Journal article
The Impact of Field Courses on Undergraduate Knowledge, Affect, Behavior, and Skills: A Scoping Review
Bioscience, v 72(10), pp 1007-1017
01 Oct 2022
PMID: 36196223
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
Field courses provide transformative learning experiences that support success and improve persistence for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors. But field courses have not increased proportionally with the number of students in the natural sciences. We conducted a scoping review to investigate the factors influencing undergraduate participation in and the outcomes from field courses in the United States. Our search yielded 61 articles, from which we classified the knowledge, affect, behavior, and skill-based outcomes resulting from field course participation. We found consistent reporting on course design but little reporting on demographics, which limits our understanding of who takes field courses. Cost was the most commonly reported barrier to student participation, and knowledge gains were the most commonly reported outcome. This scoping review underscores the need for more rigorous and evidence-based investigations of student outcomes in field courses. Understanding how field courses support or hinder student engagement is necessary to make them more accessible to all students.
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- Title
- The Impact of Field Courses on Undergraduate Knowledge, Affect, Behavior, and Skills: A Scoping Review
- Creators
- Xoco A. Shinbrot - Cornell UniversityKira Treibergs - Cornell UniversityLina M. Arcila Hernandez - Cornell UniversityDavid Esparza - Cornell UniversityKate Ghezzi-Kopel - Cornell UniversityMarc Goebel - Cornell UniversityOlivia J. Graham - Cornell UniversityAshley B. Heim - Cornell UniversityJansen A. Smith - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergMichelle K. Smith - Cornell University
- Publication Details
- Bioscience, v 72(10), pp 1007-1017
- Publisher
- Oxford UniversityPress
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- Active Learning Initiative at Cornell University; Cornell University DUE-1909602 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000843662600001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85142892422
- Other Identifier
- 991022174675504721
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