From the Classroom to the Lab: How Faculty Can Extend Curriculum Oriented Research Experiences to Publish With Undergraduates

Scholarship of Discovery and Beyond: Thinking About Multiple Forms of Scholarship and Elements of Project-Based Learning to Engage Undergraduates in Publishable Research

“…Many of the articles in this special edition feature strategies for engaging students, including diverse students (Chan, 2019; Frohardt, 2019; Peifer, 2019; Ahmad et al, under review) in publishable work using the scholarship of discovery. As mentioned earlier, one mechanism for engaging undergraduates in publishable work within this type of scholarship is to use project-based learning in a research methods and/or statistics course to heighten their understanding of research and statistics (LoSchiavo, 2018; McKelvie and Standing, 2018; Mendoza and Martone, 2019).…”

“…In addition, many psychologists run research laboratories where they engaged students in research. Many articles in this special issue feature strategies that can be implemented to engage students in publishable research from a research lab perspective (Adams, 2019; Dunbar, 2019; Holmes and Roberts, 2019; Mendoza and Martone, 2019; Overman, 2019; Reavis and Thomas, 2019; Scisco et al, 2019; Stefanucci, 2019; Wood, 2019; Scherman, under review). Some researchers use collaborations to expand the possibilities of publishable work with undergraduate students (Bukach et al, 2019; Hammersley et al, 2019).…”

“…One mechanism of making the work public is to publish it in teaching/learning journals within the field (or via special issues). For instance, in this special issue, we had one manuscript describe publishable research experiences from an undergraduate perspective (Matthews and Rose, 2018) and another provided perspectives from a faculty member and an undergraduate (Mendoza and Martone, 2019).…”

Looking Back at Undergraduate Research Experiences to Promote the Engagement of Undergraduates in Publishable Research at an R2 Institution

“…Likewise, I cannot expect them to know how to analyze data, but after working through an example, I can have them apply that knowledge to a different research question. To help articulate expectations, some have had success with lab learning agreements/syllabi (Whiteside et al, 2007; Adams, 2019; Bloomfield et al, 2019; Mendoza and Martone, 2019).…”

“…While these projects will most likely not be published, they engage students and pique their interest in research opportunities outside of class. Research Methods/Statistics Courses . There are a number of different models for teaching Research Methods and Statistics courses (LoSchiavo, 2018; McKelvie and Standing, 2018; Mendoza and Martone, 2019). In my own course, I develop several 2 x 2 between-participant projects that could be publishable.…”