ERIC Number: EJ989398
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Publication Date: 2012-Dec
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Linguistic Analysis of Project Ownership for Undergraduate Research Experiences
Hanauer, D. I.; Frederick, J.; Fotinakes, B.; Strobel, S. A.
CBE - Life Sciences Education, v11 n4 p378-385 Dec 2012
We used computational linguistic and content analyses to explore the concept of project ownership for undergraduate research. We used linguistic analysis of student interview data to develop a quantitative methodology for assessing project ownership and applied this method to measure degrees of project ownership expressed by students in relation to different types of educational research experiences. The results of the study suggest that the design of a research experience significantly influences the degree of project ownership expressed by students when they describe those experiences. The analysis identified both positive and negative aspects of project ownership and provided a working definition for how a student experiences his or her research opportunity. These elements suggest several features that could be incorporated into an undergraduate research experience to foster a student's sense of project ownership. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Ownership, Research Opportunities, Student Research, Computational Linguistics, Content Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Interviews, Student Experience, Research Projects, Student Projects, Transcripts (Written Records), Student Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Language Processing
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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