Assessing Scientific Inquiry and Leadership Skills

评估科学探究和领导技能

• 批准号: 6924728
• 负责人: Martin Myron Chemers
• 金额: $ 40.92万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-01 至 2008-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6924728
• 关键词: behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; computer simulation; education evaluation /planning; educationally disadvantaged; health science research analysis /evaluation; health science research potential; human subject; interdisciplinary collaboration; leadership; minority health professional; motivation; performance; postgraduate education; questionnaires; role model; science education; secondary schools; self concept; statistics /biometry; university

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This four-year project aims to strengthen programs that promote entry into and success in biomedical research careers, particularly by underrepresented minority students. The research questions are: 1) how do program activities, particularly research participation and mentoring, influence: a) students' skills in science inquiry and teamwork, b) their beliefs in their abilities, and c) their stage-appropriate career outcomes; and 2) are these influences similar or different for minority and non-minority students. Students from high school, community college, undergraduate, and graduate levels will participate in the study. Three separate studies will test theoretical hypotheses. An Alumni Retrospective Survey will involve 700 high school program alumni, 500 undergraduate program alumni, 100 graduate program alumni, and 500 undergraduate and 100 graduate science alumni who did not participate in formal support programs. These responses, as well as qualitative information from program faculty and staff and from field observations, will provide the foundation for the design and testing of simulations that serve both as performance-based assessments of science inquiry and scientific teamwork skills and as educational experiences. In the COSMOS Simulation and Survey, 280 high school students recruited for COSMOS because of their high abilities in science and mathematics will participate in the simulations at the beginning and end of their four-week residential program. In the Undergraduate Simulation and Survey, 100 undergraduates involved in science support programs will participate in the simulations at the beginning and end of the 2006-07 academic year. Across these studies, approximately 54% of the sample will be females, and 44% from underrepresented minority groups. With the student as the unit of analysis, our primary dependent measures are intention to continue and actual continuation toward research careers, skills in scientific inquiry and teamwork, and beliefs about those skills. Data will be analyzed primarily through correlational and multiple regression procedures.

描述（由申请人提供）：这个为期四年的项目旨在加强促进生物医学研究职业的进入和成功的计划，尤其是代表人数不足的少数族裔学生。 研究问题是：1）计划活动，尤其是研究参与和指导，影响：a）学生在科学探究和团队合作方面的技能，b）他们对自己的能力的信念，c）他们的舞台适当职业成果； 2）对于少数民族和非少数学生，这些影响相似或不同。 高中，社区学院，本科和研究生级别的学生将参加这项研究。 三项单独的研究将检验理论假设。 校友回顾性调查将涉及700名高中计划校友，500名本科校友，100个研究生课程校友以及500名本科生和100名未参加正式支持计划的研究生校友。 这些回应以及计划教职员工的定性信息以及现场观察，将为设计和测试的基础，既是基于绩效的科学探究和科学团队工作技能评估，又是教育经验。 在Cosmos模拟和调查中，有280名高中生招募了宇宙，因为他们在科学和数学方面具有很高的能力将在其为期四周的住宅计划的开始和结束时参加模拟。 在本科生的模拟和调查中，参与科学支持计划的100名本科生将在2006-07学年的开始和结束时参与模拟。 在这些研究中，大约54％的样本将是女性，而代表性不足的少数群体则为44％。 以学生为分析单位，我们的主要依赖措施是要继续进行研究职业，科学探究和团队合作的技能以及对这些技能的信念。 数据将主要通过相关和多元回归程序分析。