae 研究人员发展框架来确定 STEM 教育研究技能差距，这将是全面专业发展的重点。专业发展领域包括知识和智力能力；个人效能；研究治理和组织；以及参与度、影响力和冲击力。这些目标将通过完成元分析研究设计和方法方面的正式培训、获得数据库基础和数据分析方面的培训以及接受指导来实现。 该项目将使研究人员能够贡献学术成果，为 HBCU 的有​​效干预措施和未来研究的主题提供信息。该研究项目将通过回答两个研究问题，对 NSF 资助的 HBCU 扩大参与干预措施进行荟萃分析：（1）什么扩大参与研究干预措施有效以及为谁服务？ (2) NSF 资助的 HBCU 扩大参与干预的项目特征与 HBCU 学生成功指标之间的平均校正相关性是多少？ 研究设计是定量回顾性系统评价。选择这种设计的理由是研究人员荟萃分析研究的力量。该研究将由专家导师指导，并通过结构化专业发展活动获得的专业知识提供信息。从长远来看，该研究项目预计将为研究人员提供可获取的实证数据，以强有力地扩大对 STEM 教育研究的参与。该项目得到了 EHR 核心研究能力建设 STEM 教育研究竞赛的支持，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，扩大对 STEM 领域的参与以及 STEM 劳动力发展该奖项反映了 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。