Advanced biology students' individual conceptions of scientific researchers after participating in biomedically relevant CRE.

ABSTRACT: While undergraduate research has been shown to be a high-impact educational practice, it is logistically impossible for all undergraduate biology majors to have long-term faculty-mentored research experience. Therefore, biology educators and researchers must devise opportunities to engage more students in undergraduate research outside of working directly in their labs. Course-Based Research Experiences (CREs), structured as authentic research experiences, are one such opportunity. In this work, we describe the effects of a CRE with biomedical relevance on students' research skills, attitudes toward science, and perceptions of scientific research and scientific researchers. Results demonstrate that students gained experience in independent research skills including designing their own rese

SUBMITTER: Waring-Sparks AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11636289 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature