Volume IV: What works, what matters, what lasts

Research-rich

The 21st Century Learning Environment

• A Report from a Campus– What undergraduate research can tell us about research on learning
  – David Lopatto, Professor of Psychology, Grinnell College
  (With support from NSF, and with the engagement of colleagues at the University of Colorado Boulder, David Lopatto documents the benefits of undergraduate research experiences on student learning, based on the experiences of four campuses (Grinnell College, Harvey Mudd College, Hope College, Wellesley College) that had received the NSF Award for Integration of Research and Education (AIRE). His survey instruments, approaches, and outcomes suggest how the undergraduate research experience can be integrated into efforts to strengthen learning of students in STEM fields.)

• PKAL Volume I- What works: Building natural science communities
  Undergraduate research experiences

• 2002 PKAL Summer Institute:
  Assessing the impact of research
  (During small group discussions in a plenary session, institute participants identified specific approaches to assessing if/how students achieve goals established for an undergraduate research experience, particularly those goals directed toward exposing students to the process by which scientists explore, discover and communicate knowledge.)

• PKAL F21 reports and perspectives:
  Teaching demands versus research productivity
  – Keith Howard, Associate Professor of Biology, Department of Biology– Morehouse College
  – Monir H. Sharobeam, Associate Professor of Engineering Science, Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics– Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
  From the Journal of College Science Teaching. May 2002. pp. 436-441.

• PKAL F21 reports and perspectives:
  Key findings - Occidental College undergraduate research assessment
  – Chris Craney, Associate Dean of the College and Professor of Biochemistry- Occidental College

• Thirty years of advising undergraduates in research
  From the Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly. December 2003. pp. 85-87.
  (The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) is designed to encourage scholarly undergraduate research through meaningful student-faculty collaborations. CUR believes faculty must be active researchers in order to remain relevant in today's ever-changing world and retain students' attention in the classroom.)

• A Story from a Campus– Building a research-rich learning environment– working toward and ensuring the success of African American students in STEM fields: The University of Maryland, Baltimore County

• What matters - A PKAL survey
  Characteristics of ideal spaces for science