Short-Term Research Experience (SRE) in the Traditional Lab: Qualitative and Quantitative Data on Outcomes.

ABSTRACT: The San Diego Biodiversity Project introduces undergraduate students at four different 2- and 4-year schools to a short-term research experience (SRE) that was implemented as a module in the last third of a traditional laboratory course. The study assesses the qualities of this SRE for students using three different methods. Twenty-one participants were interviewed about their experiences in the traditional and research components of their course. In a repeated-measures design, 124 participants took the Persistence in the Sciences (PITS) survey immediately before and after their participation in the SRE. Finally, using a propensity score matching technique, PITS survey results for SRE students were compared with those for students in a course-based research experience (CRE). Student percep

SUBMITTER: Hanauer DI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6755894 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature