Innovations in Undergraduate Research and Honors Education Proceedings of the Second Schreyer National Conference

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Preface I. Making the Case for Undergraduate Research Introduction: Unpacking the Research Encyclopedia Josephine Carubia, Renata Engel How (Or Whether?) To Integrate Research into Classroom Teaching for All Students and All Higher Education Institutions—Alan Jenkins Why Involve Students in Research? —Rodney A. Erickson II. Curriculum Models that Include Undergraduate Research The Maryland Gemstone Program — William W. Destler Creating an Undergraduate Culture of Science by Integrating Inquiry, Project- based Learning and Research into the Curriculum — Richard A. Niesenbaum THE INSIDERS: Undergraduates Critically Examine the Pros and Cons of a Team-based Marine Research Program — Traci J. Heincelman, EdwardJ. Majzlik, Christie A. Robinson, Lindsey J. Wise MASS Program at Penn State — Serge Tabachnikov Issue Reaction: Honors Theses in the Creative and Performing Arts — Joanne Rutkowski III. Course Models that Include Undergraduate Research Multi-disciplinary Study, Responsible Policy-making and Problem-based Learning in Honors Courses — Michael Edwards Honors Collaborations: The Presidency in Speech and Composition — Sandy Feinstein, Jeff Kurtz Leaving Home with IT: Using Information Technology to Create Cross-national Design Teams — Richard Devon, Pierre Buvat Ancient Myths in a Modern World: A Multi-media Approach to Honors Education and Undergraduate Research — Richard Ernest Walker Honors Colloquium: Berlin in the 1940s — Charles F. Pennacchio IV. Undergraduate Research via Service Learning and Outreach Patterns of Engagement in Service Leadership: First Year to Senior Year — Josephine Carubia, Sara Faber, Soma Kedia, Nicole Sandretto, Adam Tarosky, JoAnn C. Vender Community Action Research: A Three-part Service-learning Course Model — JoAnn C. Vender Issue Reaction: Integrating Service Learning into Academic Courses — M A. Dupont-Morales Issue Reaction: Introducing Students to Social Inquiry Research — Alfred G. Mueller II Enriching the Academic Community through a Semester-long Honors Symposium — Earl Brown, Jr., Margaret C. Brown V. Learning Strategies that Support Undergraduate Research Promise, Peril, and Potential: Developing, Implementing, and Assessing Problem-based Learning at the Undergraduate Level — Carol F. Whitfield Meeting the Boyer Challenge: A Model for Team-based, Student-directed Undergraduate Research — Douglas F. Williams, Peter Sederberg, Stejka Eddins A Historical Perspective on Interdisciplinarity and Undergraduate Research in Honors Education — Julianna Chaszar Issue Reaction: Inquiry-based Learning in the College Classroom — Jill L. Lane, Joanne M Cawley The Role of Libraries in Honors Thesis Research: A Lib-rary Credit Course as a Model for Thesis Research Support — Carol A. Wright VI. The Next Challenges Diversity Issues & Honors Education — Anthony A. Pittman What\u27s Missing in Honors Education: A Theory-driven Approach — Cheryl L. Achterber