Student Attitudes Contribute to the Effectiveness of a Genomics CURE.
David LopattoAnne G RosenwaldRebecca C BurgessCatherine Silver KeyMelanie Van StryMatthew WawersikJustin R DiAngeloAmy T HarkMatthew SkerrittAnna K AllenConsuelo AlvarezSara AndersonCindy ArrigoAndrew ArshamDaron BarnardJames E J BedardIndrani BoseJohn M BravermanMartin G BurgPaula CroonquistChunguang DuSondra DubowskyHeather EislerMatthew A EscobarMichael FoulkThomas GiarlaRivka L GlaserAnya L GoodmanYuying GosserAdam HabermanCharles HauserShan HaysCarina E HowellJennifer JemcChristopher J JonesLisa KadlecJacob D KageyKimberly L KellerJennifer KennellAdam J KleinschmitMelissa KleinschmitNighat P KokanOlga Ruiz KoppMeg M LaaksoJudith LeathermanLindsey J LongMollie ManierJuan C Martinez-CruzadoLuis F MatosAmie Jo McClellanGerard McNeilEvan MerkhoferVida MingoHemlata MistryElizabeth MitchellNathan T MortimerJennifer Leigh MykaAlexis NagengastPaul OvervoordeDon PaetkauLeocadia PaliulisSusan ParrishStephanie Toering PetersMary Lai PreussJames V PriceNicholas A PullenCatherine ReinkeDennis RevieSrebrenka RobicJennifer A Roecklein-CanfieldMichael R RubinTakrima SadikotJamie Siders SanfordMaria SantistebanKenneth SavilleStephanie SchroederChristopher D ShafferKarim A SharifDiane E SklenskyChiyedza SmallSheryl SmithRebecca SpokonyAparna SreenivasanJoyce StammRachel Sterne-MarrKatherine C TeeterJustin ThackerayJeffrey S ThompsonNorma Velazquez-UlloaCindy WolfeJames YoungblomBrian YowlerLeming ZhouJanie BrennanJeremy BuhlerWilson LeungSarah C R ElginLaura K ReedPublished in: Journal of microbiology & biology education (2022)
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.