"Important Enough to Show the World": Using Authentic Research Opportunities and Micropublications to Build Students' Science Identities.

Autor: Rubenstein, Lisa DaVia, Woodruff, Kelsey A., Taylor, April M., Olesen, James B., Smaldino, Philip J., Rubenstein, Eric M.
Zdroj: Journal of Advanced Academics; Aug2024, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p432-460, 29p
Abstrakt: Primarily undergraduate institutions (PUI) often struggle to provide authentic research opportunities that culminate in peer-reviewed publications due to "recipe-driven" lab courses and the comprehensive body of work necessary for traditional scientific publication. However, the advent of short-form, single-figure "micropublications" has created novel opportunities for early-career scientists to make and publish authentic scientific contributions on a scale and in a timespan compatible with their training periods. The purpose of this qualitative case study is to explore the benefits accrued by eight undergraduate and master's students who participated in authentic, small-scale research projects and disseminated their work as coauthors of peer-reviewed micropublications at a PUI. In these interviews, students reported that through the process of conducting and publishing their research, they developed specific competencies: reading scientific literature, proposing experiments, and collecting/interpreting publication-worthy data. Further, they reported this process enabled them to identify as contributing members of the greater scientific community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index
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