October 2021

The AERA-ICPSR-NSF PEERS Data Hub will hold a no-fee workshop, “Getting Started in Education Research with PEER,” on November 17, 1:00–4:00 p.m. ET. The workshop will broadcast live on Zoom. ASL interpretation and captioning will be provided. Attendees can register here.

Professional-development for Emerging Education Researchers (PEER) is designed for emerging education researchers interested in expanding their theoretical or methodological expertise. This interactive workshop is also targeted to faculty who are new to independent research or advisors of emerging education researchers.

The workshop, taught by Eleanor C. Sayre (Kansas State University) and Scott V. Franklin (Rochester Institute of Technology), focuses on Discipline-Based Education Research on postsecondary-level STEM education through learning sciences and problems of teaching and learning that are grounded in STEM disciplines.

Sayre and Franklin will introduce education research to STEM researchers in the disciplines of biology, mathematics, and physics, as well as to those in other disciplines and fields that pursue STEM education studies through basic and applied research.

Using PEER materials, participants will (a) articulate research questions and recognize that questions change over time; (b) practice key skills for research design, production, and collaboration, such as generative writing, and playing “yes, and”; and (c) navigate case studies of complicated, real-world design questions.

This PEERS workshop is the ninth webinar in the 11-part PEERS Research Methods Series. Workshop recordings and related workshop materials are accessible on the PEERS website. The PEERS Data Hub is offering this series in collaboration with the Institutes in Research Methods (IRM), also funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Building Capacity in STEM Education Research (BCSER) program.

The PEERS Data Hub is a joint effort of AERA and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), which is NSF funded (Awards ECR 1937612 [AERA] and ECR 1937509 [ICPSR]). It provides collaborative space for STEM education research communities to build and advance knowledge by sharing innovative ideas, methods, and tools. Further information about the PEERS Data Hub is available here.