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STEM AND DATA: INSTRUCTIONAL DECISION MAKING OF SECONDARY SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS TEACHERS

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posted on 2019-10-16, 19:12 authored by Gary Lee JohnsGary Lee Johns
This research is focused on the intersection of secondary teachers’ data-use to inform instructional decisions and their teaching of STEM in STEM-focused high schools. Teaching STEM requires presenting more than just the content knowledge of the STEM domains. The methods of inquiry (e.g., scientific inquiry, engineering design) are skills that should be taught as part of STEM activities (e.g., science labs). However, under the data- and standards-based accountability focus of education, it is unclear how data from STEM activities is used in instructional decision-making. While teachers give tremendous weight to the data they collect directly from their observations of their classrooms, it is data from standardized testing that strongly influences practices through accountability mandates. STEM education alters this scenario because, while there is a growing focus on teaching STEM, important aspects of STEM education are not readily standardized. This mixed-methods study will examine the perspectives of 9th through 12th grade science and mathematics teachers, in STEM-focused schools, on data-use and STEM teaching. We developed a framework, adapted from existing frameworks of data-use, to categorize these perspectives and outline contexts influencing them. Through a concurrent triangulation design we will combine quantitative and qualitative data for a comprehensive synthesis of these perspectives.

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Degree Type

  • Doctor of Philosophy

Department

  • Curriculum and Instruction

Campus location

  • West Lafayette

Advisor/Supervisor/Committee Chair

Dr. Rachael Kenney

Additional Committee Member 2

Dr. Rachel Roegman

Additional Committee Member 3

Dr. Yukiko Maeda

Additional Committee Member 4

Dr. Siddika Selcen Guzey

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