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ArticleBiochemistry and molecular biology education : a bimonthly publication of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Group-effort applied research: expanding opportunities for undergraduate research through original, class-based research projects.

Sean D Moore, Ken Teter

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Article in Biochemistry and molecular biology education : a bimonthly publication of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Biochemistry Learning in Higher Education: A Systematic Review on Methodologies and Teaching Resources.Biochemistry and molecular biology education : a bimonthly publication of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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  3. In Situ Teaching: Fusing Labs & Lectures in Undergraduate Science Courses to Enhance Immersion in Scientific Research.Journal of undergraduate neuroscience education : JUNE : a publication of FUN, Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience · 2015
    Article
  4. Known structure, unknown function: An inquiry-based undergraduate biochemistry laboratory course.Biochemistry and molecular biology education : a bimonthly publication of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sean D MooreBurnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 32826.
Ken Teter
University of Central Florida · US

Funding

Identification of Pathways Affected by Essential Proteins of Unknown FunctionR15GM102714 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA · PI MOORE, SEAN DAVID · 2012 to 2012
$413k
NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM102714NIGMS NIH HHS R15GM102714
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Undergraduate research clearly enriches the educational development of participating students, but these experiences are limited by the inherent inefficiency of the standard one student-one mentor model for undergraduate research. Group-effort applied research (GEAR) was developed as a strategy to provide substantial numbers of undergraduates with meaningful research experiences. The GEAR curriculum delivers concept-driven lecture material and provides hands-on training in the context of an active research project from the instructor's laboratory. Because GEAR is structured as a class, participating students benefit from intensive, supervised research training that involves a built-in network of peer support and abundant contact with faculty mentors. The class format also ensures a relatively standardized and consistent research experience. Furthermore, meaningful progress toward a research objective can be achieved more readily with GEAR than with the traditional one student-one mentor model of undergraduate research because sporadic mistakes by individuals in the class are overshadowed by the successes of the group as a whole. Three separate GEAR classes involving three distinct research projects have been offered to date. In this article, we provide an overview of the GEAR format and review some of the recurring themes for GEAR instruction. We propose GEAR can serve as a template to expand student opportunities for life science research without sacrificing the quality of the mentored research experience.

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