This $326,026 CAREER grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (CFDA 47.076 STEM Education) supports the development of methods and tools to enable researchers to unpack complex mediation mechanisms in multisite randomized trials of educational interventions. The project aims to (1) determine how the total impact of an intervention is mediated by one or multiple concurrent/sequential mediators, and (2) assess how the mechanisms vary by individual and contextual factors. This will help researchers better understand the complex effects of interventions to improve and tailor them for enhanced educational equity. The grant funds the creation of analysis procedures, sensitivity analysis strategies, and a user-friendly R software package to enable researchers to conduct thorough, precise, and valid analyses of causal mediation mechanisms. Comprehensive simulations and applications to national education studies will evaluate the methods, and training courses and workshops will be offered to disseminate the new analytic framework and tools developed under this award.
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