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Welcome NOSB Past Participants
This Alumni Community for NOSB is a vital part of its ongoing viability. Your participation is important and welcomed. We appreciate that you will be registering to participate in the longitudinal study.
Video Profiles of Four NOSB Participants
Four former students talk about their NOSB participation and the impact it has had on their careers.
Invitation to Participate from Admiral West, President of CORE.
9 July 2007: Click here for the letter from Admiral West inviting you to participate.
We thank all of you who have registered to be part of this study and of the ongoing NOSB community! We are also grateful to those of you who filled in our survey and who have kept us apprised of your current courses and majors in your university program.
If you did not complete a survey before, please do so now..we would like to hear your comments. Take the Survey
16 September 2009 Update
In the 2008-2009 project year we continued to track NOSB past participants in their college and career pathways. As of August 2009 there were 429 individuals who had registered on the College of Exploration NOSB alumni web site. Since May 2009 an additional 36 students had registered. The new students in the database expressed interest in the sciences with a significant majority desiring to pursue STEM majors. The registered alumni represented all of the regional Bowls.
This year we continued to survey students in the fall and spring to ascertain the college courses they are taking and the major they have chosen. In addition this year we have placed special focus on diversity within NOSB. The team gathered information from NOSB about their diversity initiative and reviewed this information in preparation for a diversity study of NOSB alumni. Feedback was solicited from those who self-identified as diversity participants. A summary report of the responses from this select number of diversity participants gave perspectives about participation by diverse students.
In 2008 we interviewed two past participants in OR who are pursuing graduate study and career choices in marine sciences. We also interviewed two past participant team leaders from Animo Leadership Charter High School in Inglewood, CA. These interviews were in video format and have been placed here on this web site. We thank Paul, Erin, Cinthia and Brian for sharing their perspectives about the NOSB. Additional video interviews are planned for October with a coach and a past participant from WI.
9 April 2008 Update on our Longitudinal Study of NOSB Past Participants
We first wanted to let everyone know that there has been a major change at CORE this year. CORE has merged with JOI to form the Consortium for Ocean Leadership (COL) “to better represent the ocean research and education community.” Here is the link to their new web site http://www.oceanleadership.org/
Throughout 2007 we continued to register past NOSB participants. As of August 2007 329 past participants were in our registration database. They came from all 25 of the regional NOSB sites. Students have provided extensive data to the research team through completing a survey. Students are attending a broad spectrum of universities and it is interesting to note that a number of students in the respondent pool are enrolled in COL member institutions.
These institutions include:
- The College of William and Mary
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Naval Postgraduate School
- The Pennsylvania State University
- Stanford University
- Stony Brook University
- The University of California — San Diego
- The University of New Hampshire
- University of Miami
- University of Michigan
- University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill
- University of North Carolina — Wilmington
- University of Rhode Island
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
During the last half of 2007 and into the first half of 2008 the research team has been continuing to track the progress of the past participants through updated email surveys and emerging case studies. Email surveys request information from students about their university course selections and their majors. A January report (PDF document) provided an update of the study, including summaries of the registration database and email survey results. It also provided a look at the role of mentorship in the NOSB in response to a question about the role of mentoring in selection of courses, college, or career.
A coaches’ survey (Spring 2008) will provide coaches’ perspectives on: 1. The impact of the NOSB program on student participants and in particular on their college and career selection 2. The ways that the NOSB has helped infuse ocean sciences content into classroom teaching (in addition to NOSB competition preparation) 3. The impact of coaches as mentors for NOSB students
Research Reports
Executive Report—NOSB® Longitudinal Study 2006-2007 (Year 1)
NATIONAL OCEAN SCIENCES BOWL (NOSB®) LONGITUDINAL STUDY: THE IMPACT OF THE NOSB SYSTEM ON PARTICIPANTS’ COLLEGE AND CAREER CHOICES IN SCIENCE DISCIPLINES Year 1 Final Report April 27, 2007
National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB®) Longitudinal Study: The Impact of the NOSB System on Participants’ College and Career Choices in Science Disciplines Year 1 Executive Summary: April 27, 2007
Dr. Tina Bishop of the College of Exploration and Dr. Howard Walters from Ashland University completed a study to determine the effects of the NOSB in 2002 -2004.A short summary of the research study is available here. A copy of the full report can be downloaded here.
National Marine Educators Association Special Report #2
The National Marine Educators Assoiation published a Special Report on the National Ocean Sciences Bowl in March 2006. You can read the Special Edition in PDF format here.
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