Comparison of Student Outcomes in a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience: Face-to-Face, Hybrid, and Online Delivery of a Biology Laboratory

Authors

Sue Ellen DeChenne-Peters, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Elizabeth Sargent, Georgia Southern University, College of Science and MathematicsFollow
Scott C. Mateer, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Marylou Machingura, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Jennifer Zettler, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Traci Ness, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Geneva DeMars, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Sherri Cannon, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Jennifer BrofttBailey, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow

Abstract

Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) incorporate authentic research instead of confirmatory exercises into laboratory courses. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a general shift in instructional modalities from face-to-face (F2F) towards hybrid and online teaching. Student impacts caused by the abrupt shift to online teaching have been characterized, but comparisons between modalities for CUREs are missing. Therefore, we evaluated student learning and attitudinal outcomes in F2F, hybrid, and online delivery of an introductory college biology CURE. Additionally, we compared student outcomes between White/Asian students and persons excluded due to ethnicity or race (PEER) in these modalities. There were significant learning differences between modalities, but there were no significant learning differences by PEER status. Of six attitudinal variables, one varied significantly by modality and three varied significantly for PEER students. These results suggest that CUREs can be adapted to the online or hybrid modality with minimal impacts on student outcomes.

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DeChenne-Peters, Sue Ellen; Sargent, Elizabeth; Mateer, Scott C.; Machingura, Marylou; Zettler, Jennifer; Ness, Traci; DeMars, Geneva; Cannon, Sherri; and BrofttBailey, Jennifer (2022) "Comparison of Student Outcomes in a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience: Face-to-Face, Hybrid, and Online Delivery of a Biology Laboratory," International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Vol. 16: No. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.20429/ijsotl.2022.160105