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Ginger R. Fisher; Kevin W. Floyd; Jeffrey T. Olimpo – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2024
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) increase student engagement in scientific practices and empower students to generate novel findings. Previous studies have demonstrated that CUREs are more effective at enhancing students' motivations, attitudes, science identity development, and acquisition of science process skills than…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Scientific Research, STEM Education
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Schneider, Kimberly R.; Bickel, Amelia; Morrison-Shetlar, Alison – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2015
Retaining college-level science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students remains a priority in higher education. A variety of methods have been shown to increase retention, including mentorship, tutoring, course enhancements, community building, and engagement in high-impact practices such as undergraduate research. In 2011, an…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Undergraduate Students, Program Development, Program Implementation
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Wagner, John R.; Bixler, Robert D.; Carraway, Elizabeth R.; Moysey, Stephen M.; Murdoch, Lawrence R.; Schlautman, Mark R.; Warner, Richard D. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2010
The geology program at Clemson University has instituted a new, six-semester-long undergraduate research course sequence that requires student participation in ongoing departmental research projects from their sophomore through senior years. As a part of a university-wide initiative focusing on undergraduate research, termed Creative Inquiry at…
Descriptors: Geology, Majors (Students), Student Research, Undergraduate Students