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ERIC Number: EJ802671
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Jul
Pages: 4
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-6283
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Increasing Student Participation in Undergraduate Research Benefits Students, Faculty, and Department
Wayment, Heidi A.; Dickson, K. Laurie
Teaching of Psychology, v35 n3 p194-197 Jul 2008
Little information is available about how departments might improve undergraduate students' access to research experience. At a midsized psychology department (550 majors, 21 full-time faculty), we identified 5 barriers in our existing program (lack of student awareness, unequal student access, poor curricular timing, lack of publicity, and uneven access/incentives for faculty) and implemented 5 changes (application procedures, advertisement, assessment and communication with majors, establishment of a departmental newsletter, and restructured faculty teaching assignments). Following implementation, the number of involved students increased from 40 (11-year average) to 87 (Year 1) and to 117 (Year 2) and number of involved faculty increased from 60% to 94%. Our findings suggest that implementing systematic and programmatic changes may help to increase undergraduate involvement in research. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Arizona
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