Replication Data for: "A Student-Centered Approach to the Undergraduate Research Experience"

Student involvement in faculty research is on the rise because it serves at least three sets of interests: (1) students’ desire to build their résumés and develop close relationships with faculty; (2) faculty’s hope of getting research support from bright, attentive assistants; and (3) universities’ wish to publicize these opportunities to incoming student and faculty cohorts. At times, faculty may come to see their undergraduate researchers as a source of cheap but high-quality labor, forgetting that they are (also) students who are at the university to learn critical skills. Here, I make the case for a student-centered approach to the undergraduate research experience, which combines a traditional apprenticeship with a curriculum in the “what,” “why,” and “how” of research, while also expanding the program over multiple semesters, supporting a team of student apprentices. I argue that this approach meets more students’ goals, while also supporting faculty and university interests. I describe the multi-semester undergraduate research experience that I have developed and provide tools to faculty who wish to adapt this program to their home institutions. De-identified data and replication code for analysis of program participants' survey and achievement for participants and non-participants.