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A Model for Building Outcomes Assessment Capacity in Major Research Universities
through a Program of Undergraduate Research
Christopher Quick, Texas A&M
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A Model for Building Outcomes Assessment Capacity in Major Research Universities
through a Program of Undergraduate Research
Christopher Quick, Texas A&M
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Research Experience for Undergraduate Students:
Programs at UNLV
John W. FarleyProfessor of Physics
Director, Center for Mathematics and Science Education
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Outline
What is Undergraduate Research?
Programs for Undergraduate Research at UNLV
Assessing Undergraduate Research Programs
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What is undergraduate research?
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Research vs. Classroom learning
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Classroom learning: solving well-defined
problems using well-defined proceduresin a brief period of time.
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Research: solving ill-defined problemsusing ill-defined procedures
in an infinite* amount of time.
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Well understood consensus
Terra Incognita Terra Incognita
Terra Incognita Terra Incognita
Frontier
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My own undergraduate
research experience
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NSF REU Program in Physics1987-2008:
REU Supplement (1987-1991) or
REU Site (1992-2008)
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Summer undergraduate research:
other fields, other funding
sources
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NIH-IMBRE
BiologyNevada students
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REU Mechanical EngineeringBob Boehm, Directorrecruit nationally
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REU Site MicrobiologyKurt Regner, DirectorRecruit nationally
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High Pressure Science and
Engineering Center
Malcolm Nicol*, director*(1939-2009)
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NSF EPSCoR
Undergraduate Research Opportunity ProgramNevada students only
All fields of science, math, engineering, education (if future science & math teachers)
2005-2007 30 students in academic year30 students in summer
UNLV, UNR, DRI
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Summer common program
Opening CeremonySeminar series
Closing poster session
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Seminar series
How to give a scientific talk*How to get into graduate school
Careers in scienceEthics in science
*and how not to.
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End of summer poster session
34 student participants in 2006
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Lauren Besquillo (2007)
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Aynsley Sutherland and MaryKay Orgill (2007)
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Academic Year ProgramNevada Undergraduate
Research Symposium (NURS)
Held in April at UNR and UNLV (alternating)
Open to ALL undergraduate research in all areas
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Assessment of undergraduate
research programs
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Research facilitiesWe have extensive research effort,
first-rate facilities,many faculty publications in top journals.
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How were the students recruited?
How many students applied?
How many were selected?
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Demographics of the student attendees
Females, minorities
Geographic distribution of students
Recruited from 4-year colleges or research powerhouses?
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Are the students doing meaningful research projects? Not engaged in make-work or mere data-taking?
Students should transition from dependent upon the mentor (beginning of summer) to working independently (end of summer).
Social program after hours
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End of summer poster session
How many students exhibited?
How many people attended?
PR opportunity
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Publications and presentations at scientific conferences with undergraduate student co-authors.
Acknowledgment of undergraduate student authors on publications.
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Tracking students after graduation
Go to graduate school in science or related discipline?
Science-related employment
non-science-related employment
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Nationally, students who have a research experience are three times as likely to go on to graduate school in physics as those who don’t. (Self-selected).
from a 2005 proposal
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Many programs support undergraduate research, especially in summers
Much undergraduate research is already happening at UNLV.
Conclusions
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Undergraduate research can be a bridge towards growth of research and graduate programs.
Grants for students are easier to get than research grants.
Faculty must adjust to run on undergraduates.
Undergraduate Research is a strategy to grow research effort
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The End!