Developing and sustaining a research-supportive curriculum
Subtitle: a compendium of successful practices
By: editors, Kerry K. Karukstis, Timothy E. Elgren
Publisher: Council on Undergraduate Research
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 598
ISBN-13: 9780979302701
Subjects: College students; Case studies; Research; Higher Education; Curricula; Study and teaching (Higher); Intellectual life; Aims and objectives
Description: "This compendium of successful curricular and institutional practices to develop critical research skills emphasized the importance of the collective efforts of the undergraduate community to integrate research and education. By collecting and disseminating a variety of mechanisms that are effective means of creating a research-supportive undergraduate curriculum, the Council on Undergraduate Research aims to encourage faculty and institutions to continue to seek creative, useful, and significant ways to promote "learning through research"."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. -- Curricular elements that develop critical research skills; title: Teaching and learning strategies. Stimulating attitudes of inquiry with problem-based learning  -- Harold B. White III; title: Cooperative learning and project-based laboratories as a way to broaden learning outcomes  -- Thomas Wenzel; title: Implementing inquiry- or problem-based learning in the undergraduate science curriculum: ideals, examples, and concerns  -- Marie T. Balaban; title: Research link 2000: building and sustaining research-based undergraduate curricula  -- Jim Hoerter, Sibdas Ghosh; title: Team-oriented, project-based learning as a path to undergraduate research: a case study  -- Ari W. Epstein [and others]; title: Research-based learning in an introductory environmental sciences course  -- David H. Firmage, Thomas H. Tiegtenberg, F. Russell Cole; title: Using GIS technology to develop research skills: learning to think spatially and use GIS in higher education  -- Ann B. Johnson; title: Highlights of teaching and learning strategies to develop research skills. Best practices for a rearch-supportive curriculum  -- Gina MacDonald; title: Debate in the classroom: a means to an educational end  -- Brent M. Foster; title: Preparing students for research at the introductory-level with technology  -- Laura Guertin; title: How I teach experimental psychology: incorporating research in a research design course  -- Andrew M. Herbert; title: Integration of teaching and research through digital fabrication projects in the curriculum  -- James Thurman; title: POGIL: a learning strategy that promotes undergraduate research  -- C. Salter; title: Investigative learning in introductory physiology  -- Scott D. Hawke, Gary Tallman; title: Development of a phytoremediation freshman chemistry laboratory  -- Bert E. Holmes; title: Skills development. A practical strategy for designing effective and innovative courses  -- Barbara J. Tewksbury, R. Heather Macdonald; title: Integrating information and scientific research skills training within a research-supportive undergraduate curriculum -- Eleanor M. Smith.; title: A read-analyze-write approach to research-related literacy skills for upper-division chemistry majors  -- Marin S. Robinson, Fredricka L. Stoller; title: Using 'Write like a chemist' at Nazareth College, Rochester, NY  -- Timm Knoerzer; title: Piloting the text 'Write like a chemist' in an upper-division writing class for chemistry majors  -- Donald R. Paulson; title: How writing programs support undergraduate research  -- Joyce Kinkead; title: Responsible conduct in research instruction in undergraduate research programs  -- Amy M. Shachter; title: Highlights of effective practices to develop research skills. Intrinsically meaningful goals and the process of peer review: why and how teaching can make a difference  -- G. Scott Acton; title: A writing-intensive clinical research course  -- David Cherney; title: Grant proposal writing for undergraduates  -- Cahleen Shrier; title: Chemistry research methods: a capstone course  -- Holly D. Bendorf; title: Encouragaing undergraduate research in psychology: two approaches  -- Theresa Brown, Linda James; title: Utilizing a senior capstone research course to promote undergraduate research  -- Tsu-Ming Chiang; title: Integrating an undergraduate elective with research experiences  -- Zachary Dodds; title: Fostering research skills with the incorporation of bioinformatics tools in upper-level biochemistry  -- Jennifer K. Inlow; title: A sophomore course on methods in chemical research  -- Carl Salter; title: Designing and conducting experimental approaches to research questions with a consideration of environmental issues  -- Kerry K. Karukstis; title: From genotype to phenotype  -- Willetta Toole-Simms; title: The catalyst seminar  -- Katerina V. Thompson, William J. Higgins; title: Implementing a capstone honors research experience in psychology  -- Jane R. Williams, Kathy E. Johnson; title: Dollars and sense: strategies for involving students in proposal writing -- A. Tabor Morris; title: pt. 2. -- Curricular infrastructure that enhances a research-supportive curriculum.; title: Curricular reform. Undergraduate research programs: is there a magic bullet for success?  -- James Gentile; title: Flexible curricular structures to provide time for research within the curriculum  -- Linda Rueckert; title: A public university science department's experience with problem-based cohort learning  -- Travis Wagner [and others]; title: A culture of research ad critical thinking: core to liberal arts  -- Carole Pfeffer, Daylene Zielinski, Gail Henson; title: Integrating research into a small geology department's curriculum  -- Linda Reinen [and others]; title: How to engage in collaborative curriculum design to foster undergraduate inquiry and research in all disciplines  -- Patricia Pukkila [and others]; title: Engineering clinics: an integration of research into the undergraduate engineering curriculum  -- Beena Sukumaran [and others]; title: Animating a biology curriculum with research  -- Kathleen A. Tweeten [and others]; title: Multi-level integration of student research in a psychology/neuroscience curriculum  -- Sandra K. Webster [and others]; title: Highlights. Designing a research-driven history program  -- Dennis G. Glew; title: The National Institutes of Health study group: a research-oriented off-campus undergraduate study opportunity at Colgate University  -- Roger Rowlett; title: Integrating undergraduate research into the curriculum: SUNY, College at Buffalo  -- Jill K. Singer; title: The Holy Cross biochemistry concentration: an integrated four-year program to develop undergraduate research scholars  -- Robert M. Bellin, Kenneth V. Mills; title: Research tracks for undergraduates in the Calvin College science division  -- Janel Curry, David DeHeer; title: College-wide curricular reform to provide faculty-student collaborative scholarly experiences at Baldwin-Wallace College  -- G. Andrew Mickley; title: Developing an understanding of the integration of research and society  -- K. Karukstis; title: Transforming undergraduates into skilled researchers using laddered teams -- Jerusha Detweiler-Bedell, Brian Detweiler-Bedell.; title: Developing 180 researchers each year in chemistry at Holy Cross College  -- Ronald M. Jarret; title: Problem vs. technique-driven undergraduate scientific research  -- A. Tabor Morris; title: SUMR: Colgate University's program to support faculty mentoring student summer research  -- Mary Jane Walsh; title: Innovative multidisciplinary courses and programs that generate research and sustain a research-supportive curriculum. How to design, implement, and sustain an interdisciplinary investigative laboratory  -- Gerald R. Van Hecke; title: Establishment of an investigative curricular approach across the geology and physics programs at Western Carolina University and implementation at other institutions  -- Virginia L. Peterson, Mark L. Lord; title: Kurt Vandervoort --; title: Integrating the sciences at Haverford College  -- Julio C. de Paula; title: The Clean Water Institute at Lycoming College  -- Mel Zimmerman; title: Integrated biological and chemical laboratory experiences for enhanced education, research opportunities, and career development  -- David W. Seybert, Jeffrey D. Evanseck, John S. Doctor; title: Highlights of multidisciplinary courses and programs that foster a research-supportive curriculum. A project in integrating undergraduate research with service learning  -- Michael F. Bassman; title: Livin' for the city: an interdisciplinary course  -- Vincent F.A. Golphin, Danielle T. Smith; title: An undergraduate interdisciplinary course in computational and theoretical chemistry: two approaches are better than one  -- Scott E. McKay, Renée S. Cole; title: Teaching the watershed: interdisciplinary undergraduate research and learning  -- Rachel O'Brien, Eric Pallant; title: A projects-based course at Colgate University: Environment Studies 480, interdisciplinary investigation of environmental issues  -- Mary Jane Walsh; title: Colgate University's Upstate Institute Field School: community-based research and learning -- Mary Jane Walsh.; title: Facilities, resources, and institutional practices that promote a research-supportive curriculum. Facilities and resources that promote a research-supportive curriculum  -- Neal B. Abraham; title: The role of campus-wide undergraduate research centers in supporting a research curriculum  -- Mary Crowe; title: Faculty commitment to an inquiry-based curriculum: the Discovery Program  -- Michael O'Hare; title: Creative activity and undergraduate research across the disciplines  -- Lori Bettison-Varga; title: Research experiences for undergraduates with disabilities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors  -- S.J. Langley-Turnbaugh [and others]; title: Curricular assessment practices that enhance the undergraduate research environment  -- Katherine Whatley; title: Highlights. The anatomy of a science scholar  -- Cahleen Shrier; title: Using a student government organization to support interdisciplinary research at Lewis and Clark College  -- Julio C. de Paula; title: ACS student affiliates chapters: education, outreach, and research  -- LaTrease E. Garrison; title: Psi Chi's contributions to undergraduate research  -- Vincent Prohaska; title: Students to scholars: an undergraduate research curriculum facilitating graduate school enrollment  -- Julie Posselt, Kim Black -- pt. 3. -- Institutional contributions to a research-supportive curriculum: an administrator's perspective; title: Administrative contributions to a research-supportive curriculum  -- Sheldon Wettack; title: Institution-wide attention: essential to building robust and sustainable research-rich undergraduate stem learning environments?  -- Jeanne L. Narum; title: Highlights. Undergraduate research: our institutional goal  -- Jerry G. Chmielewski; title: The role of academic administration in achieving academic excellence  -- Tom Bultman; title: Using institutional funds to promote undergraduate research across the college: a strategic initiative -- Timothy E. Elgren, William J. Billiter, David C. Paris.