ArticleBioscience2022
The Impact of Field Courses on Undergraduate Knowledge, Affect, Behavior, and Skills: A Scoping Review.
Article in Bioscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed.
- Identity Salience and Field-Course Engagement: From Deficits to Assets.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- So You Want to Teach a Field-Based Course: A Practical Toolkit for Teaching Teams.Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Effects of a Weekend-Long Field Course on Undergraduates' Confidence, Identity, and Belonging.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review of Published Lesson Plans Showcases Two Decades of Change in Undergraduate Life Science Education Resources.CBE life sciences education · 2025Article
- How do Students' Science, Social, and Personal Identities Influence their Experiences in Undergraduate Field Biology Courses?CBE life sciences education · 2024Article
- Examining How Student Identities Interact with an Immersive Field Ecology Course and its Implications for Graduate School Education.CBE life sciences education · 2024Article
- Long-term studies should provide structure for inclusive education and professional development.Ecology letters · 2024Article
- Promoting inclusivity in ecology, evolution, and behavioral biology education through course-based undergraduate research experiences.Bioscience · 2024Article
- A virtual simulation-based training program on birthing positions: a randomized controlled trial.BMC nursing · 2023Article
- How do introductory field biology students feel? Journal reflections provide insight into student affect.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
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Abstract
Field courses provide transformative learning experiences that support success and improve persistence for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors. But field courses have not increased proportionally with the number of students in the natural sciences. We conducted a scoping review to investigate the factors influencing undergraduate participation in and the outcomes from field courses in the United States. Our search yielded 61 articles, from which we classified the knowledge, affect, behavior, and skill-based outcomes resulting from field course participation. We found consistent reporting on course design but little reporting on demographics, which limits our understanding of who takes field courses. Cost was the most commonly reported barrier to student participation, and knowledge gains were the most commonly reported outcome. This scoping review underscores the need for more rigorous and evidence-based investigations of student outcomes in field courses. Understanding how field courses support or hinder student engagement is necessary to make them more accessible to all students.
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