Students are involved and committed to the material covered in class. Students show enthusiasm for the research process. The student's sense of connectedness to other and to the discipline increases. Students tell me they will pursue independent research partially because of the course. Students go on to take another math or science course that they were not planning on taking.
Students show more interest in the life of the intellect.
When students are fully engaged in the work. When students want to learn and do more with their topic. Students will want to learn more and will enjoy the learning. They show depth in their analysis of problems and understanding of complexity. Students become comfortable integrating information from the literature.