Biology and Chemistry, California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA 93955.
Southern Methodist University, Simmons School of Education, Dallas, TX 75205.
CBE Life Sci Educ. 2022 Jun;21(2):ar20. doi: 10.1187/cbe.20-12-0300.
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) introduce research leading to skills acquisition and increased persistence in the major. CUREs generate enthusiasm and interest in doing science and serve as an intervention to increase equity and participation of historically marginalized students. In the second-semester laboratory of our introductory sequence for biology and marine science majors at California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB), instructors updated and implemented a field-based CURE. The goals of the CURE were to promote increased scientific identity, systems thinking, and equity at a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI). Through the CURE, students engaged in scientific writing through a research paper with a focus on information literacy, critical thinking, and quantitative reasoning as important elements of thinking like a scientist. Course exams also revealed that students showed gains in their ability to evaluate a new biological system using systems thinking. More broadly, because such field-based experiences demonstrate equity gains among Latinx students and a much greater sense of scientific identity, they may have impacts beyond introductory biology including in students' personal and professional lives.
基于课程的本科生研究经历 (CURE) 引入了研究，从而获得技能并增加对专业的坚持。CURE 激发了对科学的热情和兴趣，并作为一种干预措施，增加了历史上处于边缘地位的学生的公平性和参与度。在加州州立大学蒙特雷湾分校（CSUMB）生物学和海洋科学专业入门课程的第二学期实验室中，教师们更新并实施了基于实地的 CURE。该 CURE 的目标是在西班牙裔服务机构 (HSI) 中促进科学认同、系统思维和公平性的提高。通过 CURE，学生通过一篇侧重于信息素养、批判性思维和定量推理的研究论文进行科学写作，这些都是像科学家一样思考的重要元素。课程考试还表明，学生在使用系统思维评估新生物系统的能力方面有所提高。更广泛地说，由于这种基于实地的体验在拉丁裔学生中展示了公平性的提高以及更强的科学认同感，它们可能会对包括生物学入门课程以外的学生的个人和职业生活产生影响。
