Benefits of undergraduate research experiences

Science

Volumn 316, Issue 5824, 2007, Pages 548-549

  Russell, Susan H ^a   Hancock, Mary P ^a   McCullough, James ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ETHNICITY; HIGHER EDUCATION; RESEARCH WORK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; WORLD WIDE WEB;

AWARENESS; CAREER; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 34247634991     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1140384     Document Type: Review

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