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Hardy, Tabitha M.; Hansen, Michele J.; Bahamonde, Rafael E.; Kimble-Hill, Ann C. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
This study examines the use of individual development plans (IDPs) in a structured mentoring program as an effective mechanism for reducing identity-related anxiety for underrepresented trainees and increasing their learner agency. Social cognitive theory served to provide the theoretical framework for our implementation of IDPs and our…
Descriptors: Mentors, Research Training, Trainees, Personal Autonomy
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Mary Ellen Dello Stritto; Naomi R. Aguiar; Greta R. Underhill; Cat Turk; Gretchen Lohry-Smith; Raquel Lamantain – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
In higher education, online students are often precluded from research assistantships that are more accessible for campus-based students. At a highly ranked institution for online learning, we developed the Undergraduate Research Program (URP) to address this gap in opportunities for online students. The URP is designed to engage fully distanced…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Distance Education, Student Research, Research Opportunities
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Dorota Lubanska; Sami Alrashed; Lia Oschanney; Alan Cieslukowski; Ali Nadi; Philip Habashy; Adam Renaud; Antonio Roye-Azar; Mohamed Soliman; Kadila Adili; Allison Baker; Maliha Baseet; Amy Llancari; Aiden Mitrevski; Sahar Mouawad; Kim Nguyen; Alexandra Sorge; Katie Zuccato; Emmanuel Boujeke; Jason Cala; Stephanie Dinescu; Marissa Ho; Almas Khan; Deya'a Almasri; Daniel Dunn; Hasan Ghafoor; Eddie Grimmett; Elie Mouawad; Ria Patel; Milica Paunic; Depen Sharma; Tiana Visconti; Vanessa Vuong; Lisa A. Porter – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2024
For close to 2 years, we have witnessed the impacts of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on research at several different levels. Among the list, limited access to laboratory-based training for undergraduate students prevented this cohort from gaining exposure to the realities of a research laboratory at a critical time in training when they may have found…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Electronic Learning, Student Research, Student Experience
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Hernandez, Paul R.; Ferguson, Carinna F.; Pedersen, Rachelle; Richards-Babb, Michelle; Quedado, Kimberly; Shook, Natalie J. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2023
High-quality mentoring relationships help college students to achieve their academic potential and career goals. However, less is known about factors that shape the antecedents of mentoring relationships (e.g. mentor-protégé psychological similarity), or the impact of similarities on the development of high-quality mentoring relationships. The…
Descriptors: Mentors, Longitudinal Studies, Academic Achievement, Teacher Student Relationship
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Alicia J. Lozano; Monica L. Ahrens; Genevieve R. Lyons; Jennie Z. Ma; Sarah J. Ratcliffe; Alexandra L. Hanlon – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2024
Background: The field of collaborative biostatistics plays a critical role in translating scientific discoveries into practical applications by providing sound statistical analysis, ensuring data integrity, and facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration in translational science and decision-making in healthcare. The role of a collaborative…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Health Education, Statistics Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Gilbertson, Lynn; Rowe, Jeannine; Kim, Yeongmin; Chan, Catherine W. M.; Schemm, Naomi; Unhoch, Michael – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2021
This article describes a multidisciplinary, asynchronous, 10-hour online training program for undergraduates enrolled in a mentored research apprentice program, addressing communication skills, knowledge of the research process, information literacy, and research ethics. A pretest-posttest survey was completed to assess students' perceived gains…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Research Training, Research Skills, Skill Development
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Walters, Linda J.; Schneider, Kimberly R.; Tripp, Mary L. – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2022
Undergraduate retention, graduation, and postgraduation success are greater when students engage in undergraduate research. This article describes a grassroots, faculty-initiated effort to increase the number of students who received research experiences at a large, urban institution. Peer course coaches, students who had previously taken a course…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Peer Relationship, Undergraduate Students, Student Research
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Morales, Danielle X.; Grineski, Sara E.; Collins, Timothy W. – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
Faculty-mentored summer undergraduate research experiences (SUREs) have been shown to increase the diversity of students pursuing research careers. No existing studies have approached the issue of broadening participation in STEM research training by focusing on mentoring relationship heterogeneity (MRH) in the context of SUREs. Increasing MRH…
Descriptors: Mentors, College Faculty, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
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Fung, Ellen B.; Frey, Mark R.; Valmont, Mary Eustace; Caffey-Fleming, Dolores E.; Fraser, Marilyn; Williams, Janille; Killilea, David W.; Bogenmann, Emil; Livshits, Solomon; Boone, David N. – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2021
In 2020, STEM training programs across the country were challenged to provide support to students during a nation-wide shutdown of research institutions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Five U.S. high school science internship programs funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, with a history of collaboration, developed innovative…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Virtual Classrooms, COVID-19
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Amaresh, Sneha A.; Gámez, Raúl; LePrevost, Catherine E.; Lee, Joseph G. L. – Journal of College Student Development, 2022
Research opportunities--in addition to culturally relevant programming, mentorship, professional development, and college funding--have been found to contribute to Latinx students' understanding, confidence, and awareness of research in college (Russell et al., 2007). While programs such as the Migrant Education Program and the College Assistance…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Undergraduate Students, Research Training, Student Attitudes