See Related: Science PD Models Research
  1. Graham Gardner
  2. http://www.cast.org/about/staff/graham-gardner.html
  3. Research Associate / Project Manager
  4. Inquiry Primed: An Intervention to Mitigate the Effects of Stereotype Threat in Science
  5. http://www.cast.org/our-work/research-development/projects/science-learning-minority-students.html
  6. CAST
  1. Samantha Daley
  2. http://www.cast.org/about/staff/samantha-daley.html
  3. Director of Research / Principal Investigator
  4. Inquiry Primed: An Intervention to Mitigate the Effects of Stereotype Threat in Science
  5. http://www.cast.org/our-work/research-development/projects/science-learning-minority-students.html
  6. CAST
  1. Sam Johnston
  2. http://www.cast.org/about/staff/sam-johnston.html
  3. Research Scientist / Co-Principal Investigator
  4. Inquiry Primed: An Intervention to Mitigate the Effects of Stereotype Threat in Science
  5. http://www.cast.org/our-work/research-development/projects/science-learning-minority-students.html
  6. CAST
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    Brian Drayton

    Co-Principal Investigator
    May 12, 2015 | 11:28 a.m.

    Very interesting.
    How are you establishing the students’ perceptions or other evidence of stereotype threat as they see it or experience it?

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    Samantha Daley

    Co-Presenter
    Director of Research / Principal Investigator
    May 13, 2015 | 09:38 a.m.

    Hi Brian,
    Thanks for the question. We have three types of measures from various perspectives. At the end of each lesson, students and teachers (who were blind to condition) answered brief surveys rating the levels of collaboration/interaction during that class period. Items are along the lines of “I believe others saw me as an important part of the group today.” In addition, observers (blind to condition) used the RTOP protocol. From that, we focused on the “classroom culture” items. These don’t give indication of stereotype threat directly, but the finding that all three were dampened on days when threat was primed suggest it is at play. Hope that helps!

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    Avron Barr

    Facilitator
    Consultant
    May 12, 2015 | 12:05 p.m.

    How will you measure the impact of the PD materials you are developing? Is class-wide impact the best measure?

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    Samantha Daley

    Co-Presenter
    Director of Research / Principal Investigator
    May 13, 2015 | 09:41 a.m.

    Hi Avron,
    In this exploratory work, we will not be collecting data with students or in the teachers’ classrooms. Instead, our measures will focus on teachers’ perceived value of the PD experience and content, their level of engagement in the community of practice (via observations and analysis of event logs), and interviews. We’re drawing quite a bit from the community of practice literature (ie, Wenger). Ideally, we’ll follow up from this first run of piloting with a classroom-based study targeting the most promising strategies.

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    Lisa Hogan

    Facilitator
    Technology Integrator
    May 12, 2015 | 08:35 p.m.

    Based on the data from your experimental studies finding a negative classroom wide effect of stereotype threat on student collaboration, do you have any thoughts about challenges teachers might encounter as they implement strategies to reduce the negative effects in an inquiry science context and how you will help teachers with these challenges?

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    Samantha Daley

    Co-Presenter
    Director of Research / Principal Investigator
    May 13, 2015 | 09:45 a.m.

    Hi Lisa,
    Thanks for the question! We have been working closely with teacher co-designers in developing the PD experience. As they try out different strategies and activities, we’re finding that some are relatively straightforward to integrate into daily instruction – e.g., attending to ways of providing feedback that encourage all learners — while others are more of a stretch. Some strategies particularly seem to be perceived as more in the realm of a guidance counselor’s role. This has been very helpful input as we work together to make strategies usable and feasible.

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    Elizabeth Hassrick

    Facilitator
    Research Scientist
    May 13, 2015 | 09:24 a.m.

    Such critical work, to uncover how social and racial dynamics shape peer interactions in classrooms. Very difficult dynamics to measure. Could you share any observational findings related to how already established social networks among peers were protective or undermining, with regard to stereotype threat?

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    Samantha Daley

    Co-Presenter
    Director of Research / Principal Investigator
    May 14, 2015 | 08:56 a.m.

    Hi Elizabeth,
    Thanks for the thoughtful question! While I’m not sure we can address this directly, we did observe interesting differences between teachers’ approaches to grouping students – particularly when students were able to form their own collaborative groups vs being assigned by the teacher. In one set of classes, students could also opt out of group work and choose to work independently. We’re just getting into analysis of how these different approaches relate to experiences of the class.

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