Coupling discovery-based learning and apprenticeship research experiences: a novel undergraduate laboratory course model.

ABSTRACT: Apprenticeship research experiences (AREs) provide undergraduate students with real-world opportunities to engage in authentic experiment-based research as integral members of the supervisor's laboratory team. While AREs have been proposed to support students' confidence and competencies in the laboratory, they can also present practical barriers for effective pedagogical and fair implementation in undergraduate programs. For example, as AREs are conducted in authentic research environments independent of a course context, they are often not equipped with the pedagogical structure and guided instruction to best support student learning. Moreover, students frequently compete to secure a limited number of ARE placements such as summer research positions, honors thesis students, or scholarshi

SUBMITTER: Damiani S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12369315 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature