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The Development of Researcher Identity Scale (RIS): An Example of Immersive Collaborative Assessment
Development
By: Shruti Bathia, Ben Koo, Linda Morell, Rebecca Smith, Jenna Bernard, & Mark Wilson
BEAR Seminar - February 26, 2019
Context
San Francisco Health Investigators
This program seeks to:
● Empower students as agents of positive change in their communities.
● Conduct community-based research that helps to understand current knowledge, attitudes and awareness about the health topics in students’ communities.
● Build awareness about health issues and provide information to help improve health in communities.
Goals for students
Help students:
● Develop and nurture their interests in the health sciences
● Gain confidence in their abilities
● Learn how to positively affect change in their communities through
community-based participatory research
Program Overview ● 20 students from San Francisco public schools
● Year-long program
○ Summer Intensive
○ Monthly Follow-ups
● Past 3 years’ topics -
○ Infectious Disease and Immunity
○ Antibiotic Resistance
○ Cancer
Formative Research
Health Message Development
Message Effectiveness
Project Phases
Summer Intensive - Training
● Hands-on science experiences● Field trips● Teamwork and community
building
Summer Intensive - Formative Research
Survey Data Collection around San Francisco
Summer Intensive - Health Message Development
● Health message campaign development
● Campaign pitches
Monthly Follow-ups
● Health message campaign refinement● Campaign launch preparation
2017 Campaign: SuperDrugDefenders.org
2018 Campaign: ScreeningCancer.org
ScreeningCancer.org
Phases of Student Research
DEVELOP CAMPAIGN
Designed to reach
underrepresented communities
& inform change.
SUMMATIVETesting effectiveness of
students’ health messages using
the Health Belief Model
DATA ANALYSIS
Baseline understandings of
knowledge and awareness
in the community
IMPLEMENT
HEALTH MESSAGES
Survey for changes in
knowledge and awareness
FORMATIVE
Students edit and administer
intercept surveys using
SEP’s drafted questionsTONE
AUDIENCE
CALL TO ACTION
Assessment
Content Area Construct MapsUnderstanding Infectious Diseases - 2017
Levels Description
Communicating Students use their knowledge to
communicate effectively about
infectious diseases and their
prevention.
Synthesizing Students connect their knowledge of
infectious diseases to a broader
context.
Function Students understand the relationship
between a disease agent and an
outbreak, and how we halt the cycle of
disease transmission.
Naming
components of
immunity
Student is beginning to develop an
awareness of infectious disease as a
subset of diseases.
Naive Student has a naïve or nascent
awareness of infectious disease
Levels Description
Comprehensive Student has in-depth knowledge of antibiotic
resistance, how it can propagate and
understands how antibiotic resistance is a
global health issue.
Synthesizing Student has knowledge of antibiotic resistance
and understands how this resistance can affect
them individually.
Function Student is aware of how antibiotics function.
They are beginning to develop an
understanding about antibiotic resistance
Familiarity Student is familiar with antibiotics in a broad
sense. They may not have knowledge about
antibiotic resistance and what that means but
may know that sometimes antibiotics don’t
work.
Naive Student has a naïve or nascent awareness of
antibiotics. Student has a naïve or nascent
awareness of of the causes or consequences of
antibiotic resistance.
Understanding Antibiotic Resistance - 2018
Researcher Identity: Purpose
● We are interested in understanding how the SEP program
impacts students’ identities, and specifically the development
of their identities as researchers
● We are also interested in developing an instrument that other
programs with similar goals can use
Who is a researcher? In what ways am I a researcher?
What the students have to say..
Researcher Identity
● Most studies have focused on science identity or academic identity● Most studies are done in higher education● Research shows students’ preconceived notions of science and
scientists to be very limited● Plan to develop an instrument with broad applications across
scientific disciplines
Construct: Researcher IdentityDefinition: A “researcher” is defined as someone who conducts an organized and
systematic investigation on a topic or question related to a scientific field.
Construct map consists of 4 strands
● Self - Current idea of self-identity as a researcher. The focus here is on how
the student feels about their-self at the present moment
● Community - Sense of belonging to a research community
● Agency - The degree to which a student feels empowered to impact change
through research
● Fit & Aspiration - Interest in research as a career path and belief in research
as a great fit to their personal interests (future self)