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Participation in Undergraduate Research Reduces Equity Gaps in STEM Graduation Rates. 参与本科生研究可缩小科学、技术、工程和数学专业毕业率的公平差距。

IF 4.6 2区教育学

Cbe-Life Sciences Education Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1187/cbe.22-03-0061

Heather Haeger, Elia Hilda Bueno, Quentin Sedlacek

{"title":"Participation in Undergraduate Research Reduces Equity Gaps in STEM Graduation Rates.","authors":"Heather Haeger, Elia Hilda Bueno, Quentin Sedlacek","doi":"10.1187/cbe.22-03-0061","DOIUrl":"10.1187/cbe.22-03-0061","url":null,"abstract":"Many students who enroll in a public U.S. 4-y college will not graduate. The odds of completing a college degree are even lower for students who have been marginalized in higher education, especially in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields. Can undergraduate research increase a student's likelihood of graduating college and close educational equity gaps in college completion? To answer this question, we use data from six public U.S. universities (N = 120,308 students) and use Propensity Score Matching to generate a comparison group for analyses. We conducted logistic regressions on graduation rates and equity gaps in 4 and 6 y using the matched comparison group and undergraduate researchers in STEM (n = 2727). When being compared with like-peers and controlling for background characteristics and prior academic performance, students who participated in undergraduate research were twice as likely to graduate in 4 y and over 10 times as likely to graduate in 6 y. We also found that equity gaps in 4-y graduation rates for students of color, low-income, and first-generation students were cut in half for undergraduate researchers. At 6 y, these gaps were completely closed for undergraduate researchers. As we seek ways to close education gaps and increase graduation rates, undergraduate research can be a meaningful practice to improve student success.","PeriodicalId":56321,"journal":{"name":"Cbe-Life Sciences Education","volume":"23 1","pages":"ar11"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10956607/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139673753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Supporting Student Competencies in Graph Reading, Interpretation, Construction, and Evaluation. 提高学生在图表阅读、解释、构建和评价方面的能力。

IF 3.7 2区教育学

Cbe-Life Sciences Education Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1187/cbe.22-10-0207

Stephanie M Gardner, Aakanksha Angra, Joseph A Harsh

{"title":"Supporting Student Competencies in Graph Reading, Interpretation, Construction, and Evaluation.","authors":"Stephanie M Gardner, Aakanksha Angra, Joseph A Harsh","doi":"10.1187/cbe.22-10-0207","DOIUrl":"10.1187/cbe.22-10-0207","url":null,"abstract":"Graphs are ubiquitous tools in science that allow one to explore data patterns, design studies, communicate findings, and make claims. This essay is a companion to the online, evidence-based interactive guide intended to help inform instructors' decision-making in how to teach graph reading, interpretation, construction, and evaluation within the discipline of biology. We provide a framework with a focus on six instructional practices that instructors can utilize when designing graphing activities: use data to engage students, teach graphing grounded in the discipline, practice explicit instruction, use real world \"messy\" data, utilize collaborative work, and emphasize reflection. Each component of this guide is supported by summaries of and links to articles that can inform graphing practices. The guide also contains an instructor checklist that summarizes key points with actionable steps that can guide instructors as they work towards refining and incorporating graphing into their classroom practice and emerging questions in which further empirical studies are warranted.","PeriodicalId":56321,"journal":{"name":"Cbe-Life Sciences Education","volume":"23 1","pages":"fe1"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10956603/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138813960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Content Coverage as a Persistent Exclusionary Practice: Investigating Perspectives of Health Professionals on the Influence of Undergraduate Coursework. 内容覆盖是一种持续的排斥性做法：调查卫生专业人员对本科课程影响的看法。

IF 4.6 2区教育学

Cbe-Life Sciences Education Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1187/cbe.23-05-0074

Brie Tripp, Sherri Cozzens, Catherine Hrycyk, Kimberly D Tanner, Jeffrey N Schinske

{"title":"Content Coverage as a Persistent Exclusionary Practice: Investigating Perspectives of Health Professionals on the Influence of Undergraduate Coursework.","authors":"Brie Tripp, Sherri Cozzens, Catherine Hrycyk, Kimberly D Tanner, Jeffrey N Schinske","doi":"10.1187/cbe.23-05-0074","DOIUrl":"10.1187/cbe.23-05-0074","url":null,"abstract":"STEM undergraduates navigate lengthy sequences of prerequisite courses covering volumes of science content. Given that these courses may contribute to attrition and equity gaps in STEM, research is needed to test the assumption that prerequisite content benefits students in their future studies and careers. We investigated the relevance of prerequisite course content for students' careers through semistructured interviews with practicing nurses regarding their undergraduate anatomy and physiology (A&P) courses. Nurses reported that A&P content does not align with the skills and knowledge needed in the nursing profession. Interviewees averaged 39% on a brief A&P assessment, suggesting A&P prerequisites failed to impart a high degree of long-term A&P knowledge among nurses. Further, practicing nurses perceived overcommitment to A&P content coverage as an exclusionary practice that eliminates capable individuals from the prenursing pathway. These findings challenge assumptions surrounding the justification for prerequisite course content and raise questions of whether content expectations actively exclude individuals from STEM or healthcare careers. We aspire for this study to stimulate conversation and research about the goals of prerequisite content, who is best positioned to articulate prerequisite content objectives, and the influence of content coverage on equity and justice in undergraduate STEM education.","PeriodicalId":56321,"journal":{"name":"Cbe-Life Sciences Education","volume":"23 1","pages":"ar5"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10956601/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139081129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Ethical Dilemmas in Current Uses of AI in Science Education. 当前在科学教育中使用人工智能的伦理困境。

IF 3.7 2区教育学

Cbe-Life Sciences Education Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1187/cbe.23-12-0239

Julia Svoboda Gouvea

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Broadening Participation in Biology Education Research: A role for affinity groups in promoting social connectivity, self-efficacy, and belonging. 扩大对生物教育研究的参与：亲和团体在促进社会联系、自我效能和归属感方面的作用。

IF 3.7 2区教育学

Cbe-Life Sciences Education Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1187/cbe.23-01-0004

Miranda M Chen Musgrove, Melissa E Ko, Jeffrey N Schinske, Lisa A Corwin

{"title":"Broadening Participation in Biology Education Research: A role for affinity groups in promoting social connectivity, self-efficacy, and belonging.","authors":"Miranda M Chen Musgrove, Melissa E Ko, Jeffrey N Schinske, Lisa A Corwin","doi":"10.1187/cbe.23-01-0004","DOIUrl":"10.1187/cbe.23-01-0004","url":null,"abstract":"Discipline-based education research (DBER) has experienced dramatic growth over recent years, but with growth comes concerns about whether DBER efforts accurately represent the education landscape. By many measures, DBER does not feature a representative range of institutional contexts or a diverse array of voices. Numerous professional development efforts have sought to broaden DBER participation. However, few studies investigate factors that increase engagement by individuals from underrepresented contexts. Drawing on theory related to belonging, self-efficacy, and social learning communities, we investigated persistence in an affinity group aimed at engaging community college faculty (CCF) in biology education research (BER). CCF and CC contexts are dramatically underrepresented in BER in comparison to their central positioning in higher education. We conducted a 4-y study of CCF participants' sense of belonging, self-efficacy, and network connectivity. Our results suggest a relationship between social connectivity, belonging, and persistence in the community, indicating an increase of either of these factors may increase persistence. Self-efficacy increased alongside belonging within the affinity group, which correlated with belonging in BER broadly. These results might inform efforts to engage underrepresented groups of DBER scholars and suggest that such efforts go beyond provision of resources and skills, to focus on building social connections.","PeriodicalId":56321,"journal":{"name":"Cbe-Life Sciences Education","volume":"23 1","pages":"ar8"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10956611/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139433177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Building Authentic Science Experiences: Students' Perceptions of Sequential Course-Based Undergraduate Research. 建立真实的科学体验：学生对基于顺序课程的本科生研究的看法。

IF 3.7 2区教育学

Cbe-Life Sciences Education Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1187/cbe.23-03-0042

Bailey M Von der Mehden, Eric M Pennino, Heather L Fajardo, Catherine Ishikawa, Kelly K McDonald

{"title":"Building Authentic Science Experiences: Students' Perceptions of Sequential Course-Based Undergraduate Research.","authors":"Bailey M Von der Mehden, Eric M Pennino, Heather L Fajardo, Catherine Ishikawa, Kelly K McDonald","doi":"10.1187/cbe.23-03-0042","DOIUrl":"10.1187/cbe.23-03-0042","url":null,"abstract":"Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) are attractive solutions for scaling undergraduate research experiences at primarily undergraduate teaching institutions, where resources for faculty research activities can be limited. The Sustainable Interdisciplinary Research to Inspire Undergraduate Success (SIRIUS) project is a unique program that integrates CUREs, coordinated around a local real-world problem, throughout a biology department's curricula. The CUREs are scaffolded to provide all biology majors with multiple opportunities to engage in scientific investigations as they advance through introductory, intermediate, and advanced courses. In this mixed methods, cross-sectional study, we explore students' perceptions of the authenticity of their experiences as they progress through the SIRIUS CUREs. Triangulated data collected from two instruments indicated that students in advanced courses recognized more involvement in research activities and perceived greater authenticity in the science they were performing compared with introductory and intermediate students. Intermediate and advanced students perceived more opportunities for independence; however, experiences with failure and the influence these experiences had on the perceptions of authenticity was primarily observed with advanced students. This study contributes to the growing literature on CUREs with a focus on students from a primarily undergraduate institution with multiple minority-serving designations.","PeriodicalId":56321,"journal":{"name":"Cbe-Life Sciences Education","volume":"22 4","pages":"ar46"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10756052/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41221456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring Black Undergraduate Students' Communication and Biology Education Experiences about COVID-19 and COVID-19 Vaccines During the Pandemic. 探讨新冠肺炎和新冠肺炎疫情期间黑人大学生的沟通与生物学教育经验。

IF 3.7 2区教育学

Cbe-Life Sciences Education Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1187/cbe.22-11-0233

Chloe D Bowen, Alexa R Summersill, Angela N Google, Madeline G Aadnes, M Elizabeth Barnes

{"title":"Exploring Black Undergraduate Students' Communication and Biology Education Experiences about COVID-19 and COVID-19 Vaccines During the Pandemic.","authors":"Chloe D Bowen, Alexa R Summersill, Angela N Google, Madeline G Aadnes, M Elizabeth Barnes","doi":"10.1187/cbe.22-11-0233","DOIUrl":"10.1187/cbe.22-11-0233","url":null,"abstract":"Effective communication about science is a core skill undergraduates should learn, but little research has explored how students communicate about culturally controversial science topics. In this study, we explored how Black undergraduate science students took on the role of science communicators in their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. We interviewed 23 Black students about their experiences learning about COVID-19 vaccines and communicating about COVID-19 vaccines to their communities. We found that students' racial/ethnic and science backgrounds made them feel a responsibility to be effective communicators about COVID-19 vaccines as potential trusted messengers within their communities. However, students were using limited strategies when communicating and were unsure how to communicate about COVID-19 topics effectively to those who were vaccine-hesitant or doubted the severity of the pandemic. Finally, students described ways that their biology instructors could have helped them be more confident when communicating about COVID-19 vaccines with their communities. Findings suggest that biology instructors could teach science communication principles in addition to content knowledge about culturally controversial science topics in their undergraduate classes to build on students' developing science communication skills.","PeriodicalId":56321,"journal":{"name":"Cbe-Life Sciences Education","volume":"22 4","pages":"ar42"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10756046/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41153475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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"I don't Know what I Would do Without it" How Life Science Graduate Students Describe Resource Value. “我不知道没有它我会做什么”生命科学研究生如何描述资源价值。

IF 3.7 2区教育学

Cbe-Life Sciences Education Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1187/cbe.22-11-0241

Maryrose Weatherton, Bailey M Von der Mehden, Elisabeth E Schussler

{"title":"\"I don't Know what I Would do Without it\" How Life Science Graduate Students Describe Resource Value.","authors":"Maryrose Weatherton, Bailey M Von der Mehden, Elisabeth E Schussler","doi":"10.1187/cbe.22-11-0241","DOIUrl":"10.1187/cbe.22-11-0241","url":null,"abstract":"Graduate students often face choices about which resources to use to help them succeed in their programs. These choices likely differ among students, in part, due to different perceptions of resource value. However, little is known about why particular resources might be considered highly valuable to students, thus driving choice. Utilizing expectancy-value theory for help sources as our theoretical framework, this qualitative study explored life science (LS) graduate students' top three resource choices, their explanations about why they made those choices, and whether students' perceptions of value differed among resources and across demographic groups. We addressed two research questions: 1) What resources do LS graduate students consider to be the most important? 2) What drives LS graduate students' perceptions of resource value? Many participants indicated that 'advisor' and 'academic stipend' were most important. Student perceptions of value were driven by their perceptions of which needs resources fulfilled, such as basic needs, academic help, or support. Participants' top resource choices and underlying values of those resources did not differ among demographic groups. We propose a model for understanding graduate student resource choice that may inform future work on student outcomes.","PeriodicalId":56321,"journal":{"name":"Cbe-Life Sciences Education","volume":"22 4","pages":"ar34"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10756044/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41174788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Re-Envisioning the Culture of Undergraduate Biology Education to Foster Black Student Success: A Clarion Call. 重新构想本科生物教育文化以培养黑人学生的成功：一个明确的呼吁。

IF 4.6 2区教育学

Cbe-Life Sciences Education Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1187/cbe.22-09-0175

Terrell R Morton, Wesley Agee, Kilan C Ashad-Bishop, Lori D Banks, Zanethia Choice Barnett, Imari D Bramlett, Briana Brown, Walter Gassmann, Korie Grayson, Gail P Hollowell, Ruth Kaggwa, Gaurav S Kandlikar, Marshaun Love, Whitney N McCoy, Mark A Melton, Monica L Miles, Catherine L Quinlan, ReAnna S Roby, Checo J Rorie, Tatiane Russo-Tait, Ashlyn M Wardin, Michele R Williams, Ashley N Woodson

{"title":"Re-Envisioning the Culture of Undergraduate Biology Education to Foster Black Student Success: A Clarion Call.","authors":"Terrell R Morton, Wesley Agee, Kilan C Ashad-Bishop, Lori D Banks, Zanethia Choice Barnett, Imari D Bramlett, Briana Brown, Walter Gassmann, Korie Grayson, Gail P Hollowell, Ruth Kaggwa, Gaurav S Kandlikar, Marshaun Love, Whitney N McCoy, Mark A Melton, Monica L Miles, Catherine L Quinlan, ReAnna S Roby, Checo J Rorie, Tatiane Russo-Tait, Ashlyn M Wardin, Michele R Williams, Ashley N Woodson","doi":"10.1187/cbe.22-09-0175","DOIUrl":"10.1187/cbe.22-09-0175","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to present an argument for why there is a need to re-envision the underlying culture of undergraduate biology education to ensure the success, retention, and matriculation of Black students. The basis of this argument is the continued noted challenges with retaining Black students in the biological sciences coupled with existing research that implicates science contexts (i.e., the cultural norms, values, and beliefs manifesting through policies and practices) as being the primary source of the challenges experienced by Black students that lead to their attrition. In presenting this argument, we introduce the Re-Envisioning Culture Network, a multigenerational, interdisciplinary network comprised of higher education administrators, faculty, staff, Black undergraduate students majoring in biology, Black cultural artists, community leaders, and STEM professionals to work together to curate and generate resources and tools that will facilitate change. In introducing the REC Network and disseminating its mission and ongoing endeavors, we generate a clarion call for educators, researchers, STEM professionals, students, and the broader community to join us in this endeavor in fostering transformative change.","PeriodicalId":56321,"journal":{"name":"Cbe-Life Sciences Education","volume":"22 4","pages":"es5"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10756029/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71429580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Students explain evolution by natural selection differently for humans versus nonhuman animals. 对于人类和非人类动物，学生们通过自然选择来解释进化的方式不同。

IF 3.7 2区教育学

Cbe-Life Sciences Education Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1187/cbe.21-06-0145

Joelyn de Lima, Tammy M Long

{"title":"Students explain evolution by natural selection differently for humans versus nonhuman animals.","authors":"Joelyn de Lima, Tammy M Long","doi":"10.1187/cbe.21-06-0145","DOIUrl":"10.1187/cbe.21-06-0145","url":null,"abstract":"Evolution is foundational to understanding biology, yet learners at all stages have incomplete and incorrect ideas that persist beyond graduation. Contextual features of prompts (e.g., taxon of organism, acquisition vs. loss of traits, etc.) have been shown to influence both the learning process and the ideas students express in explanations of evolutionary processes. In this study, we compare students' explanations of natural selection for humans versus a nonhuman animal (cheetah) at different times during biology instruction. We found \"taxon\" to be a significant predictor of the content of students' explanations. Responses to \"cheetah\" prompts contained a larger number and diversity of key concepts (e.g., variation, heritability, differential reproduction) and fewer naïve ideas (e.g., need, adapt) when compared with responses to an isomorphic prompt containing \"human\" as the organism. Overall, instruction increased the prevalence of key concepts, reduced naïve ideas, and caused a modest reduction in differences due to taxon. Our findings suggest that the students are reasoning differently about evolutionary processes in humans as compared with nonhuman animals, and that targeted instruction may both increase students' facility with key concepts while reducing their susceptibility to contextual influences.","PeriodicalId":56321,"journal":{"name":"Cbe-Life Sciences Education","volume":"22 4","pages":"ar48"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10756036/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71429581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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