Dear All,

We would like to invite you to take part in a research study called “Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Introductory Data Science Instructors”. We are a team of researchers focused on statistics and data science education. 

We are conducting interviews as part of a research study to enhance our understanding of pedagogical content knowledge of introductory data science instructors. As a data science instructor, you are in an ideal position to give us valuable first-hand information from your own unique expertise. For this reason, we would like to invite you to share your teaching experiences in a one-off interview (90 minutes) with a researcher of our team. There are no right or wrong answers to this – we are keen to gain a wide variety of teaching experiences. We are simply trying to capture your teaching experiences on being a data science instructor.

You are eligible to participate in the study if you have taught a course titled Introduction to Data Science at the undergraduate level at least twice. If you have any questions regarding your eligibility, please contact Dr Sinem Demirci (email: s.demirci@ucl.ac.uk) 

You will receive a £50 gift card for completing the interview.

If you are willing to participate in the interview, please fill out the participation form (https://forms.office.com/e/eTXun9mm5z) and we will contact you for further details. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Sincerely,

Dr Sinem Demirci (University College London)

Dr Mine Dogucu (University College London & University of California Irvine)

Dr Joshua Rosenberg (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)

Dr Andrew Zieffler (University of Minnesota)