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Table 6 Thematic categories of how students communicated, including dialogue, engagement, language, mode, and platform out of 27 plans and 21 products

From: Establishing a baseline of science communication skills in an undergraduate environmental science course

Element

Theme

Plans n (%)

Products n (%)

Dialogue

Direction

 Student to audience only

7 (30%)

2 (10%)

 Audience to student only

0

0

 Both

20 (74%)

19 (90%)

Level

 Low

7 (26%)

2 (10%)

 Medium

16 (59%)

7 (33%)

 High

4 (15%)

12 (57%)

Engagement

Type

 Passive

23 (85%)

11 (52%)

 Questioning

  From student

9 (33%)

14 (67%)

  From audience

14 (52%)

18 (86%)

 Active

1 (4%)

1 (5%)

 Ambiguous

3 (11%)

NA

Level

 Low

8 (30%)

4 (19%)

 Medium

12 (44%)

9 (43%)

 High

7 (26%)

8 (38%)

Language

Jargon

 Use

0

8 (38%)

 Not use

1 (4%)

13 (62%)

Formality

 Only formal

0

4 (19%)

 Only informal

0

8 (38%)

 Mixed

0

9 (43%)

Mode and platform

Location

 Remote

19 (70%)

14 (67%)

 In person

9 (33%)

8 (38%)

Media type

 Print

7 (26%)

13 (62%)

 Audio

13 (48%)

2 (10%)

 Video

10 (37%)

6 (29%)

Social media

 Use

19 (70%)

14 (67%)

 Not use

8 (30%)

6 (33%)

  1. Numbers represent the number of students under each subcategory