Undergraduate research has been identified as a high-impact educational practice that produces positive outcomes such as increased retention and persistence to graduation/degree completion, increased grade point average, increased satisfaction with the undergraduate academic experience, and increased likelihood of advancement to graduate school. Certainly faculty members in English Studies frequently work with student researchers on honors theses or independent studies. However, it has been less common for undergraduate research to be integrated or embedded into the curriculum. This group can serve as a location to share best practices, brainstorm responses to challenges and continue to imagine what forms undergraduate research and faculty mentorship of undergraduate researchers might take.
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Sarah G. Wenzel started the topic Review & Comment on Draft Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Ed. in the forum
Undergraduate Research in English Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months ago
Does “information literacy” really belong with research-based rather than writing courses?
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) adopted the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education in 2000. The ACRL Board of Directors has appointed a task force to significantly revise the standards in order to address the…[Read more]
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Lauri Dietz edited the blog post Helping Students in English Studies Access the Research ATM in the group
Undergraduate Research in English Studies: on MLA Commons 10 years ago
By Lara Karpenko and Lauri Dietz
Lara Karpenko is Assistant Professor of English at Carroll University in Waukesha, WI. Her research concentrates on Victorian literature and culture, theories of reading, the […]
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Donna M. Bickford wrote a new blog post Article on Google Books and Undergraduate Research in the group
Undergraduate Research in English Studies: on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month ago
Here’s an article from The Journal of Effective Teaching on “The 21st Century Digital Student: Google Books as a Tool in Promoting Undergraduate Research in the Humanities.”
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Donna M. Bickford wrote a new blog post Undergraduate Research in English at Utah State University in the group
Undergraduate Research in English Studies: on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months ago
“Joyce Kinkead, professor of English at Utah State University, became the first humanist named a Council on Undergraduate Research Fellow last summer.”
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Donna M. Bickford wrote a new blog post Welcome to Undergraduate Research in English Studies in the group
Undergraduate Research in English Studies: on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months ago
Here are some resources about incorporating undergraduate research in the Arts & Humanities:
Reading, Writing & Research: Undergraduate Students as Scholars in Literary Studies. Ed. Laura L. Behling […]
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Donna M. Bickford created the group
Undergraduate Research in English Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months ago