{"id":33261,"date":"2020-01-07t14:54:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-07t19:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=33261"},"modified":"2020-01-07t14:54:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07t19:54:55","slug":"journal-club-understanding-good-practices-for-fostering-undergraduate-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2020\/01\/journal-club-understanding-good-practices-for-fostering-undergraduate-research\/","title":{"rendered":"journal club: understanding good practices for fostering undergraduate research"},"content":{"rendered":"
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many faculty consider undergraduate research to be the pinnacle of an undergraduate career, and departments across vanderbilt provide opportunities for students to pursue a variety of research. as immersion vanderbilt matures, this commitment is only likely to grow.<\/p>\n
how do we foster productive research experiences for our students? what are good practices for helping students understand the research process, learn from their mistakes, and share their results with a larger audience?<\/p>\n
in this learning community, we will explore the literature on undergraduate research, focusing on factors that we can influence as educators and mentors. the learning community will have a journal club-like structure, where we read one or two research articles for each meeting and discuss the implications for our practice.<\/p>\n