ED003
Advancing Access to Undergraduate Research through Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs): models, access, and adoptability

Session ID#: 78723

Session Description:
National leadership calls for widespread student exposure to undergraduate research, from freshman to senior years. Undergraduate research experiences are an effective evidence-based way to build science literacy, critical thinking and communication skills, professional habits, and career motivation. Though undergraduate research experiences are highly regarded, access is neither widespread nor equitable. As highlighted in recent National Research Council publications, course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) can provide large student populations economical and equitable access to research. However, there are gaps in understanding the impact of CUREs and sustainable models of CUREs remain scarce. This session seeks presentations on effective CURE models in the earth, ocean, atmospheric, and planetary sciences at all levels and school types; impacts of CUREs on inclusion; and institutional approaches to expand and sustain CUREs.
Index Terms:

0810 Post-secondary education [EDUCATION]
0825 Teaching methods [EDUCATION]
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]


Primary Convener:  Mark Lord, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, United States
Conveners:  Kristina J Walowski, Middlebury College, Geology, Middlebury, VT, United States and Jeffrey G Ryan, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Mark Lord, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, United States
 
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Jill Singer, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY, United States, Daniel Weiler, Daniel Weiler Associates, Berkeley, United States, Sean Fox, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, United States, John Draeger, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, United States and Bridget Zimmerman, Nautilus Evaluation Service, Rushville, United States
 
Building Skills for and Implementing Course Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) across an Environmental Studies Curriculum (497590)
Alanna Lecher and Cassandra S Korte, Lynn University, Natural and Applied Sciences, Boca Raton, FL, United States
 
Proficiency in Ocean Data Science (PODS): Design and delivery of a novel researched-based undergraduate curriculum (546901)
Robert A. Pockalny, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States, Bruce D Campbell, Rhode Island School Design, Computer Science, Providence, RI, United States, Christopher R Kincaid, Univ Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States and Lucie Maranda, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States
 
Supporting Student Learning and International Science Through a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience Focused on Recovered Mafic Volcanic Rocks from Recent IODP Drilling Expeditions (557411)
Jeffrey G Ryan1, Christy Bebeau2, Jesse Scholpp3 and Antonio Jaime Luna1, (1)University of South Florida Tampa, Tampa, FL, United States, (2)School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave., FL, United States, (3)Department of Geology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States
 
Research in Geomicrobiology: an Interdisciplinary CURE for Environmental Science and Biology Majors (590536)
Katja M Meyer and Rosa Leon-Zayas, Willamette University, Salem, OR, United States
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