Undergraduate research experiences: Impacts and opportunities

MC Linn, E Palmer, A Baranger, E Gerard, E Stone - Science, 2015 - science.org
For any undergraduate contemplating a career in scientific research, participating in
authentic research seems like a good opportunity. But what are authentic research …

Mentoring in higher education

LG Lunsford, G Crisp, EL Dolan… - The SAGE handbook of …, 2017 - books.google.com
Mentoring relationships are embedded in the educational process in higher education. This
chapter reviews scholarly work on mentoring in higher education for undergraduates …

Increasing persistence of college students in STEM

MJ Graham, J Frederick, A Byars-Winston, AB Hunter… - Science, 2013 - science.org
A 2012 report by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
predicts that the US workforce will suffer a deficit of one million college graduates in science …

Factors that predict life sciences student persistence in undergraduate research experiences

KM Cooper, LE Gin, B Akeeh, CE Clark, JS Hunter… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Undergraduate research experiences (UREs) have the potential to benefit undergraduates
and longer UREs have been shown to lead to greater benefits for students. However, no …

A social capital perspective on the mentoring of undergraduate life science researchers: An empirical study of undergraduate–postgraduate–faculty triads

ML Aikens, S Sadselia, K Watkins, M Evans… - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2016 - lifescied.org
Undergraduate researchers at research universities are often mentored by graduate
students or postdoctoral researchers (referred to collectively as “postgraduates”) and faculty …

Is research-based learning effective? Evidence from a pre–post analysis in the social sciences

I Wessels, J Rueß, C Gess, W Deicke… - Studies in Higher …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Research-based learning (RBL) is regarded as a panacea when it comes to effective
instructional formats in higher education settings. It is said to improve a wide set of research …

Research self-efficacy and its relationship with academic performance in postgraduate students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2016

A Tiyuri, B Saberi, M Miri, E Shahrestanaki… - Journal of education …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Research self-efficacy is one of the main factors influencing the successful
conduction of research and following it in students. This study was performed with the aim of …

Undergraduate research experiences: Mentoring, awareness, and perceptions—A case study at a Hispanic-serving institution

L Rodríguez Amaya, T Betancourt, KH Collins… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Undergraduate research experiences (UREs) have been proposed as
means to increase the retention and engagement of minority—and more specifically …

How research-based learning affects students' self-rated research competences: evidence from a longitudinal study across disciplines

J Thiem, R Preetz, S Haberstroh - Studies in Higher Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The ongoing implementation of research-based learning (RBL) within the higher education
core curriculum leads to a growing number of students who conduct their own research …

Research skills that men and women developed at university and then used in workplaces

CT Ain, F Sabir, J Willison - Studies in Higher Education, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This qualitative study probed the mismatch between graduates' and employers'
perspectives, especially in regard to graduates' learning orientation and investigating skills …