早期获得科学研究机会:为社区学院学生提供地质科学夏季研究计划中的增长
Christine Okochi1, Anne U Gold1, Alicia Christensen1
1Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America.
PloS one
|December 21, 2023
概括
社区学院学生的研究经验 (RECCS) 计划增强社区学院学生的科学技能和信心. 这项研究表明,RECCS对学生对研究生院和地球科学事业的兴趣产生了积极的影响.
科学领域:
- 地理科学教育的教育.
- 本科研究研究的研究.
- 在STEM工作人员发展方面.
背景情况:
- 本科研究经验对于培养对STEM职业的兴趣和承诺至关重要.
- 扩大对本科 (REU) 课程的研究经验的访问,可以使地质科学工作人员多样化.
- 社区学院学生的研究经验 (RECCS) 计划专门针对2年制大学生.
研究的目的:
- 评估社区大学学生5年REU计划的成果.
- 分析学生和导师对研究技能,信心和归属感的观点.
- 追踪项目校友的长期学术和职业发展轨迹.
主要方法:
- 在五年内收集了54名学生的数据,使用课后反思调查.
- 分析了封闭式和开放式调查回复,以获得学生和导师的见解.
- 开展年度校友调查,以监测学术和职业进步.
主要成果:
- 雷克斯学生在科学和专业技能方面表现出成长.
- 参与者产生了更强烈的科学认同感和归属感.
- 学生们报告说,他们对自己的研究能力的信心增加了,对研究生学习的兴趣增加了.
结论:
- 雷克斯有效地为社区大学的学生为STEM途径做好准备.
- 该计划为研究职业提供了有价值的见解,有助于学生的决策.
- 地理科学REU计划应该积极招募和支持社区学院的学生.
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