CURE Definitions & Examples

A practical guide to course-based undergraduate research experiences

CUREnet was established in 2012 to support networking among faculty developing, teaching, and assessing CUREs, to share CURE projects and resources, and to develop new tools and strategies for CURE instruction and assessment. It includes a collection of CUREs that have been submitted by community members.

Article: Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences: Current knowledge and future directions

Article: A Call to Develop Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) for Nonmajors Courses

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CURE Benefits

Book: Undergraduate Research at Community Colleges

Book: Course-Based Undergraduate Research

Article: A Course-Based Research Experience: How Benefits Change with Increased Investment in Instructional Time

Article: Early Engagement in Course-Based Research Increases Graduation Rates and Completion of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Degrees

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CURE Development

CURE Structure Development: Structuring your CURE – A CURE for everyone: A guide to implementing Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences

CURE Course Development: Developing Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences, an Example from Penn State

CURE for Chemistry: Developing Course Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) in Chemistry

CURE for Biology: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) in Biology: Developing Systems Thinking through Field Experiences in Restoration Ecology – PMC

CURE for the Arts and Humanities: Course Based Undergraduate Research for the Arts and Humanities, from Xavier University

CURE for Criminal Justice and Sociology: Course Based Undergraduate Research for Criminal Justice and Sociology, from Xavier University

Some Free Tools for Data and Stats:

1. Microsoft Excel: Guide to Basic Statistics using Microsoft Excel
2. Jamovi:
   • Download for Desktop
   • Guide to Basic Stats using Jamovi, from Fairmont State University
3. For Linguistic and Speech: Child Language Data Exchange System (CHILDES)

Some Paid Resources/Good for Grant Proposals

1. For Biomedical Research: All of Us Research Hub, requires institution agreement for registration (currently not supporting CUNY KCC)

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CURE Assessment

Assessment of Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences: A Meeting Report

Article: Toward a conceptual framework for measuring the effectiveness of course-based undergraduate research experiences in undergraduate biology

Sample scientific literacy assessment for students (it can be used pre and post CURE for comparison). NOTE: we are currently developing this assessment and anticipate further changes

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KCC CURE Examples

SPE29 Voice & Articulation: a project implemented repeatedly as part of the NSF-funded DARE Project. This consists of one project with multiple subcomponents and separate deadlines for each. It draws on knowledge acquire in the course (how to visualize and measure aspects of speech). For the data entry, visualization, and analysis parts, the students received step-by-step instructions in the classroom and had to replicate the work at home.

SPE 29: Voice & Articulation: a project implemented with the support of a CUNY Research in the Classroom grant ($7,500). Two sections (a total of 48 students) were merged and participated in the project. They first collected data consisting of voice recordings (learning field methods techniques) from KCC peers, following which they were assigned to groups dealing with different topics. Each group received specific instructions on what and how to measure, and how to enter their findings in a spreadsheet. The data visualization and analysis part were performed by the professor outside of the classroom. This work culminated in several conference presentations (a co-authored talk – see slides below, and several student posters) at the CUNY-wide Language, Society and Culture conference in 2018.