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Gamage, Kusali; McCall, James; Daigle, Hugh; Miller, Chammi – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2022
The impact and benefits of undergraduate research experiences (URE) in the first two years of post-secondary education have been well documented. Early exposure to research experiences is effective in recruitment, diversity and persistence in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) degree programs, particularly among…
Descriptors: STEM Education, College Transfer Students, Undergraduate Students, Student Research
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Gavin Thomson; Jasmine T. Austin – Communication Teacher, 2024
Communication is used to engage and involve students in addressing food deserts and developing sustainable solutions. This application-based activity allows students to explain the reality of food deserts, map the food deserts in an area of interest, develop an intervention, and present their communication intervention to a nonprofit interlocutor.…
Descriptors: Food, Neighborhoods, Intervention, Geographic Regions
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Vora, Natasha J.; Vatcheva, Kristina; Saldivar, Manuel G.; Nair, Saraswathy; Lehker, Michael W.; Chew, Sue Anne – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2023
The Biomedical Freshman Research Initiative (BFRI) is a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), a hispanic-serving institution. Our analysis showed that BFRI participation was associated with retention in the BS in Biomedical Science program and at UTRGV. No significant difference…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, College Freshmen, Student Research, Student Experience
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Clayton, Stephen; Nuckols, Daniel – Journal of Economic Education, 2020
Whether pursuing immediate professional careers or preparing for graduate research, for many students the opportunities to conduct original research as undergraduates can be formative, creating a valuable differentiating factor on their resumes. The Economics Scholars Program builds an environment where undergraduate students can conduct economic…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Undergraduate Students, Conferences (Gatherings), Student Research
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Anne Fernando; Katharine Gurski; Timmy Ma – PRIMUS, 2024
We joined an initiative to engage faculty and undergraduate students in research by scheduling regular early college-level mathematics research presentations with pre- and post-lecture exercises. While our program featured six talks that were predominantly in the mathematical biosciences, the concept of creating themed topics for presentations can…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Faculty, Student Research, Mathematics Instruction
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Jordan, Rachael; Stepankiw, Mika; Rickly, Rebecca J. – Composition Forum, 2022
The discourse-based interview (DBI) allows researchers to explore writers' tacit knowledge. This article describes how we taught and learned to adapt a DBI-based interviewing process through the reflections of both the professor and two graduate students in a graduate-level course, Field Methods in Technical Communication. By participating in a…
Descriptors: Interviews, Discourse Analysis, Graduate Students, Field Experience Programs
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Stoeckman, Angela K.; Cai, Yingqi; Chapman, Kent D. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2019
Several models suggest ways to expose undergraduates at minority serving institutions or institutions with limited research infrastructures to the iterative process of research. Apprentice-based research experiences allow students to work one-on-one with a research mentor in the hands-on discovery process, but with teaching being a priority for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Educational Experience, STEM Education
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Pearce, Erin; Brock, Jesse; Bunch, Phillis – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2022
Pre-service teachers (PSTs) often lack the self-efficacy necessary to effectively implement STEM education into their classrooms. Undergraduate research experiences (URE) can help fill this void by providing opportunities for PSTs to engage with STEM content and K-12 students in a field-based research context. This case study details the impact a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, STEM Education
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Grabsch, Dustin K.; Webb, Stephanie; Moore, Lori L.; Dooley, Kim E. – College Student Affairs Journal, 2021
High-impact practices in education can have a transformative influence on students' educational growth and personal development; however, research suggests that not all students participate in these educationally purposeful activities. Some institutions have integrated high-impact-practice programs into the curriculum to center these opportunities…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Student Characteristics, Decision Making, Barriers
Garcia, Stephanie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This qualitative study analyzed the attitudes and perceptions of Latino migrant students who were enrolled in the Project Based Research course, towards post-secondary STEM degrees. This study centered around ten Latino migrant students, 18-21 years of age who attended a Title I high school in South Texas. All participants took the Project Based…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Immigrants, Postsecondary Education, STEM Education
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2021
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children across the United States. The focus of this issue is "Student Voice." Contents include: (1) How Can We Address a Problem that We…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Student Participation, Student Attitudes, Activism
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Shelton, Therese – PRIMUS, 2018
Mathematical modeling allows flexibility for a project-based experience. We share details of our regular capstone course, successful for virtually 100% of our math majors for almost two decades. Our research-like approach in this course accommodates a variety of student backgrounds and interests, and has produced some award-winning student…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Mathematics Instruction, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Conway, Colleen; Vaughan-Marra, Jessica; Marra, Christopher – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of master of music education degree program directors and alumni from selected schools regarding the ways in which their music education master's programs balance the varied needs of program participants. Findings are presented in the two broad categories of improvement in P-12 teacher…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Music Education, Administrator Attitudes
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Brown, Daniel A.; Wright, Nina B.; Gonzales, Sylvia T.; Weimer, Nicholas E.; Soto, Julio G. – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2020
The STEM Undergraduate Summer Research Experience (SURE) Program provides a holistic approach to undergraduate summer student research to increase student success at Texas State University (TXST), a Hispanic-serving institution. Regarding the 2017-2019 cohorts (composed of 62 undergraduate students), 97 percent persisted after the summer program.…
Descriptors: Student Research, Undergraduate Students, Hispanic American Students, Disproportionate Representation
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Weber, Karen; Myrick, Keri – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2018
This pilot study assessed how using electronic portfolios (ePortfolios) as a meta-high impact practice (meta-HIP) might influence student learning through reflective practice. Eleven undergraduates participating in a summer research program reflected weekly on their research experiences through building and using ePortfolios, and attended three…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Electronic Publishing
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