Implementing CUREs with Cookbook-Style Laboratory Exercises in In-Person, Online, and Hybrid Formats.

ABSTRACT: Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) provide students with ample opportunity to engage in the scientific process and are increasingly replacing more traditional cookbook-style laboratory exercises in the undergraduate biology curriculum. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the difficulty of implementing these projects during times of crisis. The quick transition to online learning during the pandemic afforded us a unique opportunity to develop an alternative version of our CURE for the online environment and to compare the efficacy of our CURE on learning gains in online versus in-person learning situations. Compared with a previous semester, our data suggest no significant differences in learning gains between students who participated in a hands-on CURE and an online

SUBMITTER: Doctor EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8060132 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature