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ERIC Number: EJ1323706
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 19
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ISSN: EISSN-2332-8584
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Measuring Equity-Promoting Behaviors in Digital Teaching Simulations: A Topic Modeling Approach
Littenberg-Tobias, Joshua; Borneman, Elizabeth; Reich, Justin
AERA Open, v7 n1 Jan-Dec 2021
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.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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