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Understanding the Benefits of Residential Field Courses: The Importance of Class Learning Goal Orientation and Class Belonging
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Shaulskiy, Stephanie; Jolley, Alison; O'Connell, Kari – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2022
While previous literature finds many benefits to participation in undergraduate field courses, the mechanisms for how these benefits develop is still unknown. This study explores these mechanisms and any unique benefits of field courses by examining results from pre and post surveys about scientific literacy, future science plans, and motivation…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Science Instruction, Goal Orientation, Sense of Community
Engaging with CC Bio INSITES: Experiences of Barriers, Supports, and Belonging in Community College Faculty Participating in Biology Education Research
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Musgrove, Miranda M. Chen; Nied, Savannah; Cooley, Alyssa; Schinske, Jeffrey N.; Corwin, Lisa A. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2022
In an effort to increase community college (CC) biology education research (BER), an NSF-funded network called CC Bio INSITES (Community College Biology Instructor Network to Support Inquiry into Teaching and Education Scholarship; INSITES for short) was developed to provide intellectual, resource, and social support for CC faculty (CCF) to…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Teaching Experience, Barriers, Affordances
Examining How Student Identities Interact with an Immersive Field Ecology Course and Its Implications for Graduate School Education
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Sriparna Saha; Valerie McKenzie; Nancy Emery; Julian Resasco; Scott Taylor; Sandhya Krishnan; Lisa Corwin – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
One of the central issues in ecology is the underrepresentation of individuals from diverse backgrounds. This underrepresentation starts at the undergraduate level and continues into graduate programs, contributing to a need for more diversity in the discipline. We hypothesize that the interplay of students' identities and contextual factors…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Ecology, STEM Education, Field Instruction
"Broadening Perspectives Activities" Improve LGBTQ+ Student Experiences and Religious Students' Content Comprehension
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Danny Jackson; Kelsey Yule; Alex Biera; Caitlin Hawley; Jason Lacson; Emily Webb; Kevin McGraw; Katelyn M. Cooper – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Curricular content in undergraduate biology courses has been historically hetero and cisnormative due to various cultural stigmas, biases, and discrimination. Such curricula may be partially responsible for why LGBTQ+ students in STEM are less likely to complete their degrees than their non-LGBTQ+ counterparts. We developed Broadening Perspective…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Science Education, Disproportionate Representation, LGBTQ People
Thriving or Simply Surviving? A Qualitative Exploration of STEM Community College Students' Transition to a Four-Year University
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Gray, MacKenzie J.; Gunarathne, Sandhya A.; Nguyen, Nikki N.; Shortlidge, Erin E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2022
Community colleges expand access to higher education and play a key role in efforts to increase and diversify the future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. While community colleges increase access to higher education and millions of students attend them for some portion of their education, the experiences of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Community College Students, College Transfer Students, Student Adjustment
"So, We Found a Way": How Changing Modalities Affected a Year-Long Mentored Research Experience for Associate's Degree Students
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Ron Nerio; Veer Shetty; Effie MacLachlan – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
The CUNY Research Scholars Program (CRSP) has provided year-long mentored research experiences for 1678 associate's degree STEM students since 2014. The pluralities (32%) of mentors, all of whom are full-time faculty, have been biologists. Other represented disciplines include, but are not limited to, chemistry, engineering, mathematics,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Two Year College Students, Mentors, Student Research
Elevating Marginalized Student Experiences of Belonging in the Life Sciences: A Qualitative Case Study Approach
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Dion T. Harry; Ashtin Crawford; Chaterlee Pamintuan; Abhishek Singh; Dana Thomas; Natalie K. Cooke; Colleen Oliver; Claire L. Gordy; Jane L. Lubischer – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
College students with identities traditionally marginalized in scientific disciplines are more engaged and more likely to remain in science if they feel that they belong in their science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) classes and departments. In this qualitative case study, we elevated marginalized student voices to learn how…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Minority Group Students, Predominantly White Institutions, Research Universities
Puerto Rican Students Rising in STEM: Findings from a Multicampus Collaborative CURE Program to Promote Student Success
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Merlis P. Alvarez-Berrios; Gabriele Haynes – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
Although Hispanic population is growing rapidly, Latino students earn fewer STEM degrees than their peers. Therefore, it is mandatory to implement strategies that improve STEM retention and graduation rates for Hispanic students. There is little research about the ways in which multicampus collaborative CUREs combined with additional academic…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Puerto Ricans, Low Income Students, Program Implementation
Undergraduate Lay Theories of Abilities: Mindset, Universality, and Brilliance Beliefs Uniquely Predict Undergraduate Educational Outcomes
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Lisa B. Limeri; Nathan T. Carter; Franchesca Lyra; Joel Martin; Halle Mastronardo; Jay Patel; Erin L. Dolan – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
Students' beliefs about their abilities (called "lay theories") affect their motivations, behaviors, and academic success. Lay theories include beliefs about the potential to improve intelligence (mindset), who (i.e., everyone or only some people) has the potential to be excellent in a field (universality), and whether reaching…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Ability, Self Efficacy
"It Made Me Feel Like a Bigger Part of the STEM Community": Incorporation of Learning Assistants Enhances Students' Sense of Belonging in a Large Introductory Biology Course
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Clements, Thomas P.; Friedman, Katherine L.; Johnson, Heather J.; Meier, Cole J.; Watkins, Jessica; Brockman, Amanda J.; Brame, Cynthia J. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2022
Large introductory science courses are a particularly important and challenging target for creating inclusive learning environments. In this study, we examined the impact of incorporating learning assistants (LAs) on the learning environment in an introductory biology course taught with two different structures: an in-person lecture with…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Science Education, Large Group Instruction, Teaching Assistants
Evaluation of a Questionnaire Measuring University Students' Sense of Belonging to and Involvement in a Biology Department
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Knekta, Eva; Chatzikyriakidou, Kyriaki; McCartney, Melissa – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Sense of belonging and involvement has shown to be positively associated with academic achievement and retention. We argue that a focus on sense of belonging and involvement specifically at the departmental level is valuable, yet rarely discussed in the literature. In this article, we describe the development and evaluation of a questionnaire…
Descriptors: College Students, Sense of Community, Majors (Students), Science Departments
A Community-Based, Culturally Engaging STEM Learning Environment and Its Impact on Students' Psychosocial Attributes at a Rural Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI)
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Elvira J. Abrica; Deryl Hatch-Tocaimaza; Sarah Corey-Rivas; Justine Garcia; Aalap Dixit – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Using the Culturally Engaging Campus Environments (CECE) Model, this qualitative study examined development of psychosocial attributes (i.e., sense of belonging, science identity, and self-efficacy) among 1st-year life science undergraduate students who participated in integrated and culturally engaging research activities at New Mexico Highlands…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational Environment, Psychological Patterns, Community Education
Bee the CURE: Increasing Student Science Self-Efficacy, Science Identity, and Predictors of Scientific Civic Engagement in a Community College CURE
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Amy K. Dunbar-Wallis; Jennifer Katcher; Wendy Moore; Lisa A. Corwin – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
"Bee the CURE" is a Power-of-Place course-based undergraduate research experience (PoP-CUREs; Jaeger et al., 2024) that combines place-based education (Demarest, 2014; Gruenewald, 2014) with CUREs, emphasizing student "scientific" civic engagement where research is relevant to the community where the research is taking place.…
Descriptors: Student Research, Self Efficacy, Science Education, Self Concept
"How Do We Do This at a Distance?!" A Descriptive Study of Remote Undergraduate Research Programs during COVID-19
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Erickson, Olivia A.; Cole, Rebecca B.; Isaacs, Jared M.; Alvarez-Clare, Silvia; Arnold, Jonathan; Augustus-Wallace, Allison; Ayoob, Joseph C.; Berkowitz, Alan; Branchaw, Janet; Burgio, Kevin R.; Cannon, Charles H.; Ceballos, Ruben Michael; Cohen, C. Sarah; Coller, Hilary; Disney, Jane; Doze, Van A.; Eggers, Margaret J.; Farina, Stacy; Ferguson, Edwin L.; Gray, Jeffrey J.; Greenberg, Jean T.; Hoffmann, Alexander; Jensen-Ryan, Danielle; Kao, Robert M.; Keene, Alex C.; Kowalko, Johanna E.; Lopez, Steven A.; Mathis, Camille; Minkara, Mona; Murren, Courtney J.; Ondrechen, Mary Jo; Ordoñez, Patricia; Osano, Anne; Padilla-Crespo, Elizabeth; Palchoudhury, Soubantika; Qin, Hong; Ramírez-Lugo, Juan; Reithel, Jennifer; Shaw, Colin A.; Smith, Amber; Smith, Rosemary; Summers, Adam P.; Tsien, Fern; Dolan, Erin L. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic shut down undergraduate research programs across the United States. A group of 23 colleges, universities, and research institutes hosted remote undergraduate research programs in the life sciences during Summer 2020. Given the unprecedented offering of remote programs, we carried out a study to describe and evaluate them.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Undergraduate Students
Scientific Societies Fostering Inclusive Scientific Environments through Travel Awards: Current Practices and Recommendations
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Segarra, Verónica A.; Vega, Leticia R.; Primus, Clara; Etson, Candice; Guillory, Ashley N.; Edwards, Ashanti; Flores, Sonia C.; Fry, Catherine; Ingram, Susan L.; Lawson, Mark; McGee, Richard; Paxson, Stephanie; Phelan, Laura; Suggs, Kirsta; Vuong, Elizabeth; Hammonds-Odie, Latanya; Leibowitz, Michael J.; Zavala, MariaElena; Lujan, J. Luis; Ramirez-Alvarado, Marina – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Diversity-focused committees continue to play essential roles in the efforts of professional scientific societies to foster inclusion and facilitate the professional development of underrepresented minority (URM) young scientists in their respective scientific disciplines. Until recently, the efforts of these committees have remained independent…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Inclusion, Travel, Scientists
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