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Jennifer Crystle; Shannon Melideo; Ruth Boyd; Clara Hauth – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2024
The purpose of this research was to understand faculty mentors' perspectives on the impact of CPED-aligned methodology courses on doctoral students' development as scholarly practitioners. This study was a pilot study and exploratory in nature. Methods included distribution of a survey which included Likert items, as well as open-ended questions.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Mentors, Doctoral Students, Education Majors
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Hill, Eddie; Zajchowski, Chris A. B.; Plag, Hans-Peter; Lobova, Tatyana – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2023
Higher education institutions identify and support practices that enhance student engagement and increase student success. In this article, we explored student learning facilitated through High Impact Practices (HIPs) (i.e., in-class undergraduate research, service learning, internships) integrated in the Sustainability & Conservation…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Leadership Training, Educational Practices, Learning Theories
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Ghebreyessus, Kesete; Ndip, Edmund M.; Waddell, Michelle K.; Asojo, Oluwatoyin A.; Njoki, Peter N. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
This reflective overview describes the benefits of participation in authentic undergraduate research for students at a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). The department of chemistry and biochemistry at Hampton University has an undergraduate research environment that empowers and fosters a success-oriented research experience for…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Authentic Learning
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Allison, Anne B.; York, Virginia V.; Hoefner, Donna M.; Clark, Melinda E.; Yost, Marlena C.; Vondrasek, Joanna R. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2022
This study assesses the impacts of the Science program at Piedmont Virginia Community College and its flagship capstone research experience, Supervised Study, through psychosocial perceptions associated with persistence in science and through a comparative analysis of subsequent science bachelor's degree attainment. Supervised Study involves…
Descriptors: Capstone Experiences, Community Colleges, Student Research, Science Education
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Anderson, Laurel J.; Dosch, Jerald J.; Lindquist, Erin S.; McCay, Timothy S.; Machado, Jose-Luis; Kuers, Karen; Gartner, Tracy B.; Shea, Kathleen L.; Mankiewicz, Carol; Rodgers, Vikki L.; Saunders, Patricia A.; Urban, Rebecca A.; Kilgore, Jason S.; Powell, Amanda S.; Ramage, Benjamin S.; Steinweg, J. Megan; Straub, Jacob N.; Bunnell, Sarah L.; Witkovsky-Eldred, Marissa – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2020
Multisite, course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) in the Ecological Research as Education Network (EREN) were assessed for impacts on student learning of collaborative science skills using a survey that could serve as a starting point for a validated assessment instrument for multisite CUREs. Pretests/posttests were administered…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Cooperation, Science Process Skills
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Dickter, Cheryl L.; Hudley, Anne H. Charity; Franz, Hannah A.; Lambert, Ebony A. – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2018
Underrepresented students have less knowledge of research experiences available on campus and are less likely to feel supported by faculty than represented students. To address these issues and increase the number of underrepresented undergraduate researchers, faculty at the College of William & Mary created the William & Mary Scholars…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Disproportionate Representation
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Henderson, Lora; Silver, Blake R.; Booren, Leslie; Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E.; Wyckoff, James – Journal of College Student Development, 2020
The Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) at the University of Virginia was designed to prepare students from underrepresented racial and socioeconomic groups--including Students of Color, low-income, and first-generation college students--for graduate study in education research by developing confidence with skills and academic practices…
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), Access to Education, Graduate Study, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study
Henderson, Lora; Silver, Blake R.; Booren, Leslie; Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E.; Wyckoff, James – Grantee Submission, 2020
The Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) at the University of Virginia (UVA) attempts to address inequalities in the pipeline to graduate education and faculty careers by preparing underrepresented students for graduate study in education research. To assess program effectiveness, pre- and post-program data were gathered from 60 of 62 SURP…
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), Access to Education, Graduate Study, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study
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Morgan, Kristin L.; Crenshaw, Jasmine D.; Martin, Marcus L. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2021
The proportion of underrepresented minority (URM) students graduating with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degrees, matriculating to graduate programs, and entering the STEM workforce continues to be significantly low. The Virginia-North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (the VA-NC Alliance)…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Student Recruitment, Academic Persistence, Enrichment Activities
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Inoue, Megumi; Tsai, Laura Cordisco; Lee, JoAnn S.; Ihara, Emily S.; Tompkins, Catherine J.; Aguimatang, Jose; Fountain, Kathleen; Hudson, Sonya – Journal of Social Work Education, 2017
Research courses are often the least popular among BSW and MSW students because the connection between social work practice and research is not always evident. This teaching note introduces the structure of the Social Work integrative Research Lab (SWiRL), which was implemented in a social work program without a doctoral program at a large public…
Descriptors: Social Work, Bachelors Degrees, Masters Degrees, Mentors
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Foster, Stephanie L.; Usher, Bethany M. – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2018
This article discusses George Mason University's locally developed assessment survey instrument, the OSCAR Student Survey, in which students self-report on learning outcomes, attitudes, goals, personal and professional growth, and satisfaction items. Development of the instrument is discussed, as well as the methods used to achieve construct…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Models, Undergraduate Students, Student Research
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Gevertz, Jana L.; Kim, Peter S.; Wares, Joanna R. – PRIMUS, 2017
To be successful, junior faculty must properly manage their time in the face of expanding responsibilities. One such responsibility is supervising undergraduate research projects. Student research projects (either single or multi-student) can be undertaken as a full-time summer experience, or as a part-time academic year commitment. With many…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Mathematics Education, Mentors
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Finlayson, Caitlin; Gregory, Meredith; Ludtke, Clara; Meoli, Christian; Ryan, Michael – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2017
Research has consistently demonstrated the wide-ranging benefits of student-led research, from increased student engagement to higher retention and graduation rates. Despite these calls to increase research opportunities for students, however, the availability of practical, easy-to-implement research frameworks in disciplinary-specific settings…
Descriptors: Student Research, Food, Wastes, Geography Instruction
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Payne, Brian K.; Mayes, Lisa; Paredes, Tisha; Smith, Elizabeth; Wu, Hongyi; Xin, ChunSheng – Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, 2021
The Center for Cybersecurity Education and Research at Old Dominion University has expanded its use of high impact practices in the university's undergraduate cybersecurity degree program. Strategies developed to promote student learning included learning communities, undergraduate research, a robust internship program, service learning, and…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Information Security, Computer Security, Information Science Education
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Yeagley, Andrew A.; Porter, Sarah E. G.; Rhoten, Melissa C.; Topham, Benjamin J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
Information literacy is of paramount importance to any successful research program. Information techniques and skills should be infused throughout a student's undergraduate curriculum rather than being the focus of a single course. To this end, we have created several courses, beginning in the first year, where students review current scientific…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Study
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