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POST PROJECT RESULTS: ENHANCING STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND EQUITY THROUGH LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT Eron Higgins Natural Sciences

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POST PROJECT RESULTS: ENHANCING STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND EQUITY THROUGH LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT

Eron HigginsNatural Sciences

GOAL:IMPROVE EQUIPMENT

GOAL:DEVELOP CURRICULUM

MEASURING OUTCOMES:PRE AND POST-COURSE SURVEY RESULTS

DOWNTOWN CAMPUS

Strongly Agree83%

Agree17%

Working in a laboratory is important for learning science.

PRE-COURSE

Strongly Agree60%

Agree40%

Working in a laboratory is important for learning science.

POST-COURSE

MEASURING OUTCOMES:PRE AND POST-COURSE SURVEY RESULTS

DOWNTOWN CAMPUS

PRE-COURSE

Strongly Agre

e17%

Agree17%

No Opinion50%

Disagree17%

Laboratories on larger campuses are better equipped with regards to in-

struments and supplies than labora-tories on smaller campuses.

Strongly Agree20%

No Opinion40%

Disagree40%

Laboratories on larger campuses are better equipped with regards to in-

struments and supplies than labora-tories on smaller campuses.

POST-COURSE

MEASURING OUTCOMES:PRE AND POST-COURSE SURVEY RESULTS

DOWNTOWN CAMPUS

PRE-COURSE

Better than other cam-puses17%

The same as other campuses67%

No re-

sponse

17%

How do you expect your laboratory course experience to be at this campus compared to other SPC

campuses?

Better than other campuses60%

No response40%

How do you rate your laboratory ex-perience at this campus compared to

other SPC campuses?

POST-COURSE

PRE-COURSE SURVEY COMPARISON

DOWNTOWN GIBBS

Strongly Agree83%

Agree17%

Working in a laboratory is im-portant for learning science.

Strongly Agree64%

Agree27%

Disagree9%

Working in a laboratory is im-portant for learning science.

POST-COURSE SURVEY COMPARISON

DOWNTOWN GIBBS

Strongly Agree60%

Agree40%

Working in a laboratory is important for learning science.

Strongly Agree79%

Agree13%

Disagree8%

Working in a laboratory is important for learning science.

PRE-COURSE SURVEY COMPARISON

DOWNTOWN GIBBS

Strongly Agree17%

Agree17%

No Opinion50%

Disagree17%

Laboratories on larger campuses are better equipped with regards to instruments and

supplies than laboratories on smaller campuses.

Agree18%

No Opinion55%

Disagree9%

Strongly Disagree

18%

Laboratories on larger campuses are better equipped with regards to instruments and

supplies than laboratories on smaller campuses.

POST-COURSE SURVEY COMPARISON

DOWNTOWN GIBBS

Strongly Agree20%

No Opinion40%

Disagree40%

Laboratories on larger campuses are better equipped with regards to instruments and supplies than

laboratories on smaller campuses.

Strongly Agree33%

Agree17%

No Opinion50%

Laboratories on larger campuses are better equipped with regards to in-

struments and supplies than labora-tories on smaller campuses.

PRE-COURSE SURVEY COMPARISON

DOWNTOWN GIBBS

Better than other campuses

17%

The same as other campuses

67%

No response17%

How do you expect your laboratory course experience to be at this campus compared to

other SPC campuses?

Better than other campuses

18%

The same as other campuses

73%

No response9%

How do you expect your laboratory course experience to be at this campus compared to

other SPC campuses?

POST-COURSE SURVEY COMPARISON

DOWNTOWN GIBBS

Better than other campuses60%

No response40%

How do you rate your laboratory ex-perience at this campus compared to

other SPC campuses?Better than other

campuses29%

The same as other

campuses14%

No response57%

How do you rate your laboratory ex-perience at this campus compared to

other SPC campuses?

Concerning Lab EquipmentStudents are unaware

that laboratory equipment differs between campuses .

Only 29% of students on pre-course surveys and 33%* of students on post-course surveys ranked equipment as the most important component of the course.

Most students expect their lab experience to be the same on all campuses.

53% of students on pre-course surveys and 75%* of students on post-course surveys consider the instructor to be the most important component of the course.

Notable Conclusions from the Project

Concerning Lab Courses

*One survey marked both equipment and the instructor as the most important component.

Thank You CETL