This is not meant to be an exhaustive list, but rather a summary of some of our favorite references. Enjoy!<\/p>\n
General Calls to Do More Research<\/strong> Hart Research Associates. (2010).\u00a0Raising the Bar: Employers Views on College Learning in the Wake of the Economic Downturn.<\/em>\u00a0Washington, D.C.: Hart Research Associates.<\/p>\n Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). (2012).\u00a0Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates With Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.<\/em>\u00a0Washington, D.C.: Excecutive Office of the President.<\/p>\n Benefits of Undergraduate Research<\/strong><\/p>\n Denofrio, L. A., Russell, B., Lopatto, D., & Lu, Y. (2007). Linking Student Interests to Science Curricula. Science , 318, 1872-1873.<\/p>\n Hunter, A.-B., Laursen, S. L., & Seymour, E. (2007). Becoming a Scientist: The Role of Undergraduate Research in Students’ Cognitive, Personal, and Professional Development.\u00a0Science Education , 91, 36-74.<\/p>\n Hunter, A.-B., Weston, T. J., Laursen, S. L., & Thiry, H. (2009). URSSA: Evaluating Student Gains from Undergraduate Research in the Sciences. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly , 29 (3), 15-19.<\/p>\n Kardash, C. (2000). Evaluation of an Undergraduate Research Experience: Perceptions of Undergraduate Interns and Their Faculty Mentors.\u00a0Journal of Educational Psychology , 92 (1), 191-201.<\/p>\n Lopatto, D. (2004). Survey of Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE): First Findings.\u00a0Cell Biology Education , 3, 270-277.<\/p>\n Lopatto, D. (2007). Undergraduate Research Experiences Support Science Career Decisions and Active Learning. CBE–Life Sciences Edition , 6, 297-306.<\/p>\n Russell, S. H., Hancock, M. P., & McCullough, J. (2007). Benefits of Undergraduate Research Experiences. Science , 316, 548-549.<\/p>\n Sadler, T. D. (2010). Learning Science through Research Apprenticeships: A Critical Review. Journal Of Research in Science Teaching , 47 (3), 235-256.<\/p>\n Seymour, E., Anne-Barrie, H., Laursen, S. L., & Deantoni, T. (2004). Establishing the Benefits of Research Experiences for Undergraduates in the Sciences: First Findings from a Three-Year Study.\u00a0Science Education , 88 (4), 493-534.<\/p>\n Thiry, H., Weston, T. J., Laursen, S. L., & Hunter, A.-B. (2012). The Benefits of Multi-Year Research Experiences: Differences in Novice and Experienced Students’ Reported Gains from Undergraduate Research. CBE–Life Sciences Education , 11, 260-272.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is not meant to be an exhaustive list, but rather a summary of some of our favorite references. Enjoy! General Calls to Do More Research Boyer Commission. (1998).\u00a0Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America’s research universities.\u00a0Stony Brook, NY: Carnegie Foundation for University Teaching. Hart Research Associates. (2010).\u00a0Raising the Bar: Employers Views on College Learning … Continue reading Literature List on the Benefits of Undergraduate Research<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-72","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7rmFU-1a","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74,"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions\/74"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBoyer Commission. (1998).\u00a0Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America’s research universities.<\/em>\u00a0Stony Brook, NY: Carnegie Foundation for University Teaching.<\/p>\n