Exploratory Investigations of Students’ Experience with Student Success Strategies

Student Success Strategies

Research Mentor: Dr. Tackett Samantha Tackett, she/her
Department, College, Affiliation: Academic Center for Excellence, Undergraduate Studies
Contact Email: stackett@fsu.edu
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from mentor):
Research Assistant Supervisor Email:
Faculty Collaborators:
Faculty Collaborators Email:

Looking for Research Assistants: Yes
Number of Research Assistants: 2
Relevant Majors: Psychology, Education, Sociology,
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required:
Remote or In-person: In-person
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link: Not participating in the Roundtable

Project Description

Projects are tailored to the UROP-researcher's interests.
Prior projects have included: Types of effective practice to increase students' development of a growth mindset; Undergraduate Student Perceptions and Valuation of Campus-based Group Tutoring; and An Analysis of Florida State Student Preferences and Biases when Selecting Tutors at the ACE Learning Studio.
The UROP-researcher may work on a solo project with Dr. Tackett or on a team. If they work with a team, they may participate in any of the following research activities: develop research questions, conduct a literature review, write sections of an IRB application, design interventions, manage data collection, participate in data analysis, summarize and present research results.
A potential solo topic is: Effective practices to support students with academic recovery. A potential team research project is identifying effective communication strategies and messaging with students.

Research Tasks: Throughout the two-semester commitment, the project would provide first-hand research experience with researching surveys, survey design, specific strategy effectiveness research, human subject interview protocols, questioning techniques, various data collection and analysis methods, data synthesis, and data reporting and displays. Outcomes may include conference presentations and publications.

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Skills Required
Self-regulate your schedule to commit the appropriate amount of time to the research project as well as follow-through on project tasks for each week.
Be personally invested in creating and completing a quality research experience.
Be or become comfortable with asking questions, finding resources, recruiting guidance, creating drafts of initial ideas/thoughts and learning project-relevant skills.
Be able to use MS software like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Google docs.
Use Google docs to create, organize, and maintain meeting notes and action/tasks lists from meetings.

Recommended:
Learn effective search strategies for reference databases.
Be willing to create and practice presentations related to your research (e.g., poster, intervention, data summaries).