| Autor: |
Del Bianco, Veronica, Peterman, Karen, Becker-Klein, Rachel, Davis, Cathlyn M., Grover, Andrea, Phillips, Tina |
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Citizen Science: Theory & Practice; 2023, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p1-N.PAG, 9p |
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This paper explores the assumptions that citizen science (CS) project leaders had about their volunteers' science inquiry skill-profciency overall, and then examines volunteers' actual profciency in one specifc skill, scientifc observation, because it is fundamental to and shared by many projects. This work shares fndings from interviews with 10 project leaders related to two common assumptions leaders have about their volunteers' skill profciency: one, that volunteers can perform the necessary skills to participate at the start of a CS project, and therefore may not need training; and two, volunteer skill profciency improves over time through involvement in the CS project. In order to answer questions about the degree of accuracy to which volunteers can perform the necessary skills and about differences in their skill profciency based on experience and data collection procedures, we analyzed data from seven CS projects that used two shared embedded assessment tools, each focused on skills within the context of scientifc observation in natural settings: Notice relevant features for taxonomic identifcation and record standard observations. This across-project and cross-sectional study found that the majority of citizen science volunteers (n = 176) had the necessary skill profciency to collect accurate scientifc observations but profciency varied based on volunteer experience and project data collection procedures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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