Undergraduate research through the CASPiE model: Evaluating components and the whole

CHED 1544

Donald J. Wink, dwink@uic.edu, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, (MC 111), Chicago, IL 60607 and Gabriela C. Weaver, gweaver@purdue.edu, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084.
The CAPSiE model of undergraduate research emphasizes research modules contributing to authentic research problems, peer led team learning in the laboratory, remote instrumentation, and a community of instructors and students distributed at multiple institutions. This model has now advanced to the point where summative evaluation can begin, with the lessons learned used to guide further work. The components of the summative evaluation include an increased understanding of faculty development issues associated with changes in how research is conducted; an understanding of the extent to which research is accessible to students early in their undergraduate years, and the development of new ways to communicate research results from students in lab courses to the wider community.
 

Laboratory Pedagogy: Research-Based Evaluation of Existing Models
1:30 PM-4:10 PM, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Hilton New Orleans Riverside -- HEC B, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008