EAGER: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Common Assessment Tool

威斯康星州麦迪逊大学获得了一笔赠款，用于开发一种在线评估工具，以衡量学生从研究经验中获得的学习成果。该工具将衡量四个方面的收益：（1）像科学家一样思考和工作;（2）与研究工作有关的个人收益;（3）技能;（4）作为研究人员的态度和行为。学生和他/她的导师都可以对学生的收获进行评估。该工具将允许学生数据进行汇总，以便对学生的学术地位，人口统计，经验长度，机构类型，学科领域等进行结果和影响的分析。虽然学生评估工具可用于STEM的所有学科，但最初的使用预计将由参与由生物科学（BIO）和数学与物理科学（MPS）管理的本科生研究经验（REU）网站计划的学生进行。NSF REU网站计划通过让本科生参与研究，特别是那些来自研究机会有限的学校和代表性不足的群体的学生，为国家建立和维持科研队伍的努力做出了贡献。该工具的创建将允许在美国各地的机构进行各种NSF资助的REU计划，以衡量学生的经验，以改善学生的学习。它还允许REU项目主任使用一套统一的核心问题，同时也有能力提出特定于项目的问题。该工具将直接支持REU项目主任的努力，以严格评估他们的计划和评估学生的学习。从该工具收集的数据将提供给研究本科研究学习经验的影响的研究人员。该奖项由生物科学（BIO），教育和人力资源（EHR）以及数学和物理科学（MPS）董事会支持。

The University of Wisconsin Madison is awarded a grant to develop an online assessment tool to gauge student learning gains from a research experience. The tool will measure gains in four areas: (1) Thinking and working like a scientist; (2) Personal gains related to research work; (3) Skills; and (4) Attitudes and behaviors as a researcher. Both the student and his/her mentor can provide an assessment of the student gains. The tool will allow student data to be aggregated so that an analysis of outcomes and impacts can be made across student academic standing, demographics, length of experience, type of institution, field of discipline, and others. Although the student assessment tool can be used by all disciplines in STEM, initial use is expected to be made by students engaged in the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Sites programs managed by the Directorates for Biological Sciences (BIO) and Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS). The NSF REU Sites program contributes to the nation's efforts to build and sustain a scientific research workforce by engaging undergraduates in research, especially those from schools with limited opportunities for research and students from underrepresented groups. Creation of this tool will allow various NSF-funded REU programs conducted at institutions across the US to gauge student experiences in order to improve student learning. It also allows REU Program Directors to use a uniform set of core questions while also having the ability to ask program-specific questions. The tool will directly support REU program directors' efforts to rigorously evaluate their programs and assess student learning. Data collected from the tool will be made available to researchers studying the impact of undergraduate research learning experiences.This award is supported by the Directorates for Biological Sciences (BIO), Education and Human Resources (EHR), and Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS).