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Impacts of a Cross-Institutional Undergraduate Research Experience Workshop on Student Understanding of and Self-Efficacy for Research
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Antonou, Angela; Liesman, Sara; Powell, Megan – PRIMUS, 2022
There are many perceived benefits to undergraduate student research; however, students may not have a full understanding of the research process prior to engaging in a project. In this paper, we analyze the impact of an undergraduate research workshop on students' understanding of academic research as well as the impact on their self-efficacy for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Workshops, Knowledge Level
Programmatic Strategies to Engage and Support Undergraduate Women in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
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Sandie Han; Nadia Stoyanova Kennedy; Diana Samaroo; Urmi Duttagupta – PRIMUS, 2024
This paper describes the implementation of a STEM scholarship program which utilized a holistic approach to providing a multi-dimensional student support system. The program has been successful in encouraging and supporting women in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science by offering a diverse suite of extracurricular opportunities, actively…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Females, Mathematics Education, Computer Science Education
Mentoring STEM Undergraduate Research Projects in a Large Community College
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Marciniak, M. A. – PRIMUS, 2020
The values and benefits of introducing undergraduate research to the college curriculum are both recognized and advocated in the literature. Although the community college environment may not appear to be favorable for undergraduate research projects in STEM fields, a dynamic and visible group of students, who take their path extremely seriously,…
Descriptors: Student Research, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, STEM Education
Cultivating a Culture of Undergraduate Research at a Public Comprehensive University
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Abernathy, Kristen; Abernathy, Zachary; Costner, Beth; Rusinko, Joseph; Westover, Kristi – PRIMUS, 2017
Winthrop University is a public comprehensive university of about 6000 students, 5000 of whom are undergraduates. The Department of Mathematics offers a baccalaureate degree in mathematics, but has no graduate degree programs. As late as 2009, there was essentially no undergraduate research in the department. At this time, faculty made efforts to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Teacher Researchers, School Culture
Team-Based Introductory Research Experiences in Mathematics
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Baum, Brittany Smith; Rowell, Ginger Holmes; Green, Lisa; Yantz, Jennifer; Beck, Jesse; Cheatham, Thomas; Stephens, D. Christopher; Nelson, Donald – PRIMUS, 2017
As part of Middle Tennessee State University's (MTSU's) initiative to improve retention of at-risk STEM majors, they recruit first-time, full-time freshman STEM majors with mathematics ACT scores of 19 to 23 to participate in MTSU's "Mathematics as a FirstSTEP to Success in STEM" project (FirstSTEP). This article overviews MTSU's…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, STEM Education, Majors (Students), College Freshmen
Coordinating a Large, Amalgamated REU Program with Multiple Funding Sources
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Fiorini, Eugene; Myers, Kellen; Naqvi, Yusra – PRIMUS, 2017
In this paper, we discuss the challenges of organizing a large REU program amalgamated from multiple funding sources, including diverse participants, mentors, and research projects. We detail the program's structure, activities, and recruitment, and we hope to demonstrate that the organization of this REU is not only beneficial to its…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Mentors, Research Projects