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An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC): Impact of the SEA-PHAGES program on research outcomes and student learning.

ABSTRACT: Engaging undergraduate students in scientific research promises substantial benefits, but it is not accessible to all students and is rarely implemented early in college education, when it will have the greatest impact. An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC) provides a centralized scientific and administrative infrastructure enabling engagement of large numbers of students at different types of institutions. The Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) is an iREC that promotes engagement and continued involvement in science among beginning undergraduate students. The SEA-PHAGES students show strong gains correlated with persistence relative to those in traditional laboratory courses regardless of academic, ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic profiles. This persistent involvement in science is reflected in key measures, including project ownership, scientific community values, science identity, and scientific networking.

SUBMITTER: Hanauer DI

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5754813 | biostudies-other | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC): Impact of the SEA-PHAGES program on research outcomes and student learning.

Hanauer David I DI Graham Mark J MJ Betancur Laura L Bobrownicki Aiyana A Cresawn Steven G SG Garlena Rebecca A RA Jacobs-Sera Deborah D Kaufmann Nancy N Pope Welkin H WH Russell Daniel A DA Jacobs William R WR Sivanathan Viknesh V Asai David J DJ Hatfull Graham F GF

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20171205 51

Engaging undergraduate students in scientific research promises substantial benefits, but it is not accessible to all students and is rarely implemented early in college education, when it will have the greatest impact. An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC) provides a centralized scientific and administrative infrastructure enabling engagement of large numbers of students at different types of institutions. The Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutiona ...[more]

PMID: 29208718

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An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC): Impact of the SEA-PHAGES program on research outcomes and student learning.

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An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC): Impact of the SEA-PHAGES program on research outcomes and student learning.

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