Research
The project will conduct an experimental study to scale the approach with 60 additional 4th and 5th grade teachers (30 teachers in the experimental group and 30 teachers in the control group) and their students to measure the impacts of the program on teachers cybersecurity knowledge and self-efficacy as well as students cybersecurity knowledge.
Data collection methods and measures will include focus groups, cognitive interviews, semi-structured interviews, teacher self-efficacy and cybersecurity teacher knowledge and interest, teacher classroom observation, and student cybersecurity knowledge assessment. Data analysis will involve qualitative methods such as the grounded theory approach and thematic analysis, and quantitative methods including descriptive analysis, regression analysis, and multilevel modeling.