Activity 3. STEM Educational Research
STEM Educational Research Project 1: Justice-oriented Approaches to Data Science Education (JADE).
Dr. Alex Stokes leads an SER project that is focused on Justice-Oriented pedagogy in Data Science
Justice-oriented pedagogy places students’ sociocultural concerns and identities centrally in the classroom
The central hypothesis of this study is that Justice-oriented pedagogy will increase inclusion and belonging in data science for marginalized and minoritized students and participants
To date 122 participants in Alliance data training programs (classes, summer immersions, research internships) have contributed to a survey and interview-based study
The study evaluates knowledge, beliefs, skills an attitudes (KBSA) towards data science when viewed through a social justice lens
JADE interventions that include social-justice oriented content, activities and inclusive pedagogical practices are being piloted, and assessed, in classes at the University of Hawaii and Chaminade.
STEM Educational Research Project 2: Active team learning impacts on research self-efficacy in DS students and participants
Dr. Rylan Chong leads an SER project focused on active team learning and self-efficacy in Hawaii-Pacific data science students
The study hypothesizes that there will be a positive relationship between active team learning experiences and research self-efficacy in data science participants
Research self-efficacy is relatively understudied in DS, particularly for minoritized and marginalized students
The study will identify positive and negative experiences during active team learning experiences that contribute to research self-efficacy scores on a novel survey instrument
Dr. Chong will discern and differentiate actors that improve (e.g., team projects, mentoring, real world application, and research competencies gained) or decrease (e.g., time pressure, negative team experiences) research self-efficacy in data science participants.
