THE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH GRANT

PROGRAM

Sponsored by CERTI

December 20, 2010

What is an educational research project?

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• Research in a teaching or learning topic with the goal of improving the quality of instruction or student learning

• Research MUST involve a hypothesis or research question

• Results must be measurable

Suggested Areas of Focus

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• Increase student retention, persistence and graduation rates

• Improve access for specific groups of students

• Enhance student professional development• Develop assessment methods that improve

instruction or learning• Increase faculty-student interaction• Promote active learning• Improve attainment of learning outcomes

NOTE: The focus is not the same as an educational research question!

Award Amounts

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• Individual awards generally average $1,000-$5,000

• Team projects can be awarded up to $8,000

• Can be used for summer support, GTA support, materials/equipment, publishing, etc.

Requirements

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• PI must be full-time faculty, department head or full-time staff with teaching duties

• Proposal of up to 5 pages, including signature of department chair or program head

Requirements (cont.)

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• Informal presentation after first semester of research to CERTI committee

• Conference presentation at Teaching and Learning Technology Conference in March during second semester of research

• Final written report at end of third semester (December 2016)

Timeline

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• March 30, 2015 – Letter of intent due to CERTI office (can be an email)

• April 24, 2015 – Full proposal with signatures due to CERTI office

• May 22, 2015 – Awards announced• May 29, 2015 – First half of funding

released• Second half of funding released after TLT

Conference presentation (March 2016)• Dec. 30, 2016 -- Final report due to

CERTI office

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Fellows

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• After grant requirements are met, recipients are then designated as CERTI SoTL Fellows

• Can apply for up to $1,000 in travel funding to present their educational research at other venues

Resources

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• Request for Proposal on CERTI website: http://certi.mst.edu/educationalresearch/

• Videos, proposal template, and evaluation rubric on website

• Help with proposal and survey instruments: Diane Hagni, hagnid@mst.edu

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Issues

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• Not having a clear research question (simply making a change to the course does not make it an educational research project)

• Scope of project being too broad

• Not specifying how you will measure results

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Questions?