Abstract
Integrating Teaching and Research in Undergraduate Biology Laboratory Education
Highlights
Both the National Academies and the American Association for the Advancement of Science recently emphasized that undergraduate education could be improved by a higher level of student participation in authentic research [7,8]
A new undergraduate introductory lab course was recently created by the Department of Biology at Stanford University
Using our experience with this course and drawing on the experience of other initiatives outlined in previously published curricula [6,7,12,13], we present six recommendations that could be applied to various biological subdisciplines to develop courses with the dual function of providing students with a research-based experience and contributing to the instructor’s research platform (Box 1)
Summary
N Data collection should require minimal prior knowledge or technical skill. N Technically difficult procedures that cannot be mastered by students quickly can be executed by staff members, but demonstrated to students so they understand the processes behind the data collection.
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