{"id":5179,"date":"2025-06-19T23:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T23:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/integrating-research-based-learning-into-the-undergraduate-curriculum-challenges-and-solutions\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T03:18:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T03:18:29","slug":"integrating-research-based-learning-into-the-undergraduate-curriculum-challenges-and-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/integrating-research-based-learning-into-the-undergraduate-curriculum-challenges-and-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrating Research-Based Learning into the Undergraduate Curriculum: Challenges and Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>Integrating Research-Based Learning into the Undergraduate Curriculum: Challenges and Solutions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/1016' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/1016\/832' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>Integrating undergraduate research into introductory level courses can improve student accessibility, inclusion, and retention. Herein, we discuss two one-on-one research projects that are being scaffolded into the undergraduate curriculum. We will describe the design and application of CUREs (course-based undergraduate research experiences) in forensic biology as well as physics and astronomy degree programmes. The forensic biology CURE includes trace evidence analysis and models the experimental methods, techniques, and instrumentation students will use in their future careers. In the Eclipsing Binaries CURE, students are introduced to coding and computational physics through modelling spectroscopic and photometric data. The lessons learned through scaling up these interdisciplinary models can apply to other fields of study.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Teresa Eaton (Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, United States of America)<\/li>\n<li>Noel Richardson (Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, United States of America)<\/li>\n<li>Rachael  Schmidt (Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, United States of America)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>CURE challenges &#038; solutions, scaffolding research into curriculum, undergraduate research, research-based learning, astronomy<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: Integrating Research-Based Learning into the Undergraduate Curriculum: Challenges and Solutions Original Article Link: Read&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[2153,2012,2009,2011,2010,1999],"class_list":["post-5179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-ajims","tag-astronomy","tag-cure-challenges-solutions","tag-research-based-learning","tag-scaffolding-research-into-curriculum","tag-undergraduate-research","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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