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Article: Does early participation in undergraduate research benefit social science and humanities students?
- Article from:
- College Student Journal
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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Despite recent interest in the impact of undergraduate research on student development, there has not been much work done on the relationship between participation in undergraduate research and the development of social science and humanities students. Using data from Truman State University, this paper found that students who participated in collaborative undergraduate research with faculty early on reported significant gains in the ability to (1) think analytically and logically; (2) put ideas together; (3) learn on their own. Further, these gains were greater than those reported by students who did not participate in collaborative research with a faculty member. ...