Robert H Tai
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 163360 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Robert H Tai |
| NOMBRES | Robert H |
| APELLIDO | Tai |
| FIRMA | TAI R H |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Virginia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2804-2822 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 52 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1998 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Transforming science teacher education in the era of generative artificial intelligence
Since generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has emerged as a transformative force in science teaching, learning, and evaluation, countries worldwide have launched initiatives and professional development programs to equip science teachers with essential AI competencies. This paper provides a comparative review of science teacher education on GenAI across eight countries: Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Ghana, Singapore, South Korea, and t…
Exploring the association of student perceptions of science instruction and emotional engagement
Previous research has consistently shown that students have higher learning interests, attitudes, and motivation toward science in elementary school compared to middle and high school. However, the key predictors behind the observed differences in engagement levels across grade levels remain unclear. This study aims to identify the association between students’ perceptions of science instruction and their emotional engagement, as well as to exami…
A longitudinal study of a museum-based out-of-school time program's impact on STEM career pathways
We report on a quasi-experimental, 7-year longitudinal study of participants in an out-of-school STEM program at a large, urban science museum. The program, based on principles of positive youth development, was designed to empower youth to take advantage of the skills and initiative they already possess. Data was analyzed to look for differences in the graduate rates of both groups, along with differences in the those who ended up with a STEM ma…
Do males have more favorable attitudes towards digital game use than Females
An Examination of the Use of Large Language Models to Aid Analysis of Textual Data
The increasing use of machine learning and Large Language Models (LLMs) opens up opportunities to use these artificially intelligent algorithms in novel ways. This article proposes a methodology using LLMs to support traditional deductive coding in qualitative research. We began our analysis with three different sample texts taken from existing interviews. Next, we created a codebook and inputted the sample text and codebook into an LLM. We asked…
It Runs in the Family
Research shows that early scientific interest is associated with science degree completion and career selection. However, little is known about the conditions that support early scientific interest. Using a “funds of knowledge” theoretical framework, this study examined the role of parents, family, and extended social networks in fostering early interest in science. Using interview narratives from 116 scientists (physicists and chemists) in the U…
The Bachelor’s to PhD Transition
Existing research has examined if undergraduate factors influence chemistry and physics, or physical science, doctoral degree entry and whether variables during PhD programs associate with graduation. Yet research on the transition from bachelor’s degree to doctoral degree entry (i.e., PhD entry in less than 6 months, attainment of a master’s degree prior to doctoral degree entry, or working in a science-related job for more than a year prior to …
Participation in college laboratory research apprenticeships among students considering careers in medicine
About one-third of all PMQ respondents had participated in CLRAs prior to taking the MCAT, and such participation was one of the several variables identified that were independently associated with medical-school acceptance
How Do Interaction Experiences Influence Doctoral Students’ Academic Pursuits in Biomedical Research
This exploratory qualitative study investigated how doctoral students reported their personal and professional interaction experiences that they believed might facilitate or impede their academic pursuits in biomedical research. We collected 19 in-depth interviews with doctoral students in biomedical research from eight universities, and we based our qualitative analytic approach on the work of Miles and Huberman. The results indicated that among…
Parental Occupation Inspiring Science Interest
Children’s early science interest begins well before middle school, and parents can be important in generating and sustaining such interest. This qualitative study addresses how parental occupations shape physical scientists’ early science interest. Our framework uses Social Cognitive Career Theory, and our research question is, “How do parental occupations create learning opportunities for children and motivate them to pursue physical science?” …
Stability and volatility of STEM career interest in high school
This retrospective cohort study characterizes how interest in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) careers changes during high school for more than 6,000 students in a representative national sample of 34 two‐ and four‐year colleges taking mandatory college English courses. Overall, large gender differences in career plans were found, with males showing far more interest particularly in engineering, whereas females were more attra…
Out-of-School Time Science Activities and Their Association with Career Interest in STEM
Spurred by concerns about an inadequately sized science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce, there has been a growing interest in out-of-school time (OST) science activities as a means to foster STEM career interest. This study examines the association between OST science activities and STEM career interest in university through a logistic regression model and the calculation of prototypical odds ratios. The analysis addres…
Pipeline persistence
As the global economic crisis continues, sustaining the United States' position as a leader in research and development is a top concern of policy makers. Looking to increase the number of students pursuing degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), calls for improved mathematics and science education abound. We completed a two‐part analysis to assess the school‐based factors related to students choosing to complete a ma…
Eyeballs in the Fridge
This paper examines the experiences reported by scientists and graduate students regarding the experiences that first engaged them in science. The interviews analysed for this paper come from Project Crossover, a mixed‐methods study of the transition from graduate student to PhD scientist in the fields of chemistry and physics. This analysis involved review of 116 interviews collected from graduate students and scientists and focused on the timin…
Unraveling bias from student evaluations of their high school science teachers
In this study, the evaluation of high school biology, chemistry, and physics teachers by their students is examined according to the gender of the student and the gender of the teacher. Female teachers are rated significantly lower than male teachers by male students in all three disciplines, whereas female students underrate female teachers only in physics. Interestingly, physics is also the field that suffers the greatest lack of females and ha…
Planning Early for Careers in Science
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An Exploratory Study about Inaccuracy and Invalidity in Adolescent Self-Report Surveys
Using Add Health data, the authors provide evidence that some adolescents gave inaccurate and/or invalid responses on a self-administered questionnaire. Further analyses show that these adolescents were much more likely to report extreme levels on psychosocial and behavioral outcome variables. A distinction was made between inaccurate responders (e.g., inaccurate/false responses due to carelessness or confusion) and jokesters (e.g., intentional f…
The help-seeking orientations of Latino and non-Latino urban high school students
The Politics of Racial Identity
A Critical theory informed Review of Blacked Out: Dilemmas of Race, Identity, and Success at Capital High by Signithia Fordham. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1996; Unraveling the “Model Minority” Stereotype: Listening to Asian American Youth by Stacey J. Lee. New York: Teachers College Press, 1996, and Latinos and Education: A Critical Reader by Antonia Darder, Rodolfo D. Torres, and Henry Gutierrez (Eds.). New York: Routledge, 1997
An Exploratory Study about Inaccuracy and Invalidity in Adolescent Self-Report Surveys
Using Add Health data, the authors provide evidence that some adolescents gave inaccurate and/or invalid responses on a self-administered questionnaire. Further analyses show that these adolescents were much more likely to report extreme levels on psychosocial and behavioral outcome variables. A distinction was made between inaccurate responders (e.g., inaccurate/false responses due to carelessness or confusion) and jokesters (e.g., intentional f…
An Examination of the Use of Large Language Models to Aid Analysis of Textual Data
The increasing use of machine learning and Large Language Models (LLMs) opens up opportunities to use these artificially intelligent algorithms in novel ways. This article proposes a methodology using LLMs to support traditional deductive coding in qualitative research. We began our analysis with three different sample texts taken from existing interviews. Next, we created a codebook and inputted the sample text and codebook into an LLM. We asked…
The help-seeking orientations of Latino and non-Latino urban high school students
Unraveling bias from student evaluations of their high school science teachers
In this study, the evaluation of high school biology, chemistry, and physics teachers by their students is examined according to the gender of the student and the gender of the teacher. Female teachers are rated significantly lower than male teachers by male students in all three disciplines, whereas female students underrate female teachers only in physics. Interestingly, physics is also the field that suffers the greatest lack of females and ha…
The Politics of Racial Identity
A Critical theory informed Review of Blacked Out: Dilemmas of Race, Identity, and Success at Capital High by Signithia Fordham. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1996; Unraveling the “Model Minority” Stereotype: Listening to Asian American Youth by Stacey J. Lee. New York: Teachers College Press, 1996, and Latinos and Education: A Critical Reader by Antonia Darder, Rodolfo D. Torres, and Henry Gutierrez (Eds.). New York: Routledge, 1997
The help-seeking orientations of Latino and non-Latino urban high school students
Planning Early for Careers in Science
1,6194MetricsTotal Downloads1,619Last 6 Months243Last 12 Months484Total Citations4Last 6 Months0Last 12 Months0View all metrics
An Exploratory Study about Inaccuracy and Invalidity in Adolescent Self-Report Surveys
Using Add Health data, the authors provide evidence that some adolescents gave inaccurate and/or invalid responses on a self-administered questionnaire. Further analyses show that these adolescents were much more likely to report extreme levels on psychosocial and behavioral outcome variables. A distinction was made between inaccurate responders (e.g., inaccurate/false responses due to carelessness or confusion) and jokesters (e.g., intentional f…
Unraveling bias from student evaluations of their high school science teachers
In this study, the evaluation of high school biology, chemistry, and physics teachers by their students is examined according to the gender of the student and the gender of the teacher. Female teachers are rated significantly lower than male teachers by male students in all three disciplines, whereas female students underrate female teachers only in physics. Interestingly, physics is also the field that suffers the greatest lack of females and ha…
Eyeballs in the Fridge
This paper examines the experiences reported by scientists and graduate students regarding the experiences that first engaged them in science. The interviews analysed for this paper come from Project Crossover, a mixed‐methods study of the transition from graduate student to PhD scientist in the fields of chemistry and physics. This analysis involved review of 116 interviews collected from graduate students and scientists and focused on the timin…
Pipeline persistence
As the global economic crisis continues, sustaining the United States' position as a leader in research and development is a top concern of policy makers. Looking to increase the number of students pursuing degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), calls for improved mathematics and science education abound. We completed a two‐part analysis to assess the school‐based factors related to students choosing to complete a ma…
Stability and volatility of STEM career interest in high school
This retrospective cohort study characterizes how interest in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) careers changes during high school for more than 6,000 students in a representative national sample of 34 two‐ and four‐year colleges taking mandatory college English courses. Overall, large gender differences in career plans were found, with males showing far more interest particularly in engineering, whereas females were more attra…
Out-of-School Time Science Activities and Their Association with Career Interest in STEM
Spurred by concerns about an inadequately sized science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce, there has been a growing interest in out-of-school time (OST) science activities as a means to foster STEM career interest. This study examines the association between OST science activities and STEM career interest in university through a logistic regression model and the calculation of prototypical odds ratios. The analysis addres…
How Do Interaction Experiences Influence Doctoral Students’ Academic Pursuits in Biomedical Research
This exploratory qualitative study investigated how doctoral students reported their personal and professional interaction experiences that they believed might facilitate or impede their academic pursuits in biomedical research. We collected 19 in-depth interviews with doctoral students in biomedical research from eight universities, and we based our qualitative analytic approach on the work of Miles and Huberman. The results indicated that among…
Parental Occupation Inspiring Science Interest
Children’s early science interest begins well before middle school, and parents can be important in generating and sustaining such interest. This qualitative study addresses how parental occupations shape physical scientists’ early science interest. Our framework uses Social Cognitive Career Theory, and our research question is, “How do parental occupations create learning opportunities for children and motivate them to pursue physical science?” …
Participation in college laboratory research apprenticeships among students considering careers in medicine
About one-third of all PMQ respondents had participated in CLRAs prior to taking the MCAT, and such participation was one of the several variables identified that were independently associated with medical-school acceptance
The Bachelor’s to PhD Transition
Existing research has examined if undergraduate factors influence chemistry and physics, or physical science, doctoral degree entry and whether variables during PhD programs associate with graduation. Yet research on the transition from bachelor’s degree to doctoral degree entry (i.e., PhD entry in less than 6 months, attainment of a master’s degree prior to doctoral degree entry, or working in a science-related job for more than a year prior to …
It Runs in the Family
Research shows that early scientific interest is associated with science degree completion and career selection. However, little is known about the conditions that support early scientific interest. Using a “funds of knowledge” theoretical framework, this study examined the role of parents, family, and extended social networks in fostering early interest in science. Using interview narratives from 116 scientists (physicists and chemists) in the U…
Do males have more favorable attitudes towards digital game use than Females
An Examination of the Use of Large Language Models to Aid Analysis of Textual Data
The increasing use of machine learning and Large Language Models (LLMs) opens up opportunities to use these artificially intelligent algorithms in novel ways. This article proposes a methodology using LLMs to support traditional deductive coding in qualitative research. We began our analysis with three different sample texts taken from existing interviews. Next, we created a codebook and inputted the sample text and codebook into an LLM. We asked…
A longitudinal study of a museum-based out-of-school time program's impact on STEM career pathways
We report on a quasi-experimental, 7-year longitudinal study of participants in an out-of-school STEM program at a large, urban science museum. The program, based on principles of positive youth development, was designed to empower youth to take advantage of the skills and initiative they already possess. Data was analyzed to look for differences in the graduate rates of both groups, along with differences in the those who ended up with a STEM ma…
Transforming science teacher education in the era of generative artificial intelligence
Since generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has emerged as a transformative force in science teaching, learning, and evaluation, countries worldwide have launched initiatives and professional development programs to equip science teachers with essential AI competencies. This paper provides a comparative review of science teacher education on GenAI across eight countries: Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Ghana, Singapore, South Korea, and t…
Exploring the association of student perceptions of science instruction and emotional engagement
Previous research has consistently shown that students have higher learning interests, attitudes, and motivation toward science in elementary school compared to middle and high school. However, the key predictors behind the observed differences in engagement levels across grade levels remain unclear. This study aims to identify the association between students’ perceptions of science instruction and their emotional engagement, as well as to exami…
Psychology (13 obras) · Career Development and Diversity (8 obras) · Mathematics education (7 obras) · Medicine (7 obras) · Sociology (7 obras) · Medical education (6 obras) · Pedagogy (6 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Science education (5 obras) · Developmental psychology (4 obras)