A course-based research experience: How benefits change with increased investment in instructional time

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 111-130

  Shaffer, Christopher D ^a   Alvarez, Consuelo J ^b   Bednarski, April E ^a,c   Dunbar, David ^d   Goodman, Anya L ^e   Reinke, Catherine ^f   Rosenwald, Anne G ^g   Wolyniak, Michael J ^h   Bailey, Cheryl ^i,j   Barnard, Daron ^k   Bazinet, Christopher ^l   Beach, Dale L ^b   Bedard, James E J ^m,n   Bhalla, Satish ^o   Braverman, John ^p   Burg, Martin ^q   Chandrasekaran, Vidya ^r   Chung, Hui Min ^s   Clase, Kari ^t   DeJong, Randall J ^u   DiAngelo, Justin R ^v   Du, Chunguang ^w   Eckdahl, Todd T ^x   Eisler, Heather ^y   Emerson, Julia A ^z   Frary, Amy ^aa   Frohlich, Donald ^ab   Gosser, Yuying ^ac   Govind, Shubha ^ad   Haberman, Adam ^ae,af   Hark, Amy T ^ag   Hauser, Charles ^ah   Hoogewerf, Arlene ^u   Hoopes, Laura L M ^ai   Howell, Carina E ^aj   Johnson, Diana ^ak   Jones, Christopher J ^al   Kadlec, Lisa ^am   Kaehler, Marian ^an   Catherine Silver Key, S ^ao   Kleinschmit, Adam ^m   Kokan, Nighat P ^ap   Kopp, Olga ^aq   Kuleck, Gary ^ar,as   Leatherman, Judith ^at   Lopilato, Jane ^au   MacKinnon, Christy ^av   Martinez Cruzado, Juan Carlos ^aw   McNeil, Gerard ^ax   Mel, Stephanie ^ay   Mistry, Hemlata ^az   Nagengast, Alexis ^az   Overvoorde, Paul ^ba   Paetkau, Don W ^bb   Parrish, Susan ^bc   Peterson, Celeste N ^bd   Preuss, Mary ^be   Reed, Laura K ^bf   Revie, Dennis ^bg   Robic, Srebrenka ^bh   Roecklein Canfield, Jennifer ^au   Rubin, Michael R ^bi   Saville, Kenneth ^bj   Schroeder, Stephanie ^be   Sharif, Karim ^bk,bl   Shaw, Mary ^bm   Skuse, Gary ^bn   Smith, Christopher D ^bo   Smith, Mary A ^bp   Smith, Sheryl T ^bq   Spana, Eric ^br   Spratt, Mary ^bs   Sreenivasan, Aparna ^bt   Stamm, Joyce ^bu   Szauter, Paul ^bv   Thompson, Jeffrey S ^bw   Wawersik, Matthew ^bx   Youngblom, James ^by   Zhou, Leming ^bz   Mardis, Elaine R ^ca   Buhler, Jeremy ^cb   Leung, Wilson ^a   Lopatto, David ^cc   Elgin, Sarah C R ^a   more..

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Cabrini University   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LINFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

^g GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^j HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m ADAMS STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

^o JOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q Grand Valley State   (United States)

^r SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^t PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^v HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^y University of the Cumberlands   (United States)

^z AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^aa Mount Holyoke ^*  (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^ac City College of New York   (United States)

^ad CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^ae OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^af UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^ag MUHLENBERG COLLEGE   (United States)

^ah ST EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ai POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^aj LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ak GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^al MORAVIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^am WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^an LUTHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^ao NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ap CARDINAL STRITCH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aq UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ar LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^as USA   (United States)

^at UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^au SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^av UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD   (United States)

^aw UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^ax CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^ay UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^az WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ba MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^bb SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

^bc Biology Department   (United States)

^bd SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^be WEBSTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bf UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^bg CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bh AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^bi UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO AT CAYEY   (Puerto Rico)

^bj ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^bk University of New York   (United States)

^bl Massasoit Community College   (United States)

^bm NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bn ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^bo SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bp NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bq ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^br DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bs William Woods University   (United States)

^bt CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bu UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

^bv UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^bw DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bx Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^by CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bz UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^ca WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^cb WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^cc GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIOLOGY; COOPERATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PERSONNEL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

ATTITUDE; BIOLOGY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; FACULTY; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897642868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe-13-08-0152     Document Type: Article

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