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mentors by providing travel and registration funding for participants to attend at least one undergraduate
research or professional conference per year.
C6.3 Project Instruction in Research Methods, Writing, and GRE Prep
C6.3.A. Research Methods Seminar
The BDEinSTEM research methodologies seminar assures that all research interns have a basic
foundation prior to the start of their summer research project. Modeled after the PEERS and Mayerhoff,
the seminar examines students’ research designs within the context of established disciplinary
methodology. Using selected readings, students investigate models of data collection, analysis, and
presentation of findings. Newly admitted participants schedule individual consultations with a librarian
who covers available resources, information needs, and research tools (print and electronic) pertaining to
their selected research topics. By the end of the course, students identify a research question, develop
appropriate methodology, and write and present a research proposal.
C6.3.B. Writing and Presentation Skills
A seven-week writing/presentation seminar introduces summer interns to skills they need as graduate
students. Working in traditional and computer classrooms, interns learn the specific documentation style
appropriate to their discipline and complete their summer research papers—a thesis of fifteen or more
pages—as an integral part of the summer research institute. In addition to writing, students learn and
practice presentation skills. Writing instructors emphasize peer review and the need to make information
accessible to readers outside of the field. At the end of the summer internship, students’ theses must be
approved by a committee consisting of the faculty mentor, the writing instructor, and the Project Director.
C6.3.C. GRE Instruction
These summer courses (see section C6.4.D.) Plan to Provide Individual and Group Services Designed to
Enhance Successful Entry into Post-Baccalaureate Education.
