Associate professor awarded grant from National Science Foundation

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Dr. Jessaca Spybrook, associate professor of evaluation, measurement and research, was awarded a three-year, $799,665 grant from the National Science Foundation entitled “Planning Cluster Randomized Trials of Science Education Interventions: An Empirical Investigation of Design Parameters for Studies of Teacher Interventions.â€

The purpose of the project is to improve the planning and design of studies of science teacher interventions by (1) conducting a meta-analysis of science education studies of interventions focused on improving teacher outcomes to establish context-specific effect sizes, and (2) analyzing teacher-level data to empirically estimate design parameters necessary for planning multi-level science intervention studies.

Spybrook will work on the project with Joseph Taylor and Fatih Unlu, Senior Associates/Scientists at Abt Associates, and Susan Kowalski, Science Educator at BSCS.