Hills Sonia, Light Caitlin J
Binghamton University, First-year Research Immersion Program, Binghamton, New York, USA.
J Microbiol Biol Educ. 2022 Jul 26;23(2). doi: 10.1128/jmbe.00024-22. eCollection 2022 Aug.
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) represent an innovative educational strategy to engage more science, technology, engineering, and math undergraduates in authentic research experiences. Research shows that student participation in CUREs results in positive student outcomes similar to those for traditional research experiences. However, less is known about how the research focus of a CURE or the varied emphasis on certain CURE design elements can impact student outcomes. CUREs provide a unique opportunity to infuse training essential for future researchers. Although responsible and ethical conduct is an important component of research and scientific practice, limited attention has been paid to incorporation and assessment of responsible and ethical conduct of research (RECR) in CUREs. Here, we address the gap in CURE RECR training by presenting an activity that can be easily built into any CURE or inquiry-based lab to train students in RECR relative to data management, specifically, the lab notebook. In this activity, students are asked to replicate or execute an experiment with only the records of a previous student's lab notebook. This previous student's notebook is purposefully designed by the instructor to miss important information that might not seem obvious to students but would prevent a future researcher from replicating the experiment. The idea is to create an early understanding of delayed gratification for students when it comes to responsible and ethical maintenance of lab notebooks. This activity is paired with a pre- and postactivity lecture and debriefing to instruct, guide, and reflect with students on RECR surrounding lab notebooks as well as iterative practice and assessment of lab notebooks throughout the semester.
基于课程的本科研究经历（CUREs）是一种创新的教育策略，旨在让更多的理工科本科生参与真实的研究经历。研究表明，学生参与CUREs能带来与传统研究经历类似的积极成果。然而，对于CUREs的研究重点或对某些CURE设计元素的不同强调如何影响学生成果，我们了解得较少。CUREs提供了一个独特的机会，可融入未来研究人员所需的培训。虽然负责任和符合道德的行为是研究和科学实践的重要组成部分，但在CUREs中，对研究中负责任和符合道德行为（RECR）的纳入和评估关注有限。在此，我们通过展示一项活动来填补CUREs中RECR培训的空白，该活动可轻松融入任何CURE或基于探究的实验室，以针对数据管理（特别是实验笔记本）对学生进行RECR培训。在这项活动中，要求学生仅根据前一名学生的实验笔记本记录来复制或执行一项实验。教师特意设计前一名学生的笔记本，使其遗漏一些对学生来说可能不明显但会妨碍未来研究人员复制实验的重要信息。其目的是让学生尽早理解在对实验笔记本进行负责任和符合道德的维护方面延迟满足的意义。这项活动与活动前后的讲座及汇报相结合，以指导、引导学生并就围绕实验笔记本的RECR进行反思，以及在整个学期对实验笔记本进行迭代实践和评估。
