REU Site: Increasing Science Education Through the Study of Scientific Psychology

该奖项为俄克拉荷马州立大学心理学REU网站提供资金。该网站的目的是为12名本科生研究学者提供为期8周的实验心理学暑期研究经验。在这种独特的体验中，他们将学习研究过程的各个方面，包括制定假设，整合和分析科学文献，研究设计，数据收集，数据分析，以及口头和书面陈述研究结果。这些学者将在婴儿记忆、儿童社会发展、成人认知、语言处理等领域的研究团队中工作。预计到夏季结束时，学者们将能够开展自己的独立项目。将与所有学者保持联系，以确保他们得到足够的支持，在其本国机构开展此类项目。该项目的一个特别之处在于，参与者每周将参加几次以统计和研究方法为重点的研讨会，并参加有关如何申请研究生院，如何撰写成功的简历或简历以及如何为GRE学习的讲习班。此外，学生将与研究生导师配对，以增强他们的暑期体验。此外，学生将参加每周的研究研讨会，在研讨会上，教师导师将介绍他们的研究计划。我们的目标是让学生在他们的一生中成为更好的科学消费者和支持者，提高他们周围人对科学的欣赏。该奖项有助于基金会继续努力，通过积极的本科研究经历吸引有才华的学生进入科学事业。

This award provides funds for an REU Site in Psychology at Oklahoma State University. The purpose of the Site is to provide twelve undergraduate research scholars with an intensive eight week summer research experience in experimental psychology. In this unique experience they will learn all aspects of the research process, including formulating hypotheses, integrating and analyzing scientific literature, study design, data collection, data analysis, and oral and written presentation of findings. The scholars will work on research teams in the areas such as infant memory, children's social development, adult cognition, and language processing. It is expected that scholars will be able to conduct their own independent projects by the summer's end. Contact will be maintained with all scholars to assure they are receiving adequate support to pursue such projects at their home institutions. A special feature of this program is that the participants will attend several weekly seminars focused on statistics and research methods and attend workshops on how to apply to graduate school, how to write successful resume or vita, and how to study for the GRE. Additionally, students will be paired with a graduate student mentor to enhance their summer experience. Further, students will attend weekly brown bag research seminars in which the faculty mentors will present their programs of research. The goal is to have students who are better consumers and supporters of science throughout their lives, enhancing the appreciation of science in the lives of those around them.This award contributes to the Foundation's continuing efforts to attract talented students into careers in science through active undergraduate research experiences.