A Comprehensive Faculty, Staff, and Student Training Program Enhances Student Perceptions of a Course-Based Research Experience at a Two-Year Institution

Autor/inn/en	Wolkow, Thomas D.; Durrenberger, Lisa T.; Maynard, Michael A.; Harrall, Kylie K.; Hines, Lisa M.
Titel	A Comprehensive Faculty, Staff, and Student Training Program Enhances Student Perceptions of a Course-Based Research Experience at a Two-Year Institution
Quelle	In: CBE - Life Sciences Education, 13 (2014) 4, S.724-737 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1931-7913
DOI	10.1187/cbe.14-03-0056
Schlagwörter	Two Year College Students; Two Year Colleges; Student Research; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Biology; Science Instruction; Introductory Courses; Comparative Analysis; Course Evaluation; Faculty Development; STEM Education; Genetics; Course Descriptions; College Faculty; Statistical Analysis; Educational Assessment; Program Implementation; Community Colleges; Colorado + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studentenforschung; Schülerverhalten; Biologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Einführungskurs; STEM; Humangenetik; Kursstrukturplan; Fakultät; Statistische Analyse; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Community college; Community College
Abstract	Early research experiences must be made available to all undergraduate students, including those at 2-yr institutions who account for nearly half of America's college students. We report on barriers unique to 2-yr institutions that preclude the success of an early course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE). Using a randomized study design, we evaluated a CURE in equivalent introductory biology courses at a 4-yr institution and a 2-yr institution within the same geographic region. We found that these student populations developed dramatically different impressions of the experience. Students at the 4-yr institution enjoyed the CURE significantly more than the traditional labs. However, students at the 2-yr institution enjoyed the traditional labs significantly more, even though the CURE successfully produced targeted learning gains. On the basis of course evaluations, we enhanced instructor, student, and support staff training and reevaluated this CURE at a different campus of the same 2-yr institution. This time, the students reported that they enjoyed the research experience significantly more than the traditional labs. We conclude that early research experiences can succeed at 2-yr institutions, provided that a comprehensive implementation strategy targeting instructor, student, and support staff training is in place. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10