Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-16-2022
Journal Title
Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education
Volume Number
23
Issue Number
2
Version
Publisher PDF: the final published version of the article, with professional formatting and typesetting
Disciplines
Biology | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Abstract
The Genomics Education Partnership (GEP) engages students in a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE). To better understand the student attributes that support success in this CURE, we asked students about their attitudes using previously published scales that measure epistemic beliefs about work and science, interest in science, and grit. We found, in general, that the attitudes students bring with them into the classroom contribute to two outcome measures, namely, learning as assessed by a pre- and postquiz and perceived self-reported benefits. While the GEP CURE produces positive outcomes overall, the students with more positive attitudes toward science, particularly with respect to epistemic beliefs, showed greater gains. The findings indicate the importance of a student’s epistemic beliefs to achieving positive learning outcomes.
Digital USD Citation
Haberman, Adam and Et al., "Student Attitudes Contribute to the Effectiveness of a Genomics CURE" (2022). Biology: Faculty Scholarship. 33.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/biology_facpub/33