A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Improves Outcomes in Mentored Research

Autor/inn/en	Fendos, Justin; Cai, Liang; Yang, Xianmei; Ren, Guodong; Li, Lin; Yan, Zhiqiang; Lu, Boxun; Pi, Yan; Ma, Jinbiao; Guo, Bin; Wu, Xiaohui; Lu, Pingli; Zhang, Ruilin; Yang, Ji
Titel	A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Improves Outcomes in Mentored Research
Quelle	In: CBE - Life Sciences Education, 21 (2022) 3, Artikel 49 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Courses; Student Research; Outcomes of Education; Mentors; Foreign Countries; Research Skills; Self Esteem; College Students; College Faculty; Student Attitudes; Undergraduate Study; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kursangebot; Studentenforschung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Ausland; Forschungsleistung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Collegestudent; Fakultät; Schülerverhalten; Grundstudium
Abstract	Infusing undergraduate curricula with authentic research training is an important contemporary challenge. Such exposure typically occurs through mentored research (MR) or course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs). In Asian contexts, CURE implementation is rare, while MR is often a graduation requirement. In this study, mentor interviews and mentee focus groups were used to characterize the learning challenges associated with this requirement at a Chinese university. An intensive 6-week CURE was then implemented as an MR preparatory program to help mitigate the identified challenges. This program contained seven site-specific features not typically included in other CUREs, each designed to improve different aspects of student readiness for MR. Post-CURE surveys, focus groups, and interviews demonstrated CURE enrollment significantly improved subsequent MR outcomes. Almost 90% of all enrollees, for example, began their first MR experience in their second year, more than twice the rate of non-enrollees. Enrollees also reported greater confidence in their research skills and more frequent experiences working in multiple labs. This study reports both immediate CURE and downstream MR outcomes, using the former to help explain the latter. A comprehensive CURE implementation process is described, offering a potential model for the design of other programs with similar research enhancement goals. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01