A Reverse Science Fair that Connects High School Students with University Researchers
A Reverse Science Fair that Connects High School Students with University Researchers
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DOI：
10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00111
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发表时间：
2017-02-01
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3
通讯作者：
O'Hagan, Karen
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作者：
Mernoff, Brian;Aldous, Amanda R.;O'Hagan, Karen
许多大学科学推广计划都涉及向高中生介绍研究项目。这些演讲通常更注重令人兴奋的科学内容，而不是培养高中生和科学家之间的直接关系。这种互动对于维持学生在整个高中和大学期间对科学的兴趣非常重要。反向科学博览会旨在通过交换高中生和研究生研究人员在传统科学博览会中扮演的角色来建立高中生和研究生研究人员之间的关系。研究生研究人员被介绍为致力于提出自己的研究问题并寻找自己的答案的年轻科学家。这不仅有助于讨论科学方法和所提出的研究，还有助于讨论研究人员在实验室的个人经历。 2015 年 10 月，塔夫茨大学（马萨诸塞州梅德福）的研究生首次在梅德福高中的海报展示会上展示并讨论了他们自己的研究成果。然后，2016 年 2 月，同样的研究生返回担任评委，以便高中生有机会在全校范围的博览会上讨论自己的科学博览会项目。数据来自调查和。观察者报告显示，高中生从与热衷于科学的相关榜样讨论科学中受益匪浅。大多数高中生表示，他们对科学方法的不同应用有了更多的了解，对科学研究的兴趣也增加了。研究生报告说，他们通过向新观众演讲获得了宝贵的经验。
Many university science outreach programs involve presentations of research projects to high school students. These presentations often focus more on exciting scientific content and less on fostering direct relationships between high school students and scientists. Such interactions are important for sustaining student interest in science throughout high school and into college. The Reverse Science Fair seeks to build relationships between high school students and graduate student researchers by swapping the roles that each play during a traditional science fair. Graduate student researchers are introduced as young scientists devoted to asking their own research questions and finding their own answers. This facilitates discussion not only about the scientific method and the research being presented, but also about researchers' personal experiences in the laboratory. Graduate students from Tufts University (Medford, MA), in October 2015, first exhibit and discuss their own research at poster presentations located at Medford High School. Then, in February 2016 the same graduate students return as judges so that the high school students have the opportunity to discuss their own science fair projects at a school-wide fair. Data from surveys and. observer reports show that high school students benefited from discussing science with relatable role models who are enthusiastic about science. The majority of high school students indicated that they had an increased understanding of different applications of the scientific method as well as an increased interest in doing scientific research. Graduate students reported that they gained valuable experience from presenting to a new audience.