August 31st, 2018 | RESEARCH
The education research component of the Pulsar Search Collaboratory (PSC) seeks to determine how the PSC experience affects the science identity and STEM career intentions of its participants and how individual programmatic elements influence persistence. These questions are investigated by comparing pre-Ââsurvey and post-Ââsurvey results and by examining the participantâs interaction with the PSC online portal.
This report d pre/posistilled t survey data that examines student participantsâ STEM intentions along a number of dimensions: Science/Engineering Identity, Self-ÂâEfficacy, Science Career Interest, and Sense of Belonging. Each construct is probed with multiple Likert scale questions.
Survey items are given in the appendix.
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Team Members
Sue Ann Heatherly, Principal Investigator, Green Bank ObservatoryMaura McLaughlin, Principal Investigator, West Virginia University
Funders
Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 1516269
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 1516512
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Audience: Educators | Teachers | Museum | ISE Professionals | Scientists | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: Space science
Resource Type: Reference Materials | Report | Research and Evaluation Instruments | Scale | Survey
Environment Type: Afterschool Programs | Citizen Science Programs | Public Programs | Summer and Extended Camps