F. Beer, Christina M. Hassija, Arturo Covarrubias-Paniagua, Jeffrey M. Thompson
{"title":"A Peer Research Consultant Program: Feasibility and Outcomes","authors":"F. Beer, Christina M. Hassija, Arturo Covarrubias-Paniagua, Jeffrey M. Thompson","doi":"10.18833/SPUR/2/3/4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18833/SPUR/2/3/4","url":null,"abstract":"The authors discuss their study of the Peer Research Consultant (PRC) program at California State University, San Bernardino. During the 2016–2017 academic year, 13 courses, with 853 students enrolled, participated in the PRC program. Program participants completed pre-and post-measures assessing demographic information, perceptions of skill level, and perceived gains following program participation. Students who participated in the PRC program showed an increase in overall course grades ( M = 3.11) compared to those who did not ( M = 2.82; p < 0.05). Similar findings were observed among under-represented minority (URM) students who participated ( M = 3.05) and those who did not ( M = 2.73, p < 0.05). Program participants reported high satisfaction with the program and improved confidence in skills.","PeriodicalId":89543,"journal":{"name":"Council on Undergraduate Research quarterly","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48192641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social and Human Capital Influences on Undergraduate Researchers’ Disciplinary Identity: The Case of Social and Natural Scientists","authors":"S. Davis, S. Wagner","doi":"10.18833/SPUR/2/3/5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18833/SPUR/2/3/5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89543,"journal":{"name":"Council on Undergraduate Research quarterly","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42789914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Student Research Showdown: A Research Communication Competition","authors":"R. Reichle","doi":"10.18833/spur/2/3/9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18833/spur/2/3/9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89543,"journal":{"name":"Council on Undergraduate Research quarterly","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49527775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Learning \"Scholarship as Conversation\" by Writing Book Reviews","authors":"Nicholas J. Rowland, Jeff Knapp, Hailley M. Fargo","doi":"10.18833/SPUR/2/3/6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18833/SPUR/2/3/6","url":null,"abstract":"The ability of undergraduate students to write for scholarly audiences is contingent upon their capacity to recognize that scholarship is a kind of conversation. For a student, writing an academic book review is a near ideal yet generally underutilized opportunity to learn this lesson. Through analysis of previously published book reviews coproduced with students, the authors identify actionable practices to transform the process of writing book reviews from an undervalued, lone activity into a viable form of undergraduate research. Publishing coauthored book reviews may aid students seeking admission to graduate school and faculty seeking promotion. In the end, writing book reviews with students is an opportunity for faculty and librarians to pass along the important lesson that scholar-ship is an important, inclusive conversation.","PeriodicalId":89543,"journal":{"name":"Council on Undergraduate Research quarterly","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43747881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparing Two Models of Undergraduate Research Using the OSCAR Student Survey","authors":"S. Foster, B. Usher","doi":"10.18833/SPUR/1/3/6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18833/SPUR/1/3/6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89543,"journal":{"name":"Council on Undergraduate Research quarterly","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42127923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction: Spring 2019","authors":"L. Gould","doi":"10.18833/SPUR/2/3/8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18833/SPUR/2/3/8","url":null,"abstract":"Full issue","PeriodicalId":89543,"journal":{"name":"Council on Undergraduate Research quarterly","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44647062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Engaging Archaeology: 25 Case Studies in Research Practice","authors":"Liza Gijanto","doi":"10.18833/SPUR/2/3/2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18833/SPUR/2/3/2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89543,"journal":{"name":"Council on Undergraduate Research quarterly","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45521368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leveraging the Role of Library Partnerships to Understand Undergraduate Research Contributions to Humanities Scholarship: A Case Study","authors":"Luciana Aenășoaie, Justin Joque, Amanda Peters, Jamie Vander Broek","doi":"10.18833/SPUR/2/3/1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18833/SPUR/2/3/1","url":null,"abstract":"The library and the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program at the University of Michigan partnered in an investigation of student-faculty research collaboration in the humanities. The authors found that providing early opportunities for undergraduates to collaborate on such projects was highly beneficial for both students and faculty mentors. Students contributed and gained invaluable skills in an experience they stated was more meaningful than that of a conventional classroom, whereas faculty mentors could juggle multiple projects, benefit from students’ technological skills, and articulate the salience of their research processes and their work. The authors also discuss the role of the library as a crucial catalyst in changing the perception of the humanities at higher education institutions, particularly as it exposes students to research projects and professions within the library.","PeriodicalId":89543,"journal":{"name":"Council on Undergraduate Research quarterly","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42329457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction: Winter 2018 SPUR","authors":"Rebecca M. Jones","doi":"10.18833/SPUR/2/2/9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18833/SPUR/2/2/9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89543,"journal":{"name":"Council on Undergraduate Research quarterly","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48359163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}