AGU 2015 Abstract & Poster - Integrating Discovery-Based Research Experiences into the Undergraduate STEM Curriculum: A Convocation Report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

New possibilities and challenges to providing and scaling up opportunities for large numbers of undergraduates to engage in discovery-based research and related activities reflect both the evidence base and the current systemic infrastructure of higher education. The National Research Council hosted a Convocation in May 2015 on this very topic, inspired by the 2012 PCAST report “Engage to Excel,” which urged the STEM education community and funding agencies to “advocate and provide support for replacing standard laboratory courses with discovery-based research courses.” The Convocation report “Integrating Discovery-Based Research into the Undergraduate STEM Curriculum” on which this session is based explores a number of critical issues: Is our current knowledge base robust enough to recommend best practices? Is offering such experiences actually beneficial for all undergraduates? What institutional changes will be required to make such opportunities available to large numbers of students? Can such programs drive institutional change? How can we manage the cost/benefit parameters of such programs? Exploring these important and connected issues is critical for allowing undergraduates to participate in meaningful and relevant research through their coursework, for faculty and administrators to examine and document the evidence for their impact, and institutions to identify variations in what works at different types of colleges and universities.

Files

Metadata

Work Title AGU 2015 Abstract & Poster - Integrating Discovery-Based Research Experiences into the Undergraduate STEM Curriculum: A Convocation Report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Access
Open Access
Creators
  1. Guertin, Laura
  2. Ambos, Elizabeth
  3. Brenner, Kerry
  4. Asher, Pranoti
  5. Ryan, Jeffrey
Keyword
  1. AGU
  2. STEM
  3. National Academies of Sciences
  4. curriculum
  5. undergraduate research
  6. NRC
License Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
Work Type Poster
Language
  1. English
Related URLs
Deposited December 09, 2015

Versions

Analytics

Collections

This resource is currently not in any collection.

Work History

Version 1
published

  • Created
  • Added 3r207tn429_version1_AGU2015_convocationposter2.pdf
  • Added Creator Guertin, Laura
  • Added Creator Ambos, Elizabeth
  • Added Creator Brenner, Kerry
  • Added Creator Asher, Pranoti
  • Added Creator Ryan, Jeffrey
  • Published