1. Student Attitudes Contribute to the Effectiveness of a Genomics CURE.
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Lopatto D, Rosenwald AG, Burgess RC, Silver Key C, Van Stry M, Wawersik M, DiAngelo JR, Hark AT, Skerritt M, Allen AK, Alvarez C, Anderson S, Arrigo C, Arsham A, Barnard D, Bedard JEJ, Bose I, Braverman JM, Burg MG, Croonquist P, Du C, Dubowsky S, Eisler H, Escobar MA, Foulk M, Giarla T, Glaser RL, Goodman AL, Gosser Y, Haberman A, Hauser C, Hays S, Howell CE, Jemc J, Jones CJ, Kadlec L, Kagey JD, Keller KL, Kennell J, Kleinschmit AJ, Kleinschmit M, Kokan NP, Kopp OR, Laakso MM, Leatherman J, Long LJ, Manier M, Martinez-Cruzado JC, Matos LF, McClellan AJ, McNeil G, Merkhofer E, Mingo V, Mistry H, Mitchell E, Mortimer NT, Myka JL, Nagengast A, Overvoorde P, Paetkau D, Paliulis L, Parrish S, Toering Peters S, Preuss ML, Price JV, Pullen NA, Reinke C, Revie D, Robic S, Roecklein-Canfield JA, Rubin MR, Sadikot T, Sanford JS, Santisteban M, Saville K, Schroeder S, Shaffer CD, Sharif KA, Sklensky DE, Small C, Smith S, Spokony R, Sreenivasan A, Stamm J, Sterne-Marr R, Teeter KC, Thackeray J, Thompson JS, Velazquez-Ulloa N, Wolfe C, Youngblom J, Yowler B, Zhou L, Brennan J, Buhler J, Leung W, Elgin SCR, and Reed LK
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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., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2022 Lopatto et al.)
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- 2022
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