Merge pull request #73 from maths/research_network

updates after 3 Feb meeting

Author: sangwinc

website_files/Communities/Researchers_network.md

@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ The STACK Researchers Network aims to:
 * Provide support for colleagues who are seeking to develop skills in education research related to STACK.
 * Promote research outcomes from studies involving STACK.
 
-If you would like to join the Network, please contact George Kinnear (<a href="mailto:G.Kinnear@ed.ac.uk">G.Kinnear@ed.ac.uk</a>).
+If you would like to join the Network, please 
+
+* join the [dedicated channel on the STACK project's Zulip chat](https://stack-assessment.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/481216-STACK-Researchers-Network), and
+* contact George Kinnear (<a href="mailto:G.Kinnear@ed.ac.uk">G.Kinnear@ed.ac.uk</a>) to add your details to this page.
 
 
 ## Members
@@ -142,3 +145,10 @@ Members of the STACK Researchers Network have contributed to the following studi
 * Kinnear, G., Wood, A. K., & Gratwick, R. (2022). Designing and evaluating an online course to support transition to university mathematics. _International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 53_(1), 11–34. <https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2021.1962554>
 
 * Sangwin, C. J. (2013). Computer Aided Assessment of Mathematics, Oxford University Press (ISBN 978-0-19-966035-3)
+
+Further examples of research related to STACK can be found in the [list of STACK publications](https://docs.stack-assessment.org/content/stack_publications.pdf).
+
+## Meeting notes
+
+Notes from our regular meetings are available on the [archive of meeting reports](/MeetingReports).
+

website_files/MeetingReports/2025-02-03-ResearchersNetwork.md

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# STACK Researchers' Network: Meeting on 3 February 2025
+
+## Participants
+
+ * George Kinnear
+ * Andreas Steiger
+ * Montognon Wastalas
+ * Lucy Weggler
+ * Juma Zevick
+
+## Meeting notes
+
+ * We will try to post a note on the website after each meeting
+
+## STACK Conference
+
+ * We will aim to have a 1-hr workshop at the STACK Conference in Durham.
+ * George proposed a format based on the working group at ICME:
+	-  Introduction to the e-assessment research agenda themes (5 mins)
+	-  Discussion in small groups, with each group discussing a different theme (30 mins)
+	-  Suggestions for the Researchers' Network - what should the network do to be helpful? (20 mins)
+ * Montognon offered a couple of suggestions:
+	- that our group could identify key questions from the agenda to help narrow down the options.
+	- we could giving a short presentations to illustrate addressing some of the questions, e.g. on student errors.
+ * The group were generally happy with this plan, and the suggestion of using our next meeting to try out the activity. This would also help us to identify key questions that we might want to highlight in the conference session.
+		
+		
+## Topics of interest
+
+During the meeting we discussed a couple of topics that are of interest to the group.
+
+### Sequencing of questions
+ * Lucy is interested in analysing the ordering of STACK tasks, using existing student response data
+ * Andreas reported on some analysis like this at ETH on their Integral Trainer
+
+### Student errors
+ * Lucy highlighted the difficulty of inferring student errors from their final response - both identifying what error might have led to a particular incorrect answer, and being sure that a final response really comes from the student.
+ * Andreas shared the experience of collecting students' working on a mock exam to analyse the sources of errors.
+ * Montognon described an approach using LLMs to generate feedback on student errors.
+
+## Arrangements for our next meeting
+ * Lucy suggested having more time for introductions at the meetings. Building on this, George noted that it would be good in future meetings to have time for people to report on updates, e.g. new research projects or outputs.
+ * Fix a time in the week of 3 March
+    - **Action: George** to send out a poll on Zulip (and also email previous invitees to direct them to Zulip!)

website_files/MeetingReports/index.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 [About the STACK Researchers' Network](../Communities/Researchers_network.md)
 
+* [2025-02-03 Researchers' Network meeting notes](2025-02-03-ResearchersNetwork.md)
 * [2025-01-20 Researchers' Network meeting notes](2025-01-20-ResearchersNetwork.md)
 
 ## Feedback sessions