A Combination Course and Lab-Based Approach to Teaching Research Skills to Undergraduates

Autor/inn/en	Danowitz, Amy M.; Brown, Ronald C.; Jones, Clinton D.; Diegelman-Parente, Amy; Taylor, Christopher E.
Titel	A Combination Course and Lab-Based Approach to Teaching Research Skills to Undergraduates
Quelle	In: Journal of Chemical Education, 93 (2016) 3, S.434-438 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9584
DOI	10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00390
Schlagwörter	College Science; Undergraduate Students; Research Skills; Science Instruction; Teaching Methods; Student Research; Science Laboratories; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschungsleistung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Studentenforschung
Abstract	Undergraduate research is an important capstone experience that provides students with the conceptual and technical aptitude for graduate or industrial research. However, this experience is often compressed into a single term in a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) or run by individual faculty members for select students on an ad hoc basis as an undergraduate research experience (URE). One alternative to these two possibilities is to use a team-taught course during students' third year to help them develop fundamental skills that they use to prepare and present a research proposal. This proposal serves as a vehicle for improving students' ability to assimilate information from the primary research literature and for them to practice evaluating the safety and research ethics aspects of projects. Students also use their proposals as research plans for their remaining year and a half of college. Data gathered indicate that this course was effective and that it could be a useful addition to other departments' curricula, particularly at teaching-focused institutions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01