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Developing, Promoting, & Sustaining the Undergraduate Research Experience in Psychology
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Table of Contents
Introduction |
Page |
| Book Cover | |
| Foreword Stephen F. Davis |
1 |
| Introduction and a Brief History of Undergraduate Research in Psychology Richard L. Miller |
3 |
| Why Engage Undergraduates in Empirical Research: A Panel Discussion Jane S. Halonen, Charles L. Brewer, Paul A. Bell, & Richard L. Miller, with comments by Bernard C. Beins, William J. Wozniak, Marty Fallshore, Susan Becker, Robert Rycek, Bill Buskist, Wilbert J. McKeachie, Elizabeth Loftus, Robert Cialdini, Margaret Matlin, Richard Suinn, Robin Anderson, & Drew Appleby |
17 |
Section 1. Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research
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29 |
| Facing the Crisis in the Academy: Creating a Culture of Undergraduate Research in Contemporary Institutions of Higher Education Steve T. Barney |
30 |
| Lessons from the CUR Institutes on Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research Mitchell R. Malachowski & Michael E. Nelson |
38 |
| Promoting Undergraduate Research: Institutional Support Mechanisms John Falconer |
42 |
| External Support for Undergraduate Research Vincent Prohaska |
45 |
| Research Ethics: Issues and Resources Richard L Miller |
48 |
Section 2. Successful Models of Undergraduate Research
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53 |
| The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire: An Institutional Model for Excellence in Undergraduate Research Christopher T. Lind |
54 |
| Undergraduate Research at the University of Nebraska at Kearney: Building and Sustaining the Culture Kenya S. Taylor |
59 |
| Summer Undergraduate Research Experience: A Model for Student Participation in a Competitive Grants Program at the University of San Diego Kenneth D. Keith, Lisa M. Baird & Michael Ichiyama |
62 |
| A Successful Model of Undergraduate Research: Utah State University Joyce Kinkead |
65 |
| Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research at Murray State University John Mateja |
69 |
| Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Undergraduate Research: Southern Utah University Psychology Department’s Report on Success Lynn H. White |
72 |
| Morningside College: A Successful Departmental Model of Undergraduate Research Susan R. Burns |
75 |
| Encouraging Undergraduate Research: Hanover College’s Psychology Major John H. Krantz, Stephen D. Young, T. William Altermatt, Ellen R. Altermatt & Michelle H. Mamberg |
78 |
| A Successful Departmental Model: Missouri Southern State University Christie Cathey & Gwendolyn Murdock |
81 |
| University of Mary Washington: A Successful Departmental Model Roy Smith |
82 |
| A Successful Departmental Model: Furman University Charles L. Brewer, Gilles O. Einstein & Beth A. Pontari |
90 |
| A Comprehensive Strategy to Promote Undergraduate Research in Psychology at the University of Central Arkansas William J. Lammers |
93 |
Section 3. Conducting Undergraduate Research
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97 |
| Involving Freshmen in Undergraduate Research Emily Balcetis & Richard Miller |
98 |
| After Introductory Psychology: The Next Course Preparing Psychology Freshmen and Sophomores for Undergraduate Research Eric Amsel & Theresa Kay |
104 |
| Integrating Research Methods and Introductory Statistics Cathy A. Grover & Kenneth A. Weaver |
108 |
| Creating Research Groups in an Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum Bernard C. Beins |
111 |
| Advanced Laboratory Classes in Psychology William Wozniak |
116 |
| Increasing Undergraduate Research Participation: From Classrooms to Conferences Calvin P. Garbin & David J. Hansen |
121 |
| Mentoring Undergraduate Research in a Principles of Assessment Course Steve T. Barney |
124 |
| Conducting Undergraduate Research: Independent Study Susan R. Burns |
128 |
| Toward a Model for Undergraduate Research in Psychology at the Two-Year College Jennifer L. O’Loughlin-Brooks & Valerie T. Smith |
132 |
| Involving Students Research at a Commuter College Vincent Prohaska |
136 |
| Summer Research Programs Holly E. Tatum & Beth M. Schwartz |
140 |
| Managing Student Research Ideas with a WWW Database Edward P. Kardas |
143 |
| Senior Thesis/Capstone Approach Beth M. Schwartz & Holly E. Tatum |
146 |
Section 4. Special Types of Research Opportunities
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150 |
| Research at a Local Zoo Joanne D. Altman |
151 |
| Engaging Students in Community-Based Research Maya M. Khanna |
156 |
| Using Field Research Techniques to Enhance the Undergraduate Experience Joseph J. Benz |
162 |
| Conducting Research at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s Campus Autism Program Kevin P. Klatt |
165 |
| Research in the Rat Lab: Some Thoughts on Undergraduates doing Behavioral Neuroscience Research Mark C. Zrull |
168 |
| Learning from Chimpanzees: Internships at the Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute Mary Lee Jensvold & Roger Fouts |
172 |
| Archival Research in Forensic Psychology Matthew T. Huss |
177 |
| Neuroscience Research Cynthia Gibson |
180 |
| Using the Web for Student Research John H. Krantz & T. William Altermatt |
185 |
| Environmental Psychological Research with Undergraduates in National Parks Britton L. Mace |
189 |
| Practical Advice for Doing Research with Preschoolers Ruth L. Ault |
195 |
| Teaching Qualitative Research to Undergraduate Students Jill R. Brown & Daniel J. Foy |
199 |
| Conducting Archival Research on the History of Psychology Lizette Royer |
203 |
Section 5. Faculty and Student Roles
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208 |
| Bending Twigs: The Act of Mentoring Undergraduate Student Research Theresa A. Wadkins & Richard L. Miller |
209 |
| Collaboration: Faculty Perspective William Douglas Woody |
215 |
| Collaboration: Student Perspective Joe Hamm |
220 |
| Supervising Undergraduate Students in a Faculty Driven Research Program Krista D. Forrest, Bradley J. Stastny & Jennifer B. Bruns |
224 |
Section 6. Sharing the Results of Research
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230 |
| Departmental Undergraduate Research Days Diane K. Martichuski |
231 |
| Celebrating Student Research: Campus-wide Student Research Events Roxanne L. Sullivan |
234 |
| Undergraduate Research Conferences Donna Stuber-McEwen & Kristina Thielen-Belveal |
237 |
| Posters on the Hill: A Unique Way to Present Undergraduate Research Isabelle D. Cherney |
240 |
| Undergraduate Research at Professional Psychology Conventions Robert F. Rycek |
245 |
| The Use of Locally Published Journals to Encourage Undergraduate Research Richard L. Froman |
247 |
| Undergraduate Student Research Journals: Opportunities for and Benefits from Publication Mark E. Ware & Susan R. Burns |
253 |
Section 7. Assessment and Evaluation
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257 |
| Science Undergraduates’ Perceptions of Learning from Undergraduate Research Experiences CarolAnne M. Kardash, Michael Wallace & Linda Blockus |
258 |
| Educational Goals Related to the Research Experience Bryan K. Saville & Tracy E. Zinn |
264 |
| Academic Outcomes Assessment in Undergraduate Education: Rationale & Process George J. Spilich |
269 |
| Tools for the Assessment of Undergraduate Research Outcomes Linda Rueckert |
272 |
| The Value from the Perspective of the Workplace/Community Christopher Koch |
276 |
| An Undergraduate’s Perspective on the Undergraduate Research Experience: From a Trained Monkey to a Scientist Jennifer Johnson |
280 |
| The Value from the Graduate School Perspective Christopher Koch |
283 |
Our Contributors |
305 |
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