Undergraduate Research as Teaching Practice

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Carleton intro student recording measurements at an outcrop. Photo by Tim Vick, 2008

Provenance: Tim Vick, Carleton College
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What is Undergraduate Research?

Participants at the 2014 workshop Undergraduate Research: Engaging Students in the First Two Years were asked to define what "Undergraduate Research" means in the geosciences, particularly in the lower division.

Designing Undergraduate Research Experiences

Module-Scale Research

Course-Scale Research

Evaluating Undergraduate Research Experiences

How do we know whether or not students are getting what we want them to out of research experiences? There are a variety of mechanisms that can be used to evaluate the efficacy of pedagogical approaches and participants at the 2014 workshop developed helpful guidance for deciding on appropriate strategies for a particular context.

Undergraduate Research from Intro to Graduation

Upper Division Courses, Independent Studies, and REU's
Learn from a set of web-based modules that aggregate the community knowledge, experience and resources that can encourage and support undergraduate research across the geoscience curriculum.

Incorporating research into an introductory meteorology course, Elizabeth Malcolm, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Wesleyan College

Events

• Engaging Students in the First Two Years: 2014 Workshop
  The workshop will explore the many ways that authentic research experiences can be embedded in introductory Earth Science courses.
• 2011 CUR-Cutting Edge Undergraduate Research Writing Retreat
  This event brought together several faculty from across the nation who are actively involved with undergraduate research to collaboratively write essays and case studies of undergraduate research throughout the curriculum.

Get Involved

• Contribute your own teaching materials and case studies to the collection.
• Join the discussion on the Undergraduate Research email list.