This page provides ideas and links to use when designing assessments of the impact of your research course/module on students. The resources listed below are modified in part from Shortlidge and Brownell. 2016. JMBE 17:399-408. https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.v17i3.1103

Student affect (psycho-social)

• URSSA – Weston and Laursen. 2015. CBE Life Sci Educ 14:ar33 (https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.14-11-0206) (Supplemental Materials) (URSSA Master Copy)
  • Directions
  • Core Questions
  • Master Copy

Self-efficacy

• Persistence in the Sciences (PITS) – Hanauer et al. 2016. CBE Life Sci Educ 15:ar54 (https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.15-09-0185)
  • Survey
• Chemers et al., 2011. J Soc Issues 67:469–491
• Estrada et al., 2011. J Educ Pyschol 11:1–17

Science identity

• Persistence in the Sciences (PITS) – Hanauer et al. 2016. CBE Life Sci Educ 15:ar54 (https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.15-09-0185)
  • Survey

Science motivation

• BMQ – Glynn et al. 2011. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 48:1159-1176.

Grit/Perseverance

• GRIT-S – Duckworth and Quinn. 2009. Journal of Personality Assessment 91:166-174 (https://doi.org/10.1080/00223890802634290)

Ownership

• Persistence in the Sciences (PITS) – Hanauer et al. 2016. CBE Life Sci Educ 15:ar54 (https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.15-09-0185)
  • Survey
• Project Ownership Survey (POS) – Hanauer and Dolan, 2014. CBE Life Sci Educ 13, 149–158

Scientific Community Values

• Persistence in the Sciences (PITS) – Hanauer et al. 2016. CBE Life Sci Educ 15:ar54 (https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.15-09-0185)
  • Survey
• Estrada et al., 2011. J Educ Pyschol 11:1–17

Networking

• Persistence in the Sciences (PITS) – Hanauer et al. 2016. CBE Life Sci Educ 15:ar54 (https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.15-09-0185)
  • Survey
• Hanauer and Hatfull, 2015. CBE Life Sci Educ 14:ar38.

Attitudes about Science

• CLASS-Bio – Semsar et al. 2011. CBE Life Sci Educ 10:268-278 (https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.10-10-0133)
  • Survey

Student skills

Experimental design

• EDAT – Sirum and Humberg. 2011. Bioscene 37:8–16.
• E-EDAT – Brownell et al. 2014. Bioscience 64:125–137. (https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bit016)
  • Test and rubric
• BEDCI – Deane et al. 2014. CBE Life Sci Educ 13:540–551. (https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.13-11-0218)
• RED – Dasgupta et al. 2014. CBE Life Sci Educ 13:265–284. (Supplemental Materials)
• TIED – Killpack and Fulmer. 2018. J Microbiol Biol Educ. 19:19.3.98. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1128%2Fjmbe.v19i3.1627)

Scientific reasoning

• Classroom test of scientific reasoning – Lawson. 2000. (www.public.asu.edu/~anton1/AssessArticles/…/Scientific%20Reasoning%20Test.pdf)
  • Test

Scientific literacy

• TOSLS – Gormally et al. 2012. CBE Life Sci Educ 11:364–377. (https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.12-03-0026)
  • Test
  • Skills and Answer Key

Quantitative skills

• BioSQuaRE – Stanhope et al. 2017. CBE Life Sci Educ 16:ar66 (https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.16-10-0301)
  • Test information

Statistical Reasoning

• SRBCI – Deane et al. 2016. CBE Life Sci Educ 15:ar5. (https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.15-06-0131)

Science writing skills

• Rubric bank – Kishbaugh et al. 2012. Chemistry Education Research and Practice 13:268-276. (http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2012/rp/c2rp00023g) (Supplemental Materials)
  • Rubric

Scientific presentation skills

• Rubric bank – Kishbaugh et al. 2012. Chemistry Education Research and Practice 13:268-276. (http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2012/rp/c2rp00023g) (Supplemental Materials)
  • Rubric

Data analysis

• Data analysis in molecular biology – Rybarczyk et al. 2014. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education 15:259-267 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.v15i2.703)
  • Test

Student content knowledge

• Concept inventories – http://dbserc.pitt.edu/Assessment/Assessments-Biological-Sciences https://go.sdsu.edu/dus/ctl/cabs.aspx

• Diagnostic Question Clusters (DQCs) – http://www.biodqc.org/dqcs

Student Outcomes

• Career Clarification- URSSA (https://www.colorado.edu/eer/content/preview-instrument-urssa-master-review-copy-original)

What is actually happening in lab

External observer

• LOPUS — Velasco, et al. 2016. J. Chem. Educ.93:1191-1203. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00062
  • Protocol and rubric

Student perceptions

• Inquiry-based labs – Beck and Blumer. 2016. CBE Life Sci Educ 15:ar52. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.16-03-0139 (Supplemental Materials)
  • Survey
• CUREs – Corwin et al. 2015. The Laboratory Course Assessment Survey: a tool to measure three dimensions of research-course design. CBE Life Sci Educ 14:ar37. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.15-03-0073 (Supplemental Materials)