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Undergraduate Research Experience Programs in Natural Resources, 2012-2016
Undergraduate research education occurs in a variety of formats including co-curricular, summer internship, and course-based formats. Research on such programs historically focuses on undergraduate outcomes particularly in STEM disciplines. Situated learning theories such as cognitive …
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EXPLORING STUDENT EXPERIENCES ACROSS A LINKED SEQUENCE COURSE-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
… study reports the effect a linked Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) has on a students' understanding of research and the associated experiences they encountered. CUREs offer an alternative path to authentic research which can increase student access and potentially increase …
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Incidents in the Undergraduate Research Experience that Contribute to an Interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)
… 2008; Laursen et al., 2010). Student-faculty research, such as is done during an undergraduate research experience (URE), has been shown to be a high impact activity leading to greater student interest in STEM careers. A closer look is needed to get an idea of what types of experiences during …
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Surveillance and monitoring of amphibian pathogens and evaluating the impacts of an associated Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE)
… has been created in the form of a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE). Chapter 1 of my thesis used Roger's Diffusion of Innovations framework to evaluate cognitive and affective outcomes in a CURE taught by early adopters across nine North American academic institutions. …
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Exploring the Effectiveness of Embedding a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience in a Science Content Course for Pre-Service Elementary Teachers
… teacher education programs with little prior research experience and mixed confidence in doing science, which may influence whether and how they later teach it. Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) offer one way to embed authentic research within existing coursework, yet …
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Early-year undergraduate research experiences: How students are mentored, how valuable they find this experience, and what kinds of costs they associate with it
<p>Undergraduate research has been considered as a high impact practice. Engaging in research in early college years are crucial to attracting and retaining students in research-related STEM careers. However, undergraduate research literature mostly focuses on the research experiences of students …
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Molecular mechanisms of microbial interactions in model systems and natural environments
… hosts. In Chapter 4, I designed a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) that teaches students laboratory techniques and data analysis skills in genomics through exploration of the metabolism of marine bacteria. Novel Equatorial Pacific isolates and their genomes were used by …