Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Model: Graduate Students Matched with STEM First-Year Mentees
Presentation Type
Poster Session
Location
Burnett Honors College
Start Date
10-10-2014 5:15 PM
End Date
10-10-2014 7:00 PM
Description/Abstract
Finding innovative ways to integrate first-year students into research remains a challenge. Here we describe a program that gives students a short apprenticeship in a STEM research environment. First-year students are paired with a Graduate Research Mentor (GRM) for an apprenticeship that lasts for 12 weeks and students engage in the research process for three hours each week. The mentees log their activities each week and these logs have demonstrated that students can participate in a wide variety of experiences. The GRMs are also having positive experiences and report that they gain mentoring skills through the LEARN program.
Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Model: Graduate Students Matched with STEM First-Year Mentees
Burnett Honors College
Finding innovative ways to integrate first-year students into research remains a challenge. Here we describe a program that gives students a short apprenticeship in a STEM research environment. First-year students are paired with a Graduate Research Mentor (GRM) for an apprenticeship that lasts for 12 weeks and students engage in the research process for three hours each week. The mentees log their activities each week and these logs have demonstrated that students can participate in a wide variety of experiences. The GRMs are also having positive experiences and report that they gain mentoring skills through the LEARN program.
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