Assessing Scientific Inquiry and Leadership Skills

这个为期四年的项目旨在加强促进生物医学领域的进入和成功的计划。 研究职业，特别是代表性不足的少数民族学生。研究问题是：1）如何 项目活动，特别是研究参与和指导，影响：a）学生的科学技能 探究和团队合作，B）他们对自己能力的信念，以及c）他们与阶段相适应的职业成果;以及2） 这些影响对少数民族和非少数民族学生是相似还是不同？高中生， 社区学院、本科生和研究生将参加这项研究。三项独立研究 将检验理论假设校友回顾性调查将涉及700个高中项目 校友，500名本科课程校友，100名研究生课程校友，500名本科生和100名 没有参加正式支持计划的研究生科学校友。这些反应，以及 来自项目教师和工作人员以及实地观察的定性信息，将提供基础 用于设计和测试模拟，既作为基于性能的科学评估， 调查和科学的团队合作技能和教育经验。在COSMOS模拟和 调查显示，280名高中生因其在科学和技术方面的高能力而被COSMOS招募， 数学将在他们为期四周的住宿开始和结束时参加模拟 程序.在本科生模拟和调查中，100名本科生参与了科学支持， 计划将于2006-07学年开始和结束时参加模拟活动。跨 在这些研究中，大约54%的样本将是女性，44%来自代表性不足的少数民族。 组以学生为分析单位，我们的主要依赖措施是意图继续 以及对研究事业的实际延续，科学探究和团队合作的技能，以及对 这些技能。数据将主要通过相关和多元回归程序进行分析。

This four-year project aims to strengthen programs that promote entry into and success in biomedical research careers, particularly by underrepresented minority students. The research questions are: 1) how do program activities, particularly research participation and mentoring, influence: a) students' skills in science inquiry and teamwork, b) their beliefs in their abilities, and c) their stage-appropriate career outcomes; and 2) are these influences similar or different for minority and non-minority students. Students from high school, community college, undergraduate, and graduate levels will participate in the study. Three separate studies will test theoretical hypotheses. An Alumni Retrospective Survey will involve 700 high school program alumni, 500 undergraduate program alumni, 100 graduate program alumni, and 500 undegraduate and 100 graduate science alumni who did not participate in formal support programs. These responses, as well as qualitative information from program faculty and staff and from field observations, will provide the foundation for the design and testing of simulations that serve both as performance-based assessments of science inquiry and scientific teamwork skills and as educatonal experiences. In the COSMOS Simulation and Survey, 280 high school students recruited for COSMOS because of their high abilities in science and mathematics will participate in the simulations at the beginning and end of their four-week residential program. In the Undergraduate Simulation and Survey, 100 undergraduates involved in science support programs will participate in the simulations at the beginning and end of the 2006-07 academic year. Across these studies, approximately 54% of the sample will be females, and 44% from underrepresented minority groups. With the student as the unit of analysis, our primary dependent measures are intention to continue and actual continuation toward research careers, skills in scientific inquiry and teamwork, and beliefs about those skills. Data will be analyzed primarily through correlational and multiple regression procedures.