Appendix C: Survey Forms

1996 DMP Participantsâ Survey

 Dear 1996 Participant of the CRA-Distributed Mentoring Project,

The LEAD Center (Learning through Evaluation, Adaptation, and Dissemination) is conducting a three-year formative evaluation of the Distributed Mentor Project. The purpose of this evaluation is to learn what aspects of the project are successful and also to learn how the project can be improved. The following questionnaire is an important part of this evaluation. It will allow us to learn something about each participant's experience in the program. Your thoughtful response to this questionnaire will enable us to help administrators of the Distributed Mentor Project in future planning.

It should be noted that individual responses will be held confidential. When reporting the results of this questionnaire, care will be taken to ensure that no individual's response can be identified.

Would you please take some time to fill out the questionnaire and return it by November 1, 1996 to: penberth@engr.wisc.edu Note: The survey looks quite long, but should take only 10-15 minutes to complete.

We thank you for your time. If you have any comments or questions, feel free to email me at the above address.

Debby Penberthy

The LEAD Center

?1996 DMP Participantsâ Survey

NOTE: The term "computer science" is used throughout this questionnaire to represent both computer science and engineering.

1. ?Name

2. ?Permanent address

3. ?Permanent phone

4. ?Local phone

5.?Email address

6.?Ethnic identity

7.?Undergraduate institution

8. ?Class standing when applied for the CRA Distributed Mentor Program (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior) _______

9.?Projected graduation date (month/year) ______

10.?Major(s)?

11.?GPA in major(s)

12.?GPA overall ______

13.?a.?Which of the following factors are most important in your choice to study computer science? (Please indicate each with an "X" for each factor.)

 Important Top 4 Factors??

14.?When you were an in-coming first-year college student, were you considering computer science as a possible major?

15.?If you answered no to question #14, were you planning to major in another field?

16. How much do you agree with the following statement:

17.?Do you plan to stay in the field of computer science long-term?

18.?Are you currently enrolled in graduate school in computer science?

19.?If you are currently enrolled in graduate school in computer science,

20.?If you are not currently enrolled in computer science graduate school, are you planning to go to graduate school in computer science?

21.?If you answered "yes" to question #20, are you most likely to:

22.?If you chose "attend graduate school right after undergrad,"

23. ?If you chose "work first, then go to graduate school,"

24.?If you are planning not to go to graduate school in computer science, what are your most likely post-graduation plans?

25.?In deciding whether or not to go to graduate school in computer science, which of the following factors provide/provided ENCOURAGEMENT to go? (Indicate each factor with an "X.")

26.?In deciding whether or not to go to graduate school in computer science, which of the following factors make/made you feel DISCOURAGED about going? (Indicate each factor with an "X.")

27.?How much do you agree with the following statements? (Use a scale of 1=strongly agree, 2=agree, 3=neither agree nor disagree, 4=disagree, and 5=strongly disagree).

28. Parent(s)â or Guardian(s)â Occupation(s):

Experience at Undergraduate Institution

29.?How would you rate your satisfaction with the following aspects of the department at your undergraduate institution using the following scale (1 = not at all satisfied; 2 = not very satisfied; 3 = somewhat satisfied; 4 = satisfied; 5 = very satisfied; N/A = not applicable)?

30.?Do you feel like you are a part of the department? (1 = not at all; 2 = not very; 3 = somewhat; 4 = yes; 5 = very much) ___

31. ?What types of interaction do you have with the faculty members in your department? (Check all that apply.)

32.?a.?How many female faculty members are in your department? ___

33.?What type of contact have you had with graduate students in your CS&E department?

Experience in the CRA-Distributed Mentor Project

34.?Year participated in the mentor program

35.?Mentor's name

36.?Mentor's institution

37.?Source of information about the mentor program?

38.?When did you apply for the program?

39.?Describe your research project(s):

40.?How would you characterize your project?:

41.?Was this your first experience with research?

42.?Number of graduate students in your mentor's research group

43.?What type of interaction do you plan to have with your mentor after participation in the program?

44.?How would you describe your commitment to going to graduate school in computer science before participating in the mentor program? (1 = not considering it; 2 = considering the possibility; 3 = tentatively committed; 4 = committed; 5 = certain that graduate school in computer science is right for me) ___

45.?How would you describe your commitment to going to graduate school in computer science after participating in the mentor program? (1 = not considering it; 2 = considering the possibility; 3 = tentatively committed; 4 = committed; 5 = certain that graduate school in computer science is right for me) ____

46.?This question has three parts. Of the following possible program outcomes, which ones did you:

How to:

 Information on:

Publishing and/or making ?

Building self-confidence??????____ ??____??_____

Other (please specify: ______________________

47.?Please rate the value of the research experience you had in the mentor program. (1 = not at all valuable; 2 = not very valuable; 3 = somewhat valuable; 4 = valuable; 5 = very valuable) ___

48.?Please rate the value of the mentoring experience. (1 = not at all valuable; 2 = not very valuable; 3 = somewhat valuable; 4 = valuable; 5 = very valuable)___

49.?Please rate the value of having a female mentor.(1 = not at all valuable; 2 = not very valuable; 3 = somewhat valuable; 4 = valuable; 5 = very valuable)___

50.?a.?Did you work with graduate students on the research project?

51.?If a graduate student was directly supervising you and your work, rate your overall satisfaction with how this graduate student carried out his/her role. (1 = not at all satisfied; 2 = not very satisfied; 3 = somewhat satisfied; 4 = satisfied; 5 = very satisfied)____

52.?Did you interact with graduate students outside of the research project?

53.?How valuable were your interactions with these graduate students? (1 = not at all valuable; 2 = not very valuable; 3 = somewhat valuable; 4 = valuable; 5 = very valuable)____

54.?How prepared do you feel for graduate school? (1 = not prepared at all; 2 = not very prepared; 3 = somewhat prepared; 4 = prepared; 5 = very prepared)____

55.?Do you feel that you have an understanding of graduate school life? (1 = no understanding at all; 2 = very little understanding; 3 = somewhat of an understanding; 4 = an adequate understanding; 5 = a thorough understanding)___

56.?How often were you in contact with your mentor over the course of the mentor program?

57.?What was the primary type of contact between you and your mentor? (Place an "X" by one of following.)

58.?Place an "X next to statement below which you agree with most.

59.?How do you feel about the match between you and your mentor? (1 = not at all satisfied; 2 = not very satisfied; 3 = somewhat satisfied; 4 = satisfied; 5 = very satisfied)___

60.?Please rate the overall satisfaction with the mentor program (1 = not at all satisfied; 2 = not very satisfied; 3 = somewhat satisfied; 4 = satisfied; 5 = very satisfied)___

61.?a. Did you use the email discussion forum?

b. If you answered yes to question #53, which ways did you use the forum?

62.?If you did not use it, why not?

?____ ?Other (please specify):

Additional Comments:

Thank you very much!

DMP Evaluation: 1996 Comparison Group Survey

Dear Student,  

The Learning through Evaluation, Adaptation, and Dissemination (LEAD) Center at the University of Wisconsin--Madison is conducting a three-year evaluation of the Computing Research Association Distributed Mentor Project (DMP). The DMP is a NSF-sponsored program that matches undergraduate females in Computer Science & Engineering (CS&E) with female faculty members also in CS&E at Ph.D.-granting universities around the nation for ten weeks in the summer to work on a research project. The first report of this evaluation can be accessed at the URL address: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~condon/mentor.html.

One aspect of the LEAD evaluation is to compare the attitudes about future career paths in CS&E of those students who participated in the program and those who were not program participants. A student at your undergraduate institution participated in the DMP in either 1994 or 1995. The chair of your department was contacted in order to find a similar student at your institution who would be willing to participate in a survey and s/he recommended that we contact you. Your participation in the evaluation would consist of filling out the following survey and a much smaller survey on a yearly basis over the next few years. The following survey should take no more than 10 minutes to complete.

You are under no obligation to participate in the survey. All responses will be held strictly confidential. When reporting the results of this survey, care will be taken to ensure that no individual's response can be identified. The chair of your department will not know whether you respond or the content of your response. Federal regulations stipulate that any participant in a research project must be informed of the above information. When we receive your completed survey we will mail to the address provided two copies of the "Evaluation Consent Form." When you receive these forms, please read the consent form and, if you agree with the terms, sign both copies. Place one signed copy in the pre-addressed, pre-stamped envelope that you will receive and mail it to us. The other copy is for your records.  

Would you please take some time to fill out the questionnaire and return it as soon as possible to: penberth@engr.wisc.edu

We thank you for your time. If you have any comments or questions, feel free to email me at the above address.

Debby Penberthy

Project Researcher

The LEAD Center

1996 Comparison Group Survey

1.??Name:

2.??Permanent address:

3.??Permanent phone:

4.??Local phone:

5.??Email address:

6.??Can we contact you in future years to follow up on these questions?

7.??Ethnic identity:

8.??Undergraduate institution:

9.??Current class standing (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior):

10.??Projected graduation date:

11.??Major(s): ?1st

12.??GPA in major(s): ?1st

13.??GPA overall:

14.??Parent(s)/Guardian(s) Occupations:

15.?a.?Which of the following factors are most important in your choice to study computer science? (Please indicate each with an "X" for each factor.)

b.?Rank the top 4 factors in terms of their importance in choosing to study computer science, with a "1" indicating the most important factor.

16. When you were an in-coming first-year college student, were you considering computer science as a possible major?

17. If you answered no to question #16, were you planning to major in another field?

18. How much do you agree with the following statement: I feel that I "fit" in the field of computer science. (1=strongly agree, 2=agree, 3=neither agree nor disagree, 4=disagree, and 5=strongly disagree.) ___

Undergraduate Institution

19. How would you rate your satisfaction with the following aspects of the department at your undergraduate institution? (1 = not at all satisfied; 2 = not very satisfied; 3 = somewhat satisfied; 4 = satisfied; 5 = very satisfied)

20. Do you feel like you are a part of the department? (1 = not at all; 2 = not very; 3 = somewhat; 4 = yes; 5 = very much)? _____

21. What types of interaction do you have with the faculty members in your department? (Check all that apply.)

22.?a. How many female faculty members are in your department?_____

? b. Please describe the type of interaction you have had with the female faculty members. (Check all that apply)

23. What type of contact have you had with graduate students in your CS&E department?

24. Have you had any research experience? ____ If yes, please describe:

Future Plans

25.?How interested are you in pursuing a career in research or teaching at a college or university? (1 = not interested at all; 2 = not very interested; 3 = somewhat interested; 4 = interested; 5 = very interested)

26.?How interested are you in pursuing a career in industry or government? (1 = not interested at all; 2 = not very interested; 3 = somewhat interested; 4 = interested; 5 = very interested)

27.?Do you plan to stay in the field of computer science long-term?

28.?Are you currently enrolled in graduate school in computer science?

29.If you are currently enrolled in graduate school in computer science,

30.?If you are not currently enrolled in computer science graduate school, are you planning to go to graduate school in computer science?

31.?If you answered "yes" to question #30, are you most likely to:

32. If you chose "attend graduate school right after undergrad,"

33. If you chose "work first, then go to graduate school,"

34.?If you are planning not to go to graduate school in computer science, what are your most likely post-graduation plans?

35. In deciding whether or not to go to graduate school in computer science, which of the following factors provide/provided ENCOURAGEMENT to go? (Indicate each factor with an "X.")

36. In deciding whether or not to go to graduate school in computer science, which of the following factors make/made you feel DISCOURAGED about going? (Indicate each factor with an "X.")

37. How much do you agree with the following statements? (Use a scale of 1=strongly agree, 2=agree, 3=neither agree nor disagree, 4=disagree, and 5=strongly disagree).

38. How prepared do you feel for graduate school? [Please answer regardless of whether or not you are planning to go.] (1 = not prepared at all; 2 = not very prepared; 3 = somewhat prepared; 4 = prepared; 5 = very prepared)

39. Do you feel that you have an understanding of graduate school life? [Please answer regardless of whether or not you are planning to go.] (1 = no understanding at all; 2 = very little understanding; 3 = somewhat of an understanding; 4 = an adequate understanding; 5 = a thorough understanding)

Additional Comments:

Thank you very much!

DMP Evaluation: 1996 Mentor Survey

Dear Faculty Participant in the Distributed Mentor Project,

The LEAD Center (Learning through Evaluation, Adaptation, and Dissemination) is conducting a three-year formative evaluation of the Distributed Mentor Project. The purpose of this evaluation is to learn what aspects of the project are successful and also to learn how the project can be improved. An important part of this evaluation includes the following questionnaire which will allow us to learn something about each participant's experience in the program.

We want to stress that this questionnaire is NOT intended to check on the performance of the individuals in the project. It should also be noted that individual responses will be held confidential, and when reporting the results of this questionnaire, care will be taken to ensure that no individual's response can be identified.

Would you please take some time to fill out the questionnaire and return it as soon as possible to: penberth@engr.wisc.edu

We thank you for your time. If you have any comments or questions, feel free to email me at the above address.

Debby Penberthy

The LEAD Center

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NOTE: Some questions refer to the student that you had in the project. If you had more than one student, please answer the questions for each student that you had.

Demographic Questions for Faculty:

1. Name

2. Permanent mailing address (if changed since application to DMP)

3. Email address (if changed since application to DMP)

4. Phone number (if changed since application to DMP)

5. Ethnic identity

6. Current institution (if changed since application to DMP)

7. Faculty rank during participation (Tenure, etc)

8. Academic specialization(s)

9. Current extramural funding (NSF, other federal, industry)

10. Prior NSF funding

11. Source of information about DMP

Demographic Questions about Your Î96 Mentee(s):

12. Class standing

13. Type of home institution:

Questions about the Program:

14. What were the issues that you discussed with students in the mentor program? Check all that apply and add others not listed.

15. How do you feel about the match between you and your student(s)?(1 = not at all satisfied; 2 = not very satisfied; 3 = somewhat satisfied; 4 = satisfied; 5 = very satisfied)____

16. Was your student(s)' area of scientific interest in your field? ___ Yes ____ No

17. In your opinion, how important is it for the program to match mentors' and students' interests?

(1=very important; 2=important; 3=somewhat important; 4=not important at all) ____

18. Rate your satisfaction with your studentâs overall preparedness for the program.(1 = not satisfied at all; 2 = not very satisfied; 3 = somewhat satisfied; 4 = satisfied; 5 = very satisfied) ___

19. Rate your satisfaction with your student(s)' technical abilities. (1 = not satisfied at all; 2 = not very satisfied; 3 = somewhat satisfied; 4 = satisfied; 5 = very satisfied)____

20. How much did you expect your student(s) to contribute to your research project? (1 = none at all; 2 = very little; 3 = somewhat; 4 = a fair amount; 5 = a lot)____

21. How closely did the student(s) fill your expectations for contributions to research? (1 = much less than expected; 2 = less than expected; 3 = what expected; 4 = more than expected; 5 = much more than expected)____

22. Please rate your overall satisfaction with the student(s). (1 = not satisfied at all; 2 = not very satisfied; 3 = somewhat satisfied; 4 = satisfied; 5 = very satisfied)____

23. Has your participation in the mentor project taken away from the progress on your own work? (1 = not at all; 2 = very little; 3 = somewhat; 4 = a fair amount; 5 = too much)____

24. Was the amount of time you spent with your student what you expected? (1 = much less than expected; 2 = less than expected; 3 = what expected; 4 = more than expected; 5 = much more than expected) ____

25. How do you feel about the amount of time you spent with the student? (1 = didn't feel like spent enough time; 2 = spent the right amount of time; 3 = spent too much time; 4 = spent way too much time)____

26. Are you satisfied with the level of support and recognition that you are receiving for your participation in the mentor program: (1 = not at all satisfied; 2 = not satisfied; 3 = somewhat satisfied; 4 = satisfied; 5 = very satisfied)____

27. Please rate your overall satisfaction with the program (1 = not at all satisfied; 2 = not very satisfied; 3 = somewhat satisfied; 4 = satisfied; 5 = very satisfied)____

28. How effective do you feel you were as a mentor this past summer? (1 = not at all effective; 2 = somewhat effective; 3 = effective; 4 = very effective)____

29. How effective do you feel this program can be as a means to increase the number of women choosing to pursue higher degrees in computer science? (1 = not at all effective; 2 = somewhat effective; 3 = effective; 4 = very effective) ____

30. For each of the following groups of students, please indicate how important you feel it is for the program to include them as participants. (1=very important; 2=important, 3=not very important, 4=should not be included)

31. What type of interaction have you had with your mentee(s) after the mentor program (phone, email, publication, conference, etc.)?

32.?Did you participate in the email discussion forum for this program?

33.?Please rate the value of the email discussion forum (1=very valuable, 2=valuable, 3=not very valuable).___

34. If you have time, please comment on the following question:

Additional Comments:

Thank you very much!