Institutions and undergraduate programs can use motivation profiles to encourage student participation in research¶

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 associational), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The authors draw implications for "institutions and undergraduate programs desiring to encourage students to participate in undergraduate research", based on their finding that disciplinary identity reflects internal motivators such as intellectual interest and grit. Programs seeking to grow undergraduate research participation can attend to these motivational and demographic differences among students when designing recruitment and support.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Programs need information on students' motivations and demographic characteristics to tailor encouragement of research participation

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• undergraduate students across disciplines

Target Learning Goals¶

• participation in undergraduate research
• disciplinary identity development

Claims¶

• Undergraduate researchers' disciplinary identity differs by demographic characteristics [+W]
• Disciplinary identity among undergraduate researchers varies by student discipline [+W]

Related Strategies¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Shannon N. Davis, Sarah E. Wagner. (2019). Research Motivations and Undergraduate Researchers' Disciplinary Identity. Sage Open, vol. 9, issue 3. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/research-motivations-and-undergraduate-researchers-disciplinary-identity