Pilot Study to Establish the Nature and Impact of Effective Undergraduate Research Experiences on Learning, Attitude, and Career Choice

试点研究以确定有效的本科研究经验对学习、态度和职业选择的性质和影响

• 批准号: 0087611
• 负责人: David Lopatto
• 金额: $ 65.19万
• 依托单位: Grinnell College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-01 至 2005-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0087611&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Pilot; Study; Establish; Nature; Impact

AbstractA three-year research project is proposed whose overall goals are to:Clarify the nature of authentic undergraduate research experiences-and their variations-in a sample of science disciplines from the viewpoints of participating and non-participating undergraduates (both as seniors and one year from graduation), from faculty, and from their institutions;Identify and categorize the essential elements of "good" undergraduate research experiences, the learning gains (cognitive, behavioral, affective, social, and professional) that they produce over time; the conditions and processes by which, these occur; and their relative significance in the achievement of outcomes valued by students and faculty;Identify variations in undergraduate research participation, experiences, and outcomes, and the factors that shape them, for women and men; and for white students and students of color. Hypothesize and test linkages between aspects of undergraduate research experiences and desired outcomes in the shorter and longer term. The research design controls for variations in undergraduate research models, institutional contexts, and academic disciplines by limiting the inquiry to one common type of program (mentored summer research for entering seniors requiring a senior thesis, and/or presentation and publication of scholarly work) in a sample of institutions of similar type, with a limited range of science disciplines. Investigation will begin with entering seniors in summer, 2000 programs in four liberal arts colleges with a strong history of engagement in undergraduate research. Methods of sampling and inquiry allow for discovery of variations in the experiences and outcomes reported by female and male participants, by students of color compared with white students, and by female participants in single-sex versus mixed-sex research contexts. Samples will also include two comparison groups of non-participants who either chose not to participate in research programs as undergraduates, or who applied, and were not selected. A comparative ethnographic exploration of faculty goals and pedagogical methods, and student accounts of their experiences and benefits over time, will ground the development and testing of instruments to assess the impact of undergraduate research opportunities on the education and post-graduate lives of undergraduates. Interview and survey data from the student cohorts will be compared with those from faculty in order to establish, compare, and rank what each group perceives as the benefits of the research experience, and what factors influence their achievement. Interviews with students who do, and do not, participate in undergraduate research, with faculty research mentors, and with engaged senior faculty and administrators will be conducted in real time. Alumni who do, and do not, participate in undergraduate research will be interviewed one year after graduation to discern longer-term effects. Pilot study findings will also provide a research base for the design of comparable, cross-program evaluation strategies for common models of undergraduate research. Findings and instruments will be disseminated for use by colleagues interested in the development of evaluation strategies for undergraduate research projects through a workshop, presentations targeted to relevant audiences, selected web-sites, and published work.

本文提出了一个为期三年的研究项目，其总体目标是：从参与和非参与本科生的角度，阐明科学学科样本中真实本科生研究经验的性质及其变化（包括大四学生和毕业后一年），教师和他们的机构;识别和分类“好”本科研究经验的基本要素，学习成果（认知，行为，情感，社会和专业），他们随着时间的推移产生的;的条件和过程，这些发生的;和他们的相对重要性，在学生和教师所重视的成果的实现;确定在本科研究参与，经验和成果的变化，以及塑造他们的因素，为女性和男性;和白色学生和学生的颜色。假设和测试本科生研究经验和期望的结果在短期和长期的方面之间的联系。研究设计控制在本科研究模式，机构环境和学科的变化，通过限制查询到一个常见类型的程序（指导夏季研究进入老年人需要高级论文，和/或学术作品的演示和出版）在一个样本的机构类似类型，科学学科的范围有限。 调查将开始进入2000年夏季在四个文科院校与本科研究的参与历史悠久的高年级课程。抽样和调查的方法允许发现的变化的经验和结果报告的女性和男性参与者，由学生的颜色与白色学生相比，由女性参与者在单一性别与混合性别的研究环境。 样本还将包括两个非参与者的比较组，他们要么选择不作为本科生参加研究项目，要么申请，但没有被选中。 教师的目标和教学方法的比较民族志探索，以及他们的经验和随着时间的推移的好处的学生帐户，将地面的开发和测试的工具，以评估本科生的教育和研究生生活的本科生研究机会的影响。 来自学生队列的访谈和调查数据将与来自教师的数据进行比较，以确定，比较和排名每个组认为研究经验的好处，以及影响他们成就的因素。与学生谁做，不，参与本科研究，与教师研究导师，并与从事高级教师和管理人员的采访将在真实的时间进行。 参加和不参加本科研究的校友将在毕业一年后接受采访，以辨别长期影响。 试点研究结果还将为本科研究常见模型的可比、跨项目评估策略的设计提供研究基础。 调查结果和工具将通过讲习班、针对相关受众的演讲、选定的网站和出版的作品，传播给有兴趣制定本科生研究项目评价战略的同事使用。