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| Abstract Title: | Characterizing Learning Gains in a Two-Year College Embedded Research Course |
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| Abstract: | About 40% of first-time college enrollees begin their path at a two-year college (TYC), with 80% intending to ultimately earn a bachelor's degree (Shapiro, 2013). Our research team worked with faculty at a TYC working in a cohort program to support STEM students intending to transfer to earn a bachelor's degree. A required component for the cohort students is a project-based STEM Research Methods course, offered to students in their first year at the TYC. In this presentation, we share the results from emergent coding of a collection of weekly journal entries that are informed by a set of observations, field notes, and interviews. We share the themes from this research that provide guidelines for how TYC teachers can facilitate research experiences for students early in their college careers. We present an analysis of these themes using a framework of learning "gains" in CUREs initially proposed by (Lopatto, 2004). |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session 2 Room A |
| Poster Number: | 2A-1 |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
John Byrd Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85281 Phone: 9282666198 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Dr. Vashti Sawtelle - Michigan State University Laura Wood - Michigan State University |
