Student Perceptions of Their Gains in Course-Based Undergraduate Research Abilities Identified as the Anticipated Learning Outcomes for a Biochemistry CURE
Student Perceptions of Their Gains in Course-Based Undergraduate Research Abilities Identified as the Anticipated Learning Outcomes for a Biochemistry CURE
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DOI：
10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00440
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发表时间：
2020-01-01
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3
通讯作者：
Anderson, Trevor R.
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作者：
Irby, Stefan M.;Pelaez, Nancy J.;Anderson, Trevor R.
基于课程的本科生研究体验（CURE）是一种旨在培养学生进行新颖研究能力的教学方法。虽然学生对自己在cure期间的学习的看法可能不能反映学生的实际学习情况，但此类调查为课程评估提供了方便和有用的度量。教师可以使用调查结果来改进教学，并确定学生的困难领域。尽管各种各样的报告提供了学生对cure的看法的数据，但这些报告并没有深入研究学生对教师期望学生将发展的特定研究能力的感知知识、经验和信心（KEC）。本研究通过调查学生对生物化学真实科学探究实验室（BASIL） CURE先前确定的预期学习成果（ALOs）的感知KEC的变化来解决这一问题。以下研究问题被解决：在BASIL CURE课程中，学生对特定ALOs的KEC的看法如何改变？在不同的BASIL CURE课程实施中，学生对特定BASIL alo的KEC的看法是如何变化的？为了回答这些问题，采用参与者感知指标（PPI）调查来衡量学生对BASIL ALOs的KEC。参与者是七所不同学术机构的10门课程中的一门课程的学生。所有实施方案的学生汇总响应数据显示，他们的KEC有显著提高，且效应量很大。此外，学生的KEC在课程实施之间也存在差异。这些发现将为BASIL CURE和潜在的其他CURE的讲师提供一个有用的框架，用于评估设计的重点，以及随后识别和补救与各种研究能力或alo相关的学生困难。
A course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) is a teaching approach aimed at developing students' ability to conduct novel research. Although students' perceptions of their learning during CUREs may not reflect actual student learning, such surveys provide a convenient and useful metric for course evaluation. Instructors can use survey findings both to improve instruction and to identify areas of student difficulty. Although various reports have presented data on student perceptions of CUREs, these have not delved deeply into students' perceived knowledge, experience, and confidence (KEC) regarding specific research abilities that instructors anticipate students will develop. This study addresses this issue by investigating changes in students' perceived KEC regarding previously identified anticipated learning outcomes (ALOs) for the biochemistry authentic scientific inquiry laboratory (BASIL) CURE. The following research questions were addressed: How do students' perceptions of KEC for specific ALOs change during a BASIL CURE course? How do student perceptions of their KEC regarding specific BASIL ALOs vary across different implementations of BASIL CURE courses? To answer these questions, a participant perception indicator (PPI) survey was used to measure students' KEC for the BASIL ALOs. Participants were students in one of 10 courses implementing the BASIL CURE at seven different academic institutions. Student pooled response data across all implementations showed significant gains in their KEC, with large effect sizes. Furthermore, differences in students' KEC were detected between course implementations. These findings will provide instructors of the BASIL CURE and potentially other CUREs with a useful framework for the focus of assessment design and the consequent identification and remediation of student difficulties related to the various research abilities or ALOs.