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DeChenne-Peters SE, Rakus JF, Parente AD, Mans TL, Eddy R, Galport N, Koletar C, Provost JJ, Bell JE, Bell JK. Length of course-based undergraduate research experiences (CURE) impacts student learning and attitudinal outcomes: A study of the Malate dehydrogenase CUREs Community (MCC). PLoS One 2023; 18:e0282170. [PMID: 36893201 PMCID: PMC9997910 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 03/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are laboratory courses that integrate broadly relevant problems, discovery, use of the scientific process, collaboration, and iteration to provide more students with research experiences than is possible in individually mentored faculty laboratories. Members of the national Malate dehydrogenase CUREs Community (MCC) investigated the differences in student impacts between traditional laboratory courses (control), a short module CURE within traditional laboratory courses (mCURE), and CUREs lasting the entire course (cCURE). The sample included approximately 1,500 students taught by 22 faculty at 19 institutions. We investigated course structures for elements of a CURE and student outcomes including student knowledge, student learning, student attitudes, interest in future research, overall experience, future GPA, and retention in STEM. We also disaggregated the data to investigate whether underrepresented minority (URM) outcomes were different from White and Asian students. We found that the less time students spent in the CURE the less the course was reported to contain experiences indicative of a CURE. The cCURE imparted the largest impacts for experimental design, career interests, and plans to conduct future research, while the remaining outcomes were similar between the three conditions. The mCURE student outcomes were similar to control courses for most outcomes measured in this study. However, for experimental design, the mCURE was not significantly different than either the control or cCURE. Comparing URM and White/Asian student outcomes indicated no difference for condition, except for interest in future research. Notably, the URM students in the mCURE condition had significantly higher interest in conducting research in the future than White/Asian students.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sue Ellen DeChenne-Peters
- Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Savannah, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mercyhurst University, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Cobblestone Evaluation and Applied Research, Inc., La Verne, California, United States of America
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- Cobblestone Evaluation and Applied Research, Inc., La Verne, California, United States of America
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- Cobblestone Evaluation and Applied Research, Inc., La Verne, California, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Targeted 19F-tags to detect amino acids in complex mixtures using NMR spectroscopy. J Fluor Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2022.110084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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