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Increasing STEM Skills, Knowledge and Interest among Diverse Students: Results from an Intensive Summer Research Program at the University of California, San Francisco
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Gino Galvez; David W. Killilea; Sharla Berry; Vasanthy Narayanaswami; Ellen B. Fung – Innovative Higher Education, 2024
This study evaluates the effectiveness of the UCSF Summer Student Research Program (SSRP) in enhancing research-related skills, academic outcomes, and post-baccalaureate aspirations of underrepresented minority (URM) and non-URM undergraduate students in biomedical sciences and STEM fields. The SSRP, spanning 9 weeks, provides immersive research…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Skill Development, Knowledge Level, Student Interests
A Peer Research Consultant Program: Feasibility and Outcomes
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Beer, Francisca; Hassija, Christina M.; Covarrubias-Paniagua, Arturo; Thompson, Jeffrey M. – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2019
The authors discuss their study of the Peer Research Consultant (PRC) program at California State University, San Bernardino. During the 2016-2017 academic year, 13 courses, with 853 students enrolled, participated in the PRC program. Program participants completed preand post-measures assessing demographic information, perceptions of skill level,…
Descriptors: Consultants, Peer Groups, College Students, Program Effectiveness
Using Multiple High-Impact Practices to Improve Student Learning in an Undergraduate Health Science Program
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Ganesh, Chandrakala; Smith, Jason A. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2017
Problem-based learning can be an effective educational approach for students entering the health care field. While broadly used in graduate and professional education in the health sciences, it is less widely used in undergraduate programs. We discuss the use of problem-based learning as part of an approach to address failure rates in select…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Health Sciences, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods