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