Collaborative Research: Using a Self-Guided Online Intervention to Address Student Fear of Negative Evaluation in Active Learning Undergraduate Biology Courses

合作研究：利用自我引导的在线干预来解决学生在主动学习本科生物学课程中对负面评价的恐惧

• 批准号: 2409880
• 负责人: Jessica Schleider
• 金额: $ 16.86万
• 依托单位: Northwestern University at Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2409880&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Using; Self; Guided

This project aims to serve the national interest by advancing the understanding of how to equip undergraduates with the skills to cope with fear of negative evaluation. Negative evaluation is defined as a sense of dread associated with being unfavorably evaluated while participating in a social situation. Increasingly, college biology courses are transitioning from traditional lecture-based learning to active learning. In active learning classrooms, students engage in activities and discussions in class. However, students’ fear of negative evaluation can negatively impact their learning in active learning courses. This project will develop a brief, self-guided online intervention designed to help undergraduate students productively cope with fear of negative evaluation within the context of active learning biology courses. Equipping students with skills to cope with fear of negative evaluation via this free online intervention has potential to change who is participating in active learning classrooms and whose voices are heard in science. The effectiveness of the intervention will be evaluated by studying its impact on student fear of negative evaluation, performance, and persistence in college biology. Project outcomes are intended to enhance students’ experiences and performance in active learning biology courses.The goal of this project is to develop and evaluate a brief online Single-Session Intervention (SSI) to help undergraduates cope with fear of negative evaluation in the context of social evaluative situations encountered in active learning biology courses. The self-guided SSI developed in this project will be a brief ( 30 minute) online activity comprised of evidence-based program components drawn from research in clinical, social, and educational psychology. The SSI will be designed for both scalability and accessibility. It will be easy to administer, independent of the instructor, freely available, and delivered to students at scale. To assess the impact of the SSI, the research team will conduct a large, randomized controlled trial across multiple introductory biology courses at one large diverse and non-selective institution. The randomized controlled trail will assess the impact of the SSI on (1) student fear of negative evaluation and other affective outcomes, (2) student performance outcomes, and (3) student persistence outcomes. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through the Engaged Student Learning track, the program supports the creation, exploration, and implementation of promising practices and tools.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目旨在通过促进对如何为应对恐惧评估的技能的理解来促进如何为国家利益服务。负面评估被定义为一种与参与社会状况的不利评估相关的恐惧感。大学生物学课程越来越多地从传统的基于讲座的学习转变为积极学习。在活跃的学习课程中，学生在课堂上从事活动和讨论。但是，学生对负面评价的恐惧会对他们在积极学习课程中的学习产生负面影响。该项目将开发一个简短的自我指导的在线干预措施，旨在帮助本科生在积极学习生物学课程中有效地应对负面评估。为学生提供技能，以应对这种免费在线干预的恐惧评估有可能改变谁参加活跃的学习教室，并且在科学中听到了他们的声音。干预措施的有效性将通过研究其对学生对大学生物学的负面评估，表现和持久性的恐惧的影响来评估。项目成果旨在增强学生在主动学习生物学课程中的经验和表现。该项目的目的是开发和评估简短的在线单会干预（SSI），以帮助本科生在积极学习生物学课程中遇到的社会评估情况下，应对害怕对负面评估的恐惧。在该项目中开发的自导体SSI将是简短的（30分钟）在线活动，该活动完成了基于循证的计划组成部分，这些计划是根据临床，社会和教育心理学研究所绘制的。 SSI将设计用于可伸缩性和可访问性。独立于教练，免费提供并送给学生的学生很容易管理。为了评估SSI的影响，研究小组将在一个大型潜水员和非选择性机构的生物学课程中进行大型，随机的对照试验。随机控制的跟踪将评估SSI对（1）学生对负面评估和其他情感结果的恐惧，（2）学生的绩效成果以及（3）学生的持久成果。 NSF IUSE：EHR计划支持研发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。通过参与的学生学习轨道，该计划支持了承诺实践和工具的创建，探索和实施。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估审查标准，被认为是珍贵的支持。