A course-based research experience: how benefits change with increased investment in instructional time.

ABSTRACT: There is widespread agreement that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs should provide undergraduates with research experience. Practical issues and limited resources, however, make this a challenge. We have developed a bioinformatics project that provides a course-based research experience for students at a diverse group of schools and offers the opportunity to tailor this experience to local curriculum and institution-specific student needs. We assessed both attitude and knowledge gains, looking for insights into how students respond given this wide range of curricular and institutional variables. While different approaches all appear to result in learning gains, we find that a significant investment of course time is required to enable students to show gains commen

SUBMITTER: Shaffer CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3940452 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature