NASA Office of Education Undergraduate Internship Impact Surveys - Follow-up Instruments #1

#2 Internship Expectations Post‐Survey 

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Introduction: This research seeks to support the mission of the NASA Office of Education by
asking you to take part in post-internship surveys pertaining to our interest in the ways in
which NASA project activities impact outcomes for participants. The information we collect will
help us to improve the nature of the project activity and the accuracy with which NASA
Education can report to its community about the project activities it offers.
Purpose of the Study: Determine the degree to which instruments accurately capture the ways
participant outcomes are measured by data collection instruments.
Description of Study Procedures: You are asked to complete a short collection of related
surveys accessed by separate Surveymonkey links presented to you in the introductory email
from the NIFS Director or your NASA internship point of contact.
Study Consent: There are no foreseeable risks to participants electing to participate in this
study. Your participation is completely voluntary. In no way does refusing participation in preinternship survey development preclude you from eligibility for NASA education project activities
now or in the future. If you agree to participate, please answer the following questions to the
best of your ability.
Estimation of Time Required: To be determined through the testing procedure. Please note
your start time at the beginning of each survey. At the end of each, you will be asked to
approximate the time it to you to complete that particular survey.
Contact Person: If you have any additional questions concerning the research, this passive
consent, or confidentiality of responses, please contact Dr. Lisa E. Wills, Senior Research
Associate, at lisa.e.wills@nasa.gov or call (202)258-6021.
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I. About your internship experience
Please note your start time. At the end of this survey, you will be asked to approximate
the time required to complete this survey.
The following questions ask about your internship experience. At the end of this survey
there is a place for you to add any additional comments relating to your experiences.
Drop down menu options are as follows:
Strongly
Tend to
Tend to
Strongly
Disagree Disagree
Agree
Agree

Wills 

1.

My undergraduate
education prepared me for
this internship
research/work setting.
Why or why not? Please explain (200 characters & spaces):

2.

The amount of work in this
internship was more than I
expected.
Why or why not? Please explain (200 characters & spaces):

3.

This internship experience
was easier than I thought it
would be.
Why or why not? Please explain (200 characters & spaces):

4.

I am satisfied with my
experience in this
internship.
Why or why not? Please explain (200 characters & spaces):

5.

My mentor clearly stated
his or her expectations for
satisfactory participation in
this internship.
Why or why not? Please explain (200 characters & spaces):

6.

If I had it to do over again,
I would decide to
participate in this
internship again.
Why or why not? Please explain (200 characters & spaces):

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7.

The stipend award for this
internship is competitive
with other internship
offers.
Why or why not? Please explain (200 characters & spaces):

Adapted from: Crede, E., & Borrego, M. (2013). From ethnography to items: A mixed methods
approach to developing a survey to examine graduate engineering student retention. Journal of
Mixed Methods Research, 7(1), 62-80.

II. Expectations for your NASA experience
8. Please describe the ways in which your expectations for your NASA experience
were fulfilled or unfulfilled and tell us why? For example, did you accomplish your
goals, form new relationships, or developing professionally as a student and/or
researcher? (500 characters with spaces)_____________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
9. Please provide a current email address and your NASA UUPIC number so that
we are able to connect your Pre-experience and Post-experience surveys with
your profile information in NASA’s database.
Email address: ______________________
NASA UUPIC number: _____________________
I do not have a NASA UUPIC number:____
Please provide the following feedback on your experience completing this survey:
10. How many minutes did you take to complete this survey? (whole number

only)___

Thank you for participating!
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expires 04/30/2018. We estimate that it will take 4 minutes to read the instructions and answer
the questions. Send only comments relating to this time estimate to: lisa.e.wills@nasa.gov

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