Insights from a Convocation: Integrating Discovery-Based Research into the Undergraduate Curriculum

Recommendation 2 of the February 2012 report "Engage to Excel" from the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST 2012) urges the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education community and funding agencies to "advocate and provide supp...

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Published in:CBE life sciences education 2016-06, Vol.15 (2), p.fe2
Main Authors: Elgin, Sarah C. R, Bangera, Gita, Decatur, Sean M, Dolan, Erin L, Guertin, Laura, Newstetter, Wendy C, San Juan, Elvyra F, Smith, Mary A, Weaver, Gabriela C, Wessler, Susan R, Brenner, Kerry A, Labov, Jay B
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Language:English
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College Curriculum
Costs
Courses
Curriculum
Discovery Learning
Humans
Instructional Effectiveness
Integrated Curriculum
Laboratories
Research - education
STEM Education
Student Research
Students
Undergraduate Students
Universities
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Summary:Recommendation 2 of the February 2012 report "Engage to Excel" from the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST 2012) urges the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education community and funding agencies to "advocate and provide support for replacing standard laboratory courses with discovery-based research courses." This recommendation has engendered wide discussion and motivated formation of a committee at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to organize a convocation to explore opportunities and challenges of developing, implementing, and sustaining course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs)--one mechanism for reaching large numbers of undergraduates. This column reviews the considerations leading up to the May 2015 convocation, and summarizes the report that emerged (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2015). In this "Feature", the authors describe activities at the National Academies aimed at understanding models and mechanisms for engaging undergraduates in research at scale and identifying the current state of knowledge and practice related to undergraduate research. [For "Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Report to the President" (2012), see ED541511.]
ISSN:1931-7913
1931-7913
DOI:10.1187/cbe.16-03-0118