Student Perceptions of Authoring a Publication Stemming from a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE).

ABSTRACT: Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) engage students in authentic research experiences in a course format and can sometimes result in the publication of that research. However, little is known about student-author perceptions of CURE publications. In this study, we examined how students perceive they benefit from authoring a CURE publication and what they believe is required for authorship of a manuscript in a peer-reviewed journal. All 16 students who were enrolled in a molecular genetics CURE during their first year of college participated in semistructured interviews during their fourth year. At the time of the interviews, students had been authors of a CURE publication for a year and a half. Students reported that they benefited personally and professionally from the

SUBMITTER: Turner AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8715815 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature