Creating and Teaching Science Lessons in K-12 Schools Increases Undergraduate Students' Science Identity.

ABSTRACT: Success and persistence in the life sciences is influenced by a student's self-efficacy, sense of belonging, and science identity. It has already been demonstrated that outreach experiences and service learning by graduate students in K-12 schools aid in the graduate students' confidence and intrinsic satisfaction. Others have shown the importance of engaging scientists in outreach activities, both for the benefit of the K-12 student and as a way to engage scientists with the community. We predicted it would also be beneficial for undergraduates to engage in service-learning activities during their coursework because working with K-12 students would solidify their scientific identity and sense of belonging while deepening their understanding of the course content. Consequently, we implemen

SUBMITTER: Gubbels JAA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6203625 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature