Impacts of a Cross-Institutional Undergraduate Research Experience Workshop on Student Understanding of and Self-Efficacy for Research
Impacts of a Cross-Institutional Undergraduate Research Experience Workshop on Student Understanding of and Self-Efficacy for Research
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跨机构本科生研究体验研讨会对学生研究理解和自我效能的影响
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10.1080/10511970.2020.1818333
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2020
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Megan O. Powell
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Angela Antonou;Sara Liesman;Megan O. Powell
本科生的研究有许多公认的好处；然而，在参与项目之前，学生可能对研究过程没有充分的了解。本文通过对2018年和2019年校际生物数学联盟跨机构研究体验(CURE)研讨会的分析，分析了本科生研究研讨会对学生对学术研究的理解的影响，以及对学生进行研究的自我效能的影响。在为期三天的研讨会开始和结束时，学生们被要求完成一项调查，其中包括Likert类型的量表问题和自由回答问题，涉及他们对研究和开展研究的有效合作的理解，他们在进行研究中的感知角色，以及他们对自己特定于生物数学研究的技能的看法。我们观察到，在特定的研究技能中，学生在研讨会之前没有表现出高水平的自我效能感的情况下，自我效能感有所提高。此外，学生的回答表明，人们对研究的看法发生了转变，从解决特定问题转向通过发现或创造新知识来为某个领域做出贡献。论文还讨论了学生观念的其他转变，并对研讨会组织者提出了建议。
There are many perceived benefits to undergraduate student research; however, students may not have a full understanding of the research process prior to engaging in a project. In this paper, we analyze the impact of an undergraduate research workshop on students' understanding of academic research as well as the impact on their self-efficacy for conducting research through an analysis of the 2018 and 2019 Intercollegiate Biomathematics Alliance Cross-Institutional Research Experience (CURE) workshops. Students were asked to complete a survey at the start and end of the three-day workshop, which included both Likert-type scale questions as well as free response questions addressing their understanding of research and effective collaboration in conducting research, their perceived role in conducting research, and their perception of their own skills specific to biomathematics research. We observed improved self-efficacy in specific research skills where students had not already indicated a high level of self-efficacy prior to the workshop. Additionally, student responses indicated a shift in perception of research from solving a particular problem to contributing to a field by discovering or creating new knowledge. Other shifts in student perceptions are discussed in the paper as well as recommendations for the workshop organizers.