Students in an open science citizen science platform gained understanding of experimental design and research ethics but struggled with peer review and aligning methods to questions¶
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q2 i? High school students participating in a citizen science platform for brain and behavior research gained enhanced understanding of experimental design and research ethics, yet struggled with quality peer review processes and aligning methods to the research question. → Ballard 2023
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Ballard 2023¶
Ballard, H. L. (2023). Community and citizen science in schools: nested inquiries, productive tensions, and the role of communities. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-023-09643-7
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The commentary reports, citing Matuk et al. (this issue), a study in which U.S. high school students joined an open science community through a citizen science platform on human brain and behavior research with scaffolded, student-directed curriculum support. Findings are attributed to that study.
"In this study, authors found that students gained enhanced understanding of experimental design and research ethics; however, they struggled with quality peer review processes and aligning their methods to the research question."
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Students in an open science citizen science platform gained understanding of experimental design and research ethics but struggled with peer review and aligning methods to questions |
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Students in an open science citizen science platform gained understanding of experimental design and research ethics but struggled with peer review and aligning methods to questions |
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