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Haley Nolan-Cody; Kaitlin E. Phillips; Kristina M. Scharp – Communication Teacher, 2024
Courses: Communication Research Methods, Qualitative Research Methods. Communication Research Methods, Qualitative Research Methods. Objectives: This activity provides students with an experiential understanding of conducting reflexive thematic analysis in six steps: (1) understanding the data, (2) generating codes, (3) bringing codes into themes,…
Descriptors: Student Research, Qualitative Research, Research Skills, Thematic Approach
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Andrea Weidman; Abigayle Parham; Molly H. Fisher; Jennifer Wilhelm – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2024
This study explores the effect the U.S. National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF REU) programs have on REU participants and other undergraduate student researchers and how their success was measured. The authors conducted interviews with 10 principal investigators (PIs) of REU programs and surveyed undergraduate…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Research Projects
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Patricia Dalton Medved – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2024
This chapter describes a research study of first-year college students and their perceptions of personal and school-based research and suggests instructional strategies to bridge their everyday digital research practices with academic knowledge construction.
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Attitudes, Student Research, Technology Uses in Education
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Zhiyong Cheng; Kate Marris – NACTA Journal, 2024
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) benefit student learning by providing accessible authentic research opportunities. However, the uniqueness of each disciple and variation in instructors' perception of CUREs make it challenging to reach a consensus on how to effectively assess students' research abilities in a CURE…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Research Training, Research Skills
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Charles W. Gunnels IV; Jaclyn Chastain; Shawn Brunelle; Anna Carlin; Thomas M. Cimarusti; Mary Crone-Romanovski; Richard W. Coughlin; Carolyn Culbertson; Jason Elek; April Felton; Shawn Felton; Debra A. Giambo; Katie Johnson; Shawn Keller; Dawn Kirby; Santiago Luaces; Derek Lura; Peter Reuter; Tunde Szecsi; Rachel Tait-Ripperdan; Scott Vanselow; Judy Wynekoop; Hulya Julie Yazici; Melodie H. Eichbauer – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2024
Although higher education aims to provide holistic learning and career preparation, there is growing skepticism about its value, with segments of the public scrutinizing concerns about tuition, student loan debt, and job prospects. Between 2015 and 2020, Florida Gulf Coast University implemented a quality enhancement plan (FGCUScholars) that…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Career Readiness, Student Attitudes
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Nikos Macheridis; Annika Fjelkner Pihl; Alexander Paulsson; Håkan Pihl – Tertiary Education and Management, 2024
Students experience the research-teaching nexus differently as they progress through their first three years of undergraduate study depending on the discipline. The question is if students, within the same discipline, experience the nexus differently depending on the profile of the institution where they study. The present study explored students'…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Research Skills, Teaching Methods
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Wei Xiong; Huhu Yin; Xiujing Xing; Hao Li – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Although the present university-level chemistry experimental curriculum has been extensive and well-designed, it lacks a connection with the scientific research field, especially the frontier field. It is crucial to incorporate recent discoveries through new experiment designs to bridge this gap and boost the value of the undergraduate…
Descriptors: College Science, Chemistry, Science Education, Undergraduate Study
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Malcolm, Mary – Teaching in Higher Education, 2023
The undergraduate honours-level dissertation is a significant component of many UK undergraduate programmes, as a key stage in the longer-term intellectual and career development of potential researchers and knowledge-workers, and also a critical contributor to immediate award outcome. This study aims to identify how dissertation supervisors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Supervisors, Research Skills, Undergraduate Study
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Caraig, Renelle Villarama – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2023
The year 2016 was a crucial time for the education system in the Philippines since it was the first facilitation year of the Senior High School in the country. The K to 12, also known as "Kindergarten to grade 12", is an education system under the Department of Education that aims to produce more competent Filipino citizens in the global…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Teachers, Teacher Researchers, Barriers
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Ümmühan Ormanci – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2023
In order to carry out effective research, Master's degree students are expected to have a good command of the literature. They need to know how to carry out a literature review and how to synthesise the studies found as a result of the review and turn them into an article if desired. As the shortcomings made at this stage will affect the whole…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Student Research, Literature Reviews
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Keith Brazendale; Michael Rovito; Jeanette Garcia – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2024
Studies show undergraduate students typically view the idea of research negatively, with students reporting feelings of anxiety, difficulty, detachment, and reduced perceptions of relevancy to their own life. Course-based undergraduate experiences (CUREs), where students have an opportunity to engage in authentic research experiences, can reach…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Research, Research Methodology, Research Skills
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Shiva Basir; Eric Burkholder – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Doctoral qualifying exams are considered essential in assessing a student's readiness for research and advanced studies. Despite their significant role in many physics programs, questions have been raised about their format, execution, and relevance. Our research investigates perceptions held by faculty members regarding the graduate doctoral…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Physics, Doctoral Students, College Faculty
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Solvason, Carla; Watson, Nicola; Tillsley, Jaimie Emily; Correia, Daniel Bizarro – School Community Journal, 2023
In the United Kingdom (U.K.), all students who are studying for a Bachelor of Arts degree need to complete a piece of independent research in order to gain their "honours" (U.S. "honors") status. As a university faculty we have very specific ideas about the purpose of this research and the positive impact that we hope that it…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Research, Cooperation, Theses
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Wagge, Jordan R.; Hurst, Michelle A.; Brandt, Mark J.; Lazarevic, Ljiljana B.; Legate, Nicole; Grahe, Jon E. – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2023
Psychology majors typically conduct at least one research project during their undergraduate studies, yet these projects rarely make a scientific contribution beyond the classroom. In this study, we explored one potential reason for this--that student projects may not be aligned with best practices in the field. In other words, we wondered if…
Descriptors: Student Research, Student Projects, Psychology, College Faculty
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Nicole T. Appel; Ammar Tanveer; Sara Brownell; Joseph N. Blattman – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) offer students opportunities to engage in critical thinking and problem solving. However, quantitating the impact of incorporating research into undergraduate courses on student learning and performance has been difficult since most CUREs lack a comparable traditional course as a control. To…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving
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