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Uniting Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate
Research
Anne Boettcher1, James LaPlant2, Carol Geary Schneider3, Jillian Kinzie4, and Heather Haeger5
1Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2Valdosta State University, 3Lumina Foundation, 4Indiana University, and 5California State University, Monterey Bay
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Uniting Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research
What is you primary role at your institution?
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What is the biggest challenge in uniting scholarship and practice at your institution?
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What Do Employers Want?
Hart Research Associates. Falling Short? College Learning and Career Success. 2015
Anne BoettcherDirector of Undergraduate Institute and Honors Program, Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University and President Council On Undergraduate Research
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Why Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Arts (URSCA)?
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Teaching Students the Arts of Inquiry and Evidence-Based Analysis: The Core Issue at Stake in the Undergraduate Research Movement
Carol Geary SchneiderFellow, Lumina Foundation and President Emerita, AAC&U
Ø Teaching students to think through complex questions is a core purpose for quality college learning and central to the value of a liberal education. This is also a top priority for employers.
Ø Thinking through complex questions requires (among other capacities), examining and organizing evidence; engaging diverse and competing perspectives about the issue and the evidence; and building a reasoned analysis that takes account of the evidence and of competing views on the evidence.
Ø Many college seniors lack these skills. See pp. 2-3 of handout.
Ø To tackle this problem, faculty will need to work on program redesign. See p. 4 of handout.
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Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research The Journal of the Council on Undergraduate Research
James T. LaPlantAssistant Vice President for Research, Valdosta State University;
Editor-in-Chief of SPUR
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Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research The Journal of the Council on Undergraduate Research
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Upcoming Themes of SPUR
ØUndergraduate Research and Student Success Outcomes (Spring 2018)
ØLeveraging Undergraduate Research to Foster Diversity and Achieve Equity (Summer 2018)
ØModels of Mentoring Undergraduate Research (Fall 2018)
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Assessment and Research Coordinator
ØSurvey of what we know and need to know• Assessment Bibliography• Interviews and focus groups
ØAssessment resources• Webinars• Assessment Toolkit and website
Heather HaegerAssessment and Educational Research Associate at California State University,
Monterey Bay’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center; Assessment and Research Coordinator Fellow with CUR
ØAcademic impact of UR• Response to call from National
Academies of Science • Multi-campus study• IRB and data storage through
CSUMB• Propensity Score Matching
(post-hoc modeling of random assignment to treatments)
• Following IES What Works Clearinghouse standards
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Problems:
Ø*Practitioners and researchers have different• Spheres of Interest• Spheres of Action
ØCommunication
Ø Incentives for research
Steps to bridge the gap:
ØResearch collaborations • Find mutually interesting and
actionable questions
ØHow and where do we communicate results
ØWhat research do we value and reward• Funding• Publishing• Tenure review
What are the gaps and how do you bridge gaps/ disconnects among faculty cultures (educational theorists research and disciplinary-based mentors)?
*Considering Interest and Action: Analyzing Types of Questions Explored by Researcher-Practitioner PartnershipsKaren D. Thompson, Martha I. Martinez, Chelsea Clinton, Guadalupe Díaz. Educational Researcher November 2017 46:8, 464–473.
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CUR Transformations Project
Ø Create research-rich, backward-designed, integrated, scaffolded curricula in 4 departments (Bio, Chem, Psych, Physics) at 12 institutions, and
Ø Conduct fundamental research on student, faculty, departmental and disciplinary influences on the process of integrating and scaffolding undergraduate research experiences throughout the curriculum
Acknowledgements to NSF DUE IUSE 16-25354 Grant & Credit to the CUR TP team:Mitch Malachowski, University of San Diego; Jeffrey Osborn, The College of New Jersey; Kerry Karukstis,
Harvey Mudd College; Jillian Kinzie, Indiana University; Elizabeth Ambos, Council on Undergraduate Research
Jillian KinzieAssociate Director, Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research
(IUCPR), and the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
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How can Colleges & Universities expand, deepen and sustain student engagement UR
opportunities?
Use an Evidence-Based Strategy of Backward Design to Build Vertically Scaffolded, Research-Rich Curricula
Scaffolding Framework Based on a “Student as Scholar”* ModelØ Uses a discovery paradigm and places UR at the center of the
curricular experience
Ø Students move from more passive, externally motivated experience to active, internally-motivated posture of a scholar.
Ø Three stages involving:• Foundation Courses• Intermediate Learning Experiences• Capstone Experiences
*Hodge et al. (2007) “From Convocation to Capstone: Developing the Student as Scholar”, AAC&U Network for Academic Renewal Conference
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CUR Transformations Template for Designing Vertically-Integrated Curriculum
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Learning from the CUR Transformations Approach: Research Component
ØConduct fundamental research on student, faculty, departmental, and disciplinary influences on the process of integrating and scaffolding UGR experiences throughout the curriculum.
ØBy studying these changes we will advance the academy’s understanding of effective teaching and learning and the disciplinary and cultural factors necessary for curricular integration and transformation.
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CUR Transformations Research Questions
Ø To what extent are students receptive to a research-based STEM curriculum emphasizing discovery, inquiry, and analysis? Does receptivity vary with student characteristics?
Ø How do student-learning experiences and outcomes in the scaffolded UGR curriculum vary by student characteristics?
Ø What effect do student characteristics (e.g., preexisting academic preparation) have on scaffoldedintegration of UGR into the curriculum and student learning outcomes?
Ø How do different STEM disciplines/departments effectively integrate the components and outcomes of high-quality UGR to reach more students?
Ø What aspects of STEM cultures and disciplines/departments support the integration of UGR elements into the undergraduate curriculum?
Ø What are the best approaches to research-based curricular redesign and faculty support for creating an inclusive change process?
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Council on Undergraduate Research Reception & Recognition of AURA Recipients
Friday January 27th, 5:30-7:00PMPenn Quarter A
Teaching Students the Arts of Inquiry and Evidence-Based Analysis:
The Core Issue at Stake in the Undergraduate Research Movement
Carol Geary Schneider Fellow, Lumina Foundation and President Emerita, AAC&U
Synopsis
►Teaching students to think through complex questions is a core purpose for quality college
learning and central to the value of a liberal education. This is also a top priority for employers.
►Thinking through complex questions requires (among other capacities), examining and organizing evidence; engaging diverse and competing perspectives about the issue and the evidence; and building a reasoned analysis that takes account of the evidence and of competing views on the evidence.
►Many college seniors lack these skills. See pp. 2-3 of this handout.
►The charts on pp. 2-3 come from AAC&U’s VALUE/Multi-state Collaborative research, conducted in 12 states. Findings from 34 public community colleges and 41 public universities are included. Source: AAC&U, On Solid Ground: VALUE Report 2017, 37 and 39. The study examined students’ completed assignments, originally submitted for course grades and later selected by faculty for inclusion in this national study. Scoring for the study was done by faculty from other institutions trained in applying VALUE rubrics. (The full report, with discussions of how to interpret, can be downloaded from www.aacu.org/OnSolidGroundVALUE).
►The VALUE/Multi-state study is consistent with other national research on college seniors’ critical thinking and communication skills, using standardized tests rather than student work. See, for examine, ETS research on critical thinking. See also employers’ views that many graduates need improvement in critical thinking and communication skills.
►These studies should be taken as a wake-up call. Helping students develop proficiency in evidence-based analysis needs to become a shared priority for all postsecondary institutions, programs, and faculty. All students, not just some students, should be prepared to complete evidence-based inquiry projects as part of their college studies.
►What will it take? Minimally, program redesign—both in majors and in general education and connections between them--to ensure that students gain guided practice in the skills of analytical inquiry across their course of study and that students are well prepared to design and complete a significant inquiry project. Well-designed assignments are a critical key.
►See p. 4 for a model curriculum map, keyed to Lumina Foundation’s Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP) and to AAC&U’s LEAP Essential Learning Outcomes. Both curriculum frameworks call for students to complete culminating work that shows their readiness to tackle complex questions and use evidence in approaching those questions.
For more on quality learning, please visit: www.carolgearyschneider.net
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