Measuring Equity-Promoting Behaviors in Digital Teaching Simulations: A Topic Modeling Approach

Autor/inn/en	Littenberg-Tobias, Joshua; Borneman, Elizabeth; Reich, Justin
Titel	Measuring Equity-Promoting Behaviors in Digital Teaching Simulations: A Topic Modeling Approach
Quelle	In: AERA Open, 7 (2021) 1, (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Littenberg-Tobias, Joshua)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-8584
Schlagwörter	Natural Language Processing; Equal Education; Educational Change; Computer Simulation; Teaching Methods; Student Attitudes; Inclusion; Student Diversity; Attitude Change; Formative Evaluation; Student Behavior; Structural Equation Models; Online Courses; Course Evaluation; Teacher Education; Elementary School Teachers; Secondary School Teachers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Natürliche Sprache; Bildungsreform; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schülerverhalten; Inklusion; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Student behaviour; Online course; Online-Kurs; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues are urgent in education. We developed and evaluated a massive open online course (N = 963) with embedded equity simulations that attempted to equip educators with equity teaching practices. Applying a structural topic model (STM)--a type of natural language processing (NLP)--we examined how participants with different equity attitudes responded in simulations. Over a sequence of four simulations, the simulation behavior of participants with less equitable beliefs converged to be more similar with the simulated behavior of participants with more equitable beliefs (ES [effect size] = 1.08 SD). This finding was corroborated by overall changes in equity mindsets (ES = 0.88 SD) and changed in self-reported equity-promoting practices (ES = 0.32 SD). Digital simulations when combined with NLP offer a compelling approach to both teaching about DEI topics and formatively assessing learner behavior in large-scale learning environments. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01