Developing and Sustaining a Research-supportive Curriculum: A Compendium of Successful PracticesKerry K. Karukstis, Timothy E. Elgren "This compendium of successful curricular and institutional practices to develop critical research skills emphasized the importance of the collective efforts of the undergraduate community to integrate research and education. By collecting and disseminating a variety of mechanisms that are effective means of creating a research-supportive undergraduate curriculum, the Council on Undergraduate Research aims to encourage faculty and institutions to continue to seek creative, useful, and significant ways to promote "learning through research"."--Publisher's description. |
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Introduction | 3 |
Cooperative Learning and ProjectBased | 21 |
Implementing Inquiry or ProblemBased Learning | 41 |
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