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Supporting STEM Transfer Students through Cross-Institutional Undergraduate Research Experiences
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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
An Undergraduate Research Approach That Increased Student Success at a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI): The SURE Program at Texas State University
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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
Reflecting on Reflecting: Summer Undergraduate Research Students' Experiences in Developing Electronic Portfolios, a Meta-High Impact Practice
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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
Innovations in Civic Education: Developing Civic Agency through Action Civics
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Blevins, Brooke; LeCompte, Karon; Wells, Sunny – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2016
It is imperative that schools and communities give students opportunities to participate in active citizenship and prepare them with the important skills and dispositions needed to become informed citizens. Action civics is a promising practice that puts students at the heart of civics learning by providing them with the opportunity to learn about…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Student Participation, Student Research
A Ten-Year Assessment of a Biomedical Engineering Summer Research Internship within a Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Wright, A. S.; Wu, X.; Frye, C. A.; Mathur, A. B.; Patrick, C. W., Jr. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2007
A Biomedical Engineering Internship Program conducted within a Comprehensive Cancer Center over a 10 year period was assessed and evaluated. Although this is a non-traditional location for an internship, it is an ideal site for a multidisciplinary training program for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students. We made a…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Engineering Education, Internship Programs, Summer Programs