Getting off to a good start? First-year undergraduate research experiences and student outcomes

Bowman, Nicholas A.; Holmes, Joshua M.

doi:10.1007/s10734-017-0191-4

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“…However, the University of Michigan study noted that possibility of a “self‐selection” bias among students who applied for the undergraduate research program (e.g., they may have been more motivated than the general population to stay in engineering). A more recent study used a “propensity score” adjustment as an attempt to remove the self‐selection bias, and concluded that first‐year undergraduate research is positively related to first‐year university satisfaction but not to retention and graduation rates.…”

Section: Undergraduate Student Apprenticeshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving the faculty‐student experience in chemical engineering

Davis

2020

AIChE Journal

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Section: Undergraduate Student Apprenticeshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving the faculty‐student experience in chemical engineering

Davis

2020

AIChE Journal

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“…A total of 5.2% of the students reported engagement in undergraduate research during their first year in college. Participating in undergraduate research was positively and significantly related to fourth-year GPA and first year student satisfaction (Bowman & Holmes, 2017). Interestingly there was not a significant relationship between GPA of other years, retention rates, or 4-year graduation rates.…”

Section: Faculty/staff and Student Interactionmentioning

confidence: 80%

“…Another study on Greek involvement utilized data from a sample of 2,391 students from 21 four-year institutions across the United States with a three wave survey during the first two-three weeks on campus, end of the first year, and the end of year four (Bowman & Holmes, 2017). In the sample, 54% were female, 81% were White, 7%…”

Section: Fraternities and Sororities: Greek Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Rather than utilize regression to predict outcomes, researchers assigned a propensity score to the students followed by stratification to compare the outcomes of matched students across schools (Bowman and Holmes, 2017 (Donato & Thomas, 2017). When the researchers take into account that fraternity members strategically take leniently-graded courses the semester they join the organization, the effect grows to a drop of .216 GPA points.…”

Section: Fraternities and Sororities: Greek Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is generally accepted that undergraduate research enhances faculty-student relationships, provides socialization into the discipline, and dispels myths about the accessibility of research (Bowman and Holmes, 2017). Chang, Sharkness, Hurtado, & Newman, (2014) found this is especially true for African American students, who have the lowest rate of persistence in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors among all racial/ethnic groups, yet one of the highest major retentions if those students engage in undergraduate research (2014).…”

Section: Faculty/staff and Student Interactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2019

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This paper examines the early research experiences of eighteen researchers from a variety of scholarly fields to identify key factors in effective, successful experiences. Applying thematic analysis to semi‐structured interviews, and using the Connected Learning framework as a lens to examine early research experiences, we identify three factors that are common in successful experiences: exposure to key events early in researchers' lives, mentorship from a variety of sources that proactively connects early researchers to opportunities and models support, and experiences that prompt curiosity and joy, sparking the interests of those who go on to become researchers. This work has implications for the design of early research experiences and demonstrates how connecting youth to research opportunities early in their learning allows them to pursue their interests, build relationships with mentors/mentees, and access opportunities to develop as researchers and critical thinkers.

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Getting off to a good start? First-year undergraduate research experiences and student outcomes

Cited by 52 publications

References 23 publications

Improving the faculty‐student experience in chemical engineering

Improving the faculty‐student experience in chemical engineering

Student Involvement and the Impact on Academic Success

Understanding early research experiences through the lens of connected learning

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