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What information do YOU think is most critical for a mentor to know about a ARISE intern?
What do you want from your ARISE experience?
Why are you interested in Environmental Science?
What, in your opinion, are the most pressing environmental issues?
Do you expect the work you will be doing this summer will (check all that apply) Provide experience in how research is planned, conducted and reported
Enhance your interest to pursue research as part of your future career goal
Do you hope to work as a member of a research team or along side a single mentor?
Do you hope to hone the follwing skills?
Which of the following seminars do you expect to be the most useful for you?
What do you hope will be the most rewarding experience in ARISE?
What do you expect to be the most frustrating experience in ARISE?
Interactions with my ARISE mentor and/or mentors will be both intellectually stimulating and interpersonally rewarding.
My ARISE mentor and/or mentors will be easily accessible to answer questions about my project or discuss research ideas.
My ARISE mentor and/or mentors will model the process of scientific inquiry in a manner that will improve my understanding.
My ARISE mentor and/or mentors will show interest in the research I will be conducting.
My ARISE mentor and/or mentors will supply me with needed materials and supplies in a timely manner.
My ARISE mentor and/or mentors will provide appropriate background information (reading, lecture, individual discussions) to help me to understand and prepare my research project.
My ARISE mentor and/or mentors will help to minimize anxieties I have concerning the research process.
My ARISE mentor and/or mentors will do an excellent job of mentoring during the ARISE program.
The research during the program will be intellectually challenging and stimulating.
The ARISE faculty will rarely acknowledge the achievements of the students.
Many of the ARISE faculty will not seem to be very interested in doing research.
The ARISE faculty will do what they can to make the research requirements of the program as rewarding as possible.
The ARISE faculty will seem to notice only a few selected students in terms of reinforcing research achievements.
The ARISE program will provide concrete support for students’ research (e.g., access to computers, access to lab facilities, research supplies).
I think the ARISE faculty will expect too much from my research project.
There will be informal sharing of research ideas during the ARISE program.
The ARISE faculty will understand and accept that any piece of research will have its methodological problems.
I will be encouraged to get involved in some aspect of a research project from the very beginning of the ARISE program.
I will have the opportunity to learn about several major research approaches (e.g., field, laboratory, experimental).
There will be opportunities to become part of a research team.
I will be encouraged during the ARISE program to find and follow research ideas of interest to me.
The research climate during the ARISE program will be one in which students were encouraged to pose questions they themselves are curious about.
Different research methodologies will be modeled during the ARISE program.
The ARISE faculty will enjoy discussing ideas.
The research will be difficult to get started because it will be organized in a way that will be anxiety provoking.
Students in the ARISE program will receive training in how to design and logically analyze research studies.
I get the impression that my research work has to be of great value in the field to be worthwhile.
The ARISE faculty will be involved in the conduct and publication of quality research.
Science ethics will be presented in a way that will be insensitive to students’ level of development as a researcher.
The ARISE faculty will do a good job of showing students how ethics are actually used in environmental science.
There will be the opportunity during the ARISE program to collaborate with others as part of a research team.
The ARISE faculty will encourage me to pursue a research question in which I am interested.
The ARISE faculty will encourage my research activities and accomplishments.
The ARISE faculty will present an extremely narrow range of research methodologies.
During the ARISE program there will be a focus on understanding the logic of research design.
The ARISE faculty will stress that it is important to pursue research ideas that are personally interesting.
During the ARISE program working as part of a research team will be fun, as well as intellectually stimulating.
It will be difficult to get started on your research project because you have limited opportunity to collaborate with the ARISE faculty.
There will seem to be a general attitude that there will be one best way to do research.
I think I will have the feeling, during the ARISE program, that my research project needed to be completely original and revolutionary to be acceptable.
I will receive quality training in the use of statistics in environmental science.
I get the impression that, although a single study does not revolutionize thinking in the scientific community, such a study can contribute a useful piece to an unfolding body of knowledge.
The ARISE environment will promote the idea that although parts of research must be done alone, other parts may involve working closely with other colleagues.
The ARISE faculty will be generally sensitive to students’ anxieties and feelings about mathematics.
The ARISE faculty will not seem to really care if students are genuinely interested in research.
During the ARISE program students will be introduced to a wide range of research methodologies (e.g., field, laboratory, experimental, survey).
From the very beginning of the RISE program, students will receive mentoring from ARISE faculty that will help develop the skills and the confidence needed to engage in research.
I feel that I have to choose a research topic of interest to the ARISE faculty at the expense of my own interests.
During the ARISE program students will feel their personal research ideas will be squashed during the process of collaborating with ARISE faculty.
Students will get involved in thinking about research from the very start of the ARISE program.
The ARISE faculty will be quite open in sharing their research ideas.
The ARISE faculty will show excitement about research and scholarly activities.
I place a high value on the role of research in my future career.
I am confident in my ability to discuss research finding in the area of my ARISE research.
I enjoy reading research studies in the environmental sciences literature and in particular my specific sub-discipline.
I am confident in my ability to evaluate research findings in terms of their application to environmental science and in particular my specific sub-discipline.
Research conducted in environmental science and in particular my sub-discipline is of little value to society.
Attending graduate school is not a major priority for me.
I am confident in my ability to understand research literature in the field of environmental science and in particular my sub-discipline.
Developing research skills is not an important part of my career goals.
I am confident in my ability to evaluate the quality of a research study in the area of environmental science and in particular my sub-discipline.
Researchers in the field of environmental science and in particular my sub-discipline should focus on research which can be used to improve the lives of others.
I am confident in my ability to design an environmental science research study.
I think learning to do research is enjoyable.
I find research to be challenging and exciting.
I am confident in my ability to understand research in the area of environmental science and in particular my sub-discipline.
Research in environmental science and in particular my sub-discipline is important because findings provide important information for policy makers.
I am interested in attending graduate school to do research.
I am confident in my ability to apply science ethics to research in the area of environmental science and in particular my sub-discipline.
Most research in environmental science and in particular my sub-discipline is unnecessary.
I am confident in my knowledge of research methods in the area environmental science and in particular my sub-discipline.
I would not enjoy working on another environmental science research project.
I would not enjoy working on any other research project, regardless of the discipline.
Research in environmental science and in particular my sub-discipline is important for identifying problems and solutions of value to society.
I find people who do research to be very interesting.
I am confident in my ability to apply various laboratory techniques to research in the area of environmental science and in particular my sub-discipline.
I enjoy listening to discussions about research in environmental science.
I am confident in my ability to develop research questions in the area of environmental science and in particular my sub-discipline which are interesting and researchable.
I would enjoy a research oriented job or a job which has some element of research in it.
Time passes quickly when I do research.
I am confident in my ability to translate research questions in the area of environmental science and in particular my sub-discipline into a research design.
I am easily frustrated when doing research.
I am confident in my ability to write-up research for publication in a scientific journal.
Participation in ARISE will confirm my decision not to pursue graduate school.
I will be able to credit my ARISE experience with helping me shape my future career goals.
I will likely complete a graduate degree in the environmental sciences.

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