Authentic Science Research Opportunities: How Do Undergraduate Students Begin Integration Into a Science Community of Practice?

by: Grant E. Gardner, Jennifer H. Forrester, Penny Shumaker Jeffrey, Miriam Ferzli, and Damian Shea

The goal of the study described was to understand the process and degree to which an undergraduate science research program for rising college freshmen achieved its stated objectives to integrate participants into a community of practice and to develop students' research identities.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 3/1/2015Stock # jcst15_044_04_61Volume 044Issue 04

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