Peer-led team learning (PLTL) research has expanded from its roots in program evaluation
of student success measures in Workshop Chemistry to a spectrum of research questions …

Undergraduate research experiences help retain students in science majors and prepare
our workforce for increasingly competitive jobs. Course-based approaches to research and …

Meaningful learning requires the integration of cognitive and affective learning with the
psychomotor, ie, hands-on learning. The undergraduate chemistry laboratory is an ideal …

We explored the impact of laboratory curriculum on students' understanding of the nature of
science at five US universities. The specific curricula studied were traditional (verification) …

Research projects conducted by faculty in STEM departments served as the inspiration for a
new curriculum of inquiry-based, multiweek laboratory modules in the general chemistry 1 …

Research on laboratory learning points to the need to better understand what and how
students learn in the undergraduate chemistry laboratory. The Meaningful Learning in the …

Many chemistry laboratory exercises follow a given protocol with known results. Such
traditional laboratories rarely give students an accurate representation of how research is …

Recent recommendations for biology education highlight the role of authentic research
experiences early in undergraduate education as a means of increasing the number and …

This paper offers an overview of the development of the peer-led team learning (PLTL)
model for teaching and learning chemistry, from the personal journeys of the authors in their …

Undergraduate research experiences confer benefits on students bound for science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers, but the low number of research …