A comprehensive faculty, staff, and student training program enhances student perceptions of a course-based research experience at a two-year institution
Autor: | Kylie K. Harrall, Thomas D. Wolkow, Lisa T. Durrenberger, Michael A. Maynard, Lisa M. Hines |
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Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Research design
Models Educational Colorado Universities media_common.quotation_subject Science computer.software_genre General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Education Educational assessment Schizosaccharomyces Mathematics education Institution Genetics Humans Student training Students media_common Student perceptions Genome 4. Education Research Articles Faculty Undergraduate research Course evaluation Research Design Perception Faculty development computer |
Zdroj: | CBE Life Sciences Education |
ISSN: | 1931-7913 |
Popis: | The authors used a randomized study to evaluate a research experience in equivalent introductory biology courses at a 4-yr and a 2-yr institution. They found that unique barriers exist at 2-yr institutions that preclude student engagement. Students, instructors, and support staff needed a more comprehensive implementation strategy. Early research experiences must be made available to all undergraduate students, including those at 2-yr institutions who account for nearly half of America's college students. We report on barriers unique to 2-yr institutions that preclude the success of an early course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE). Using a randomized study design, we evaluated a CURE in equivalent introductory biology courses at a 4-yr institution and a 2-yr institution within the same geographic region. We found that these student populations developed dramatically different impressions of the experience. Students at the 4-yr institution enjoyed the CURE significantly more than the traditional labs. However, students at the 2-yr institution enjoyed the traditional labs significantly more, even though the CURE successfully produced targeted learning gains. On the basis of course evaluations, we enhanced instructor, student, and support staff training and reevaluated this CURE at a different campus of the same 2-yr institution. This time, the students reported that they enjoyed the research experience significantly more than the traditional labs. We conclude that early research experiences can succeed at 2-yr institutions, provided that a comprehensive implementation strategy targeting instructor, student, and support staff training is in place. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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