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A Case of Reform: The Undergraduate Research Collaboratives

Journal of College Science Teaching—May/June 2012

In this report the authors include brief descriptions of five undergraduate research collaboratives and discuss their common components and the variety of implementation strategies. They also examine the impacts of early research on students, faculty members, and institutions and the potential for these research experiences to drive change in science education.

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