Figure 6. Impacts of self-efficacy in scientific research, sense of belonging in the scientific community, and intent to seek additional research experiences in students with and without research experience prior to the Fly-CURE.

Through pre- and post-course surveys, students reported their self-efficacy in scientific research (A-B), sense of belonging in the scientific community (C-D), interest in pursuing additional research-associated experiences (E-G), and whether they had research experience prior to the course. (A,C) Scale score mean for research self-efficacy (A) and sense of belonging in science (C) before (blue) and after (yellow) the Fly-CURE for participants with and without prior research experience. (B,D) Gain score mean for self-efficacy (B) and sense of belonging (D) for Fly-CURE participants with and without prior research experience. (A) For research self-efficacy, the survey rating scales for eight questions were combined, resulting in a maximum score of 40 (y-axis). (C) For sense of belonging in science, the survey rating scales for four questions were summed, resulting in a combined score of 20 (y-axis). (E-G) Gain score means for students’ perceived interest to enroll in another research-intensive science laboratory course (E), pursue or continue independent research in a research laboratory (F), and pursue a career as a scientist (G) before and after taking the Fly-CURE. Error bars, ±SEM; ns, not significant, P > 0.05; *P ≤ 0.05; ****P ≤ 0.0001.