What Research Says: What Have Researchers Been Saying About Science Fairs?

Journal Article | April 1999

To help stimulate more interest in science fairs, this article offers a brief history and rationale of the science fair, discusses the research that has been done on science fairs, and describes how science fairs have…

Research and Teaching: Enticing Students to Enter Into Undergraduate Research—The Instrumentality of an Undergraduate Course

Journal Article | December 2009

To encourage students to seek research opportunities with campus faculty, one large university in the Southeast created a course entitled Science for All. A major goal of the course was to encourage students to work…

Teacher as Researcher: University programs help teachers bring modern research into the secondary classroom

Journal Article | February 2002

Due to other professional commitments, teachers sometimes find it difficult to keep up with the latest developments in science and technology. Through the university Research Experience for Teachers (RET) programs,…

A Faculty Development Model for Transforming a Department’s Laboratory Curriculum With Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences

Journal Article | December 2018

The authors of this article describe how their Department of Biological Sciences redesigned 12 existing laboratory courses using the principal design elements of course-based undergraduate research experiences.

Research and Teaching: It’s Not Just for Points: Teacher Justifications and Student Perceptions About Active Learning

Journal Article | December 2018

This article examines teacher justifications and student perceptions about active learning.

Launching Sustainability Leadership: Long-Term Impacts on Educational and Career Paths in Undergraduate Research Experiences

Journal Article | August 2019

This exploratory study examines the potential of UREs for developing sustainability-minded professionals to address our increasingly serious and complex global environmental issues.

Research and Teaching: Student-Perceived Gains in Collaborative, Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences in the Geosciences

Journal Article | October 2018

This study examined student-perceived gains in course-based undergraduate research experiences.

Research and Teaching: Development of Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences Using a Design-Based Approach

Journal Article | February 2017

In recent years, commissions and reports have called for laboratory courses that engage undergraduates in authentic research experiences. The authors present an iterative approach for developing course-based…

Facilitating Research Between the Library and the Science Writing Classroom: Introducing Students to the Intricacies of Library Research

Journal Article | February 1998

The idea that research is a process of continuing exploration and investigation is often a difficult one to instill in college students. Introducing the library and its resources as a part of that process in a…