References for Assessment of Undergraduate Research

This list, and all materials presented can be found at: http://www.neiu.edu/~lruecker/assess.htm

Journal Articles

Bauer, K. W. & Bennett, J. S. (2003). Alumni perceptions used to assess the undergraduate research experience. Journal of Higher Education (in press).

Council on Undergraduate Research (1997). Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, 18, (1) (entire issue devoted to assessment issues, but few results presented)

Kardash, C. M. (2002). Evaluation of an undergraduate research experience: Perceptions of undergraduate interns and their faculty mentors. Journal of Educational Psychology, 92, 191-201.

Lopatto, D. (2003). The essential features of undergraduate research. Counctil on Undergraduate Research Quarterly 23  139-142.

Nagda, B. A., Gregerman, S. R., Jonides, J., von Hippel, W. & Lerner, J. S. (1998). Undergraudate student-faculty research partnerships affect student retention. The Review of Higher Education, 22, 55-72.

Rueckert, L. (2002). Report from CUR 2002: Assessment of Research. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, 23, 10-11.

Web sites and online articles

Bauer, K. W. (2001). The effect of participation in undergraduate research on critical thinking and reflective judgment. AIR 2001 annual forum paper. Can be retrieved from Eric Document Reproduction Service.

University of Delaware Research-based Education http://www.udel.edu/RAIRE

University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (includes less detailed but more up-to-date info than the article above) http://www.umich.edu/~urop/facres/evalurop.html