+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.

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