Table 4 Summer 2016 and 2017 electronic survey results—component coverage. Prompt 2: Rate the degree to which the following components were addressed in VIX
| Â | 2016 (n = 22) | 2017 (n = 32) | ||||||||||
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Number of students | Number of students | |||||||||||
NA (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | FA (5) | Mean | NA (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | FA (5) | Mean | |
Learning how to collaborate with others | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3.86 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 3.91 |
Solving a real-world problem | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3.86 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 4.06 |
Designing a marketable product | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3.68 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 3.63 |
Meeting with experts | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3.59 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3.44 |
Learning a problem-solving method (i.e., the process followed this summer) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3.91 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4.09 |
Answering a scientific question which my team and I developed | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3.86 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 3.78 |