Broadening Student Perceptions of Science through Participatory Data Collection & Research-Education Partnerships: A Case Study in California's Central Valley

Autor/inn/en	Ragosta, Summer; Potter, Daniel; Bartosh, Heath
Titel	Broadening Student Perceptions of Science through Participatory Data Collection & Research-Education Partnerships: A Case Study in California's Central Valley
Quelle	In: American Biology Teacher, 82 (2020) 8, S.515-521 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-7685
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Case Studies; Biology; Science Instruction; Science Careers; Ethnicity; Program Evaluation; Urban Schools; High School Students; Botany; Counties; Plants (Botany); Animal Husbandry; Student Attitudes; Scientific Research; Writing Skills; Gender Differences; Research Training; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Biologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Ethnizität; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Botanik; Pflanze; Tierhaltung; Schülerverhalten; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Geschlechterkonflikt; Kalifornien
Abstract	We present results from the first year of a three-year extramurally funded project involving a partnership between an ethnically diverse urban high school and professional research botanists. The goals are to provide students exposure to real-world science, broaden interest in scientific fields of study, and increase floristic data and herbarium specimen collections in under-sampled areas of Solano County, California. A floristic survey was conducted in a 425-acre, open-space public park in Vacaville, California, that is actively grazed by cattle and characterized by grasses, forbs, and oaks. A total of 77 students were enrolled in the course associated with the partnership, and 47 participated in four visits to the collection site. Twenty-five unique plant specimens were collected, including 14 native and 11 introduced species. Results of a student perception survey suggest that the partnership has had a positive impact on students' understanding of scientific methodology and interest in pursuing a science career. Perception survey results were disaggregated by ethnicity; Hispanic students, more than any other group, indicated that they feel more confident in scientific research and writing skills. There was no significant difference between male and female students' responses. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01