Modeling course-based undergraduate research experiences: an agenda for future research and evaluation.

ABSTRACT: Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are being championed as scalable ways of involving undergraduates in science research. Studies of CUREs have shown that participating students achieve many of the same outcomes as students who complete research internships. However, CUREs vary widely in their design and implementation, and aspects of CUREs that are necessary and sufficient to achieve desired student outcomes have not been elucidated. To guide future research aimed at understanding the causal mechanisms underlying CURE efficacy, we used a systems approach to generate pathway models representing hypotheses of how CURE outcomes are achieved. We started by reviewing studies of CUREs and research internships to generate a comprehensive set of outcomes of research experienc

SUBMITTER: Corwin LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4353087 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature