+Science Prosocial Goals
Jackson, Galvez, Landa., Buonora, Thoman, & Gibbs (2016)
Topic: Self-Evaluations - Self-Efficacy
Instruction:
Different people feel like they get different things from their work. Below is a list of some of these things. Please read each one, then indicate the extent to which a career working in science is likely to fulfill these things for you.
Response Options:
Participants were then asked to rate their agreement, possible responses to each scale ranged from “1: Not at all” to “7: Very much”
Items:
1) Make a contribution to society
2) Give me an opportunity to be directly helpful to others
3) Do work that is worthwhile to society
4) Give back to my community
Citation:
Jackson, M., Galvez, G., Landa, I., Buonora, P., Thoman, D., & Gibbs, K. (2016). Science That Matters: The Importance of a Cultural Connection in Underrepresented Students’ Science Pursuit. CBE Life Sciences Education, 15(3), 1-12.
Link to PDF: https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.16-01-0067 Links to an external site.