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Name: _______________________________ Summer Research Student Profile Survey (Adapted from the public domain NSF funded SWEPT project award #9812142) Survey Guidelines: This survey will be used to gauge your attitude towards science, technology, engineering and mathematics before the start of SSRI and SURE. Please read each statement and circle the number that best expresses your own belief. 1- To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree a. Research training will be helpful for my career 1 2 3 4 5 b. Research experiences are useful for improving my problem solving skills 1 2 3 4 5 c. I will take more advanced science courses to supplement my knowledge 1 2 3 4 5 d. Pursuing an advance degree in STEM will offer me additional job opportunities 1 2 3 4 5 2- Approximately how often did you engage in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning activities before the start of this summer research program Never 1-2 Times a Month 1-2 Times a Week Almost Every classes Every Class a. Use primary sources, such as academic or professional journals, to investigate current issues or new development in STEM fields 1 2 3 4 5 b. Listening to guest speakers in STEM field 1 2 3 4 5 c. Designing or implementing your own scientific experiment(s) 1 2 3 4 5 d- Explored possible career opportunities in STEM 1 2 3 4 5 e. Critiques/evaluated your own or other student’s work 1 2 3 4 5 f. Used computer tools for learning or solving problems 1 2 3 4 5 3 - How comfortable are you with . . . Not Comfortable Comfortable Very Comfortable a. Research Methods 1 2 3 b. Library Research 1 2 3 c. Service Learning 1 2 3 d. Poster Presentation 1 2 3 e. Word Processing 1 2 3 f. Spreadsheets 1 2 3 g. Databases 1 2 3 h. Internet 1 2 3 i. PowerPoint 1 2 3 j. Overall Computer Literacy 1 2 3 Survey continues on back page. Name: _______________________________ 4- How much effort do you typically put into your work for your STEM classes? (Circle one) I do not try very much .................................................... 1 I do just enough to get by .............................................. 2 I gave an average amount of effort ............................... 3 I tried pretty hard, but not as hard as I could have ........ 4 I worked as hard as I could ........................................... 5 5- How far do you expect you will go in your career? (Circle one) 4-year (bachelor’s) degree ............................................ 1 Master’s degree ............................................................. 2 Ph.D. degree ................................................................. 3 Other advanced degree (specify) ................................. 4 I don’t know yet ............................................................. 5 6- What are your professional/career goals? 7- Why did you apply to the Emerging Caribbean Scientists Programs? 8- Did you apply to other summer research programs? 9- Explain your understanding of the “computational science” concept. 10- What do you hope to learn and accomplish during this summer research program? Thank you for your input 