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Facilitating Growth through Frustration: Using Genomics Research in a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience
- Source :
- Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 21, Iss 1 (2020), Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- American Society for Microbiology, 2020.
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Abstract
- A hallmark of the research experience is encountering experimental difficulty and working through that challenge to reach success. The ability to overcome scientific challenges is essential to being a successful scientist, but replicating these challenges can be difficult in a teaching setting. The Genomics Education Partnership (GEP) is a consortium of faculty who engage their students in a genomics Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE). Students participate in genome annotation, generating gene models using multiple lines of experimental evidence. Our observations suggested that the students’ learning experience in this research is continuous and recursive, frequently beginning with frustration but eventually leading to success. In order to explore our “formative frustration” hypothesis, we gathered data about this research experience from faculty via a survey, and from students both via a general survey and a small set of focus groups administered at the end of the GEP CURE. All three datasets contained comments mentioning frustration and struggle, as well as learning and better understanding of the scientific process. Bioinformatics projects are particularly well suited to the process of iteration and refinement because iterations can be performed quickly and are inexpensive in both time and money. Based on these findings, we suggest that a dynamic of what we have deemed “formative frustration” is an important aspect for a successful CURE.
- Subjects :
- QH301-705.5
Process (engineering)
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Frustration
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Education
Formative assessment
03 medical and health sciences
Mathematics education
Biology (General)
Set (psychology)
lcsh:QH301-705.5
030304 developmental biology
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lcsh:LC8-6691
0303 health sciences
LC8-6691
lcsh:Special aspects of education
General Immunology and Microbiology
Research
4. Education
05 social sciences
050301 education
Special aspects of education
Focus group
lcsh:Biology (General)
Undergraduate research
General partnership
Working through
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Psychology
0503 education
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19357885 and 19357877
- Volume :
- 21
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7eabb48a4b62704d200558c6a1b6b4bc