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CURE Survey

Text CUR CURE Class Survey

CURE classes taught at UF as part of the CURE@UF initiative use the Research on Learning and Education (ROLE) Survey developed by Dr. David Lopatto.  At the end of every CURE Course, CURE will send students a link to the Qualtrics survey. A summative retrospective post assessment gathers information on the students’ perception of the experience they gained in the course using the CURE survey. The CURE survey aims to gather student ratings on their satisfaction with their research experience, their mentors, and their attitudes towards working in groups, before scoring their perceived gains across a range of skills on a 5-point Likert scale. Specific survey questions are listed below.

Survey Information

Overall Course Experience Measured by Survey

  • Satisfaction with research experience
  • Perception of group work
  • Perception of the performance of the research mentor/instructor

“From your research experience how much of a gain occurred in…”

  • Developing a connection between research and personal values
  • Learning to correct your own mistakes
  • Learning to persevere at a task
  • Developing a continuing relationship with a faculty member
  • Becoming part of a learning community
  • Understanding of professional behavior in your discipline
  • Readiness for more demanding research
  • Enhancement of your professional or academic credentials
  • Clarification of a career plan
  • Learning to work independently
  • Your skill in written communication
  • Your skill in oral communication
  • Ability to collaborate with other researchers
  • Tolerance for obstacles faced in research process
  • Sense of accomplishment
  • Self-confidence
  • Ability to see connections to your college course work
  • Ability to read and understand primary literature
  • Sense of contributing to a body of knowledge
  • Understanding of how professionals work on real problems
  • Ability to acquire and analyze data according to a reasonable plan
  • Laboratory techniques (or field techniques)
  • Ability to propose a hypothesis or a thesis and research plan
  • Understanding of the research process in your field
  • Learning a topic in depth

Survey Data

A report was coiled at the end of the first year of CURE@UF prepared by Ginny Greenway can be accessed here. For information about ROLE survey results in the following years contact Anne Donnelly, adonn@ufl.edu.

Link to Survey

Contact Anne Donnelly at adonn@ufl.edu for access to the survey.