For my master's degree in Educational Leadership I chose to write my thesis about a conference I helped develop as part of my practicum requirement for my degree.  The Student Academic Conference at Minnesota State University (MSUM) provided an opportunity for any MSUM student to present at a one-day conference held annually in April.  However, little was known, until my research, about how the experience of presenting at the conference impacts student presenters.  The word document below is my thesis: 

MSUM Student Academic Conference:  Impact on Student Presenters Microsoft Word

The links below take you to the pre-survey and post-survey for this thesis project.

• Pre-Survey

• Post-Survey

 

The links below under the various categories provide the original data that was collected through the surveys for my research:

DEMOGRAPHIC DATA

Demographic Data of Presenters

MOTIVATION RELATED QUESTIONS

Results of Question 11 (Pre-Survey)

[Factors leading to presenting at the Student Academic Conference]

Results of Questions 24 (Pre-Survey) and 37, 38, 39 (Post-Survey)

[Enthusiasm for presentation topic]

Results of Questions 40, 41, & 42 (Post-Survey)

[impact on motivation to do more and general impact]

PROCESS (ACT OF PRESENTING) RELATED QUESTIONS

Results from Questions 13 (Pre-Survey) and 11, 12, 13 (Post-Survey)

[Clarity of public speaking skills]

Results from Questions 15 (Pre-Survey) and 17, 18, 19 (Post-Survey)

[Ability to maintain good eye contact with audience]

Results of Questions 16 (Pre-Survey) and 20, 21, 22 (Post-Survey)

[Effective use of allocated presentation time]

CONTENT RELATED QUESTIONS

Results from Questions 12 (Pre-Survey) and 8, 9, 10 (Post-Survey)

[Comfort speaking in front of a group regarding your topic?]

Results from Questions 14 (Pre-Survey) and 14, 15, 16 (Post-Survey)

[Comfort answering questions about presentation]

Results from Questions 22 (Pre-Survey) and 30, 31, 32 (Post-Survey)

[Confidence in conclusions, statements, or arguments]

Results from Questions 23 (Pre-Survey and 33, 34 (Post-Survey)

[How did preparing the presentation impact understanding]

Results of Questions 35 & 36 (Post-Survey)

[impact presenting had on understanding of topic presented]

Results of Questions 21 (Pre-Survey) and 27, 28, 29 (Post-Survey)

[Presenter's level of understanding of the topic of presentation]

COMPARISON FACTORS

Results of Questions 9, 10, & 11 (Pre-Survey)

[Number of presentations given in the past]

Results of Questions 18, 19 (Pre-Survey) and 24, 25 (Post-Survey)

[Advisor Involvement and Research Hours]

Results of Questions 17, 20 (Pre-Survey) and 23, 26 (Post-Survey)

[Hours preparing presentation and number of sources used]

GENERAL QUESTIONS

Results from Question 43 (Post-Survey)

[suggestions for improving the conference]