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Aishwarya Ramachandran; Klara Abdi; Amanda Giang; Derek Gladwin; Naoko Ellis – Educational Review, 2024
This paper documents a case study examining collaborative transdisciplinary (TD) and interdisciplinary (ID) graduate programmes at the University of British Columbia (a large, public, research-intensive university in Canada) -- serving as a model for other universities globally. TD and ID programmes in higher education can ultimately create a new…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Research Training, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes
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Fan, Guanhua; Huang, Zijian; Sun, Hong; Li, Zihua; Wu, Xiaoman; Li, Congsen; Lin, Chunbiao; Zhan, Weijie; Li, Zibo; Zheng, Chunwen; Xie, Weijie; Zou, Haiying; Wu, Bingli; Fang, Wangkai; Xu, Liyan; Yang, Mianhua; Zheng, Shaoyan; Li, Enmin – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2023
Presently, a variety of policies and measures has implemented to enhance the scientific research and innovation ability of medical students, but in the process of practice, there are many problems, such as they lack of independent topic selection ability, weak scientific research skills, lack of autonomous learning ability, the research results…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Science Instruction, Medical Students, Student Attitudes
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David Van Nguyen; Cecilia Rios-Aguilar; S. Michael Gaddis – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Research suggests that community college alumni may be underrepresented within PhD programs. As such, we implemented and evaluated the Community College to PhD (CC2PhD) Scholars Program at the University of California, Los Angeles. CC2PhD was a 7-month undergraduate research and PhD preparation program for community college sophomores in the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Alumni, Disproportionate Representation, Doctoral Programs
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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
Amy Anderson; Julia Pryce; Wendy de los Reyes; Rachel Bennett; Michael Garringer – MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership, 2025
For many years, those who work in the mentoring field have wondered how they can extend the impact of their programs beyond the benefits experienced by young people they serve. There has been an increasing desire within our field to harness the power of mentoring to enable the youth served in a program to not just grow individually, but to…
Descriptors: Mentors, Participatory Research, Youth Programs, Program Evaluation
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Lisa Bosman; Esteban Soto; Jason Ostanek; Jose Garcia-Bravo; Sunghwan Lee; Walter Leon-Salas – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: The National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) programs are traditionally delivered in-person and full-time (40 h per week) for 10 weeks during the summer. However, this type of format has the potential to limit broader student participation. This study aims to compare learning assessment data between a…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Student Research, Undergraduate Students, Research Projects
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Gittins, Phill – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2021
Peace education is often carried out without being appropriately adapted to the contexts in which it takes place and rarely involves those most affected by the work in the design and planning of their own initiatives. This article reports on an original participatory action research project designed to contextualise a peace education initiative…
Descriptors: Peace, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Participatory Research
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Bhattacharyya, Prajukti; Chan, Catherine W. M.; Duchesne, Rocio R.; Ghosh, Aditi; Girard, Steven N.; Ralston, Jonah J. – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2020
The traditional model of undergraduate research is less effective for engaging students who have little or no previous exposure to research, are unfamiliar with available research opportunities, or face financial or time constraints that prevent them from engaging in co- or extracurricular activities. Given today's changing student demographics,…
Descriptors: Student Research, Undergraduate Students, Courses, Research Methodology
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Jones, David; Kiley, Anna; Coe, Michael; Ward, Tony; Hester, Carolyn – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2023
The University of Montana's Research Education on Air and Cardiovascular Health (REACH) Program works with teachers to engage high school juniors and seniors in rudimentary real-world scientific research with the goals of improving their understanding of and interest in science, and to increase their interest in science careers. To evaluate the…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Learner Engagement, College School Cooperation, Science Education
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Carol Speth; Salvador Ramirez II; Rachel Ibach; Donald Lee; Leah Sandall; Martha Mamo; Jennifer Keshwani; David Lambe; Gina Matkin; Walter Schacht – Natural Sciences Education, 2023
A dynamic and diverse workforce of agricultural professionals and scientists is needed to develop sustainable and innovative solutions for the challenges of food production for a growing population under the threat of climate extremes. One path to developing workforce talent is through summer research and extension experiences. The Applied Plant…
Descriptors: Change, Agricultural Occupations, Food, Climate
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Yvonne Kuipers; Gail Norris; Suzanne Crozier; Connie McLuckie – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2024
Purpose: This paper aims to generate knowledge about relevant evaluation topics that align with and represent the unique character of the midwifery programme for students living in the rural and remote areas of Scotland. Design/methodology/approach: The first two central concepts of Practical Participatory Evaluation (P-PE) framed the research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Obstetrics, Birth
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Jesse Honsky; Marjorie N. Edguer; Elizabeth R. Click; Suzanne Rusnak; Barbara Burgess Van Aken; Matthew A. Salerno; Kristen A. Berg – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: The aims of this pilot study were--first, to assess the impact of a brief classroom-based mindfulness program on students' reported levels of mindfulness, well-being, and stress; and, second, to understand students' experiences of participating in the program. Participants: Students at a private midwestern research-intensive university,…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Pilot Projects, Research Universities, Program Evaluation
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Heggland, Sara J.; Hovde, Carolyn J.; Minnich, Scott A.; Liou, Linda E.; Daniels, Richard L. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2021
Idaho Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Network for Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) aims to build biomedical research capacity and enhance the scientific and technology knowledge of the Idaho workforce. A key INBRE Program at The College of Idaho, a primarily undergraduate institution of 1,100 students, is a 10-wk summer fellows…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Summer Programs, Undergraduate Students, Student Research
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Prati, Gabriele; Mazzoni, Davide; Guarino, Antonella; Albanesi, Cinzia; Cicognani, Elvira – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Youth-led participatory action research (YPAR) is a theoretical-methodological approach that has been designed to promote positive development (e.g., well-being and health, social-emotional and cognitive development, academic or career advancement) and civic engagement among young people. Although YPAR holds particular promise, there has been…
Descriptors: Action Research, Participatory Research, Citizen Participation, Program Effectiveness
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Ragosta, Summer; Potter, Daniel; Bartosh, Heath – American Biology Teacher, 2020
We present results from the first year of a three-year extramurally funded project involving a partnership between an ethnically diverse urban high school and professional research botanists. The goals are to provide students exposure to real-world science, broaden interest in scientific fields of study, and increase floristic data and herbarium…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Biology, Science Instruction, Science Careers
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