LaVallie, A. L., & Asa, E., & Padmanabhan, G. (2013, June), Community-Relevant Research for TCC STEM Student Retention  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia. 10.18260/1-2--19321

\bibitem{asee_peer_19321}
  LaVallie, A. L., \& Asa, E., \& Padmanabhan, G. (2013, June), \emph{Community-Relevant Research for TCC STEM Student Retention}
  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia.
  10.18260/1-2--19321

Audrey Lynn LaVallie, Eric Asa, and G. Padmanabhan P.E..  "Community-Relevant Research for TCC STEM Student Retention".  2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2013.  https://peer.asee.org/19321 Internet.  15 Sep, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_19321}
  Audrey Lynn LaVallie, Eric Asa, and G. Padmanabhan P.E..
  "Community-Relevant Research for TCC STEM Student Retention".
  \emph{2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2013.
  https://peer.asee.org/19321 Internet.  15 Sep, 2024

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AB  - A Community-Relevant Research Project Used in a Research OpportunityProgram for STEM Student Retention in a Tribal collegeABSTRACTTwo research universities and five tribal colleges in North Dakota collaborate ina program funded by the National Science Foundation for providing researchexperience for STEM students in tribal colleges. The research experienceprogram is set up so that the students have the opportunity to work with onetribal college and one university research mentor working collaborativelythrough the academic year. The goals of the program include retention andnurturing of students in STEM areas by offering them research experienceopportunities. This paper describes one of the student research projects,“Radon Mitigation System Construction and Structural Modeling of Movementof Terrestrial Gases into Buildings”. The project was of immediate relevance tothe community. The students were exposed to a number of important conceptsand practices not only in a specific scientific discipline, but also in researchprotocol in general. Our studies were conducted in order to pinpointparameters and conditions of high radon in local residences, and to carry out acost analysis and feasibility of installing radon mitigation systems in high-radonresidences, but the experience engendered so much more in terms of studentcognitive skills. Students were also exposed to organizational skills when theywere asked to produce a research topic, develop a methodology of investigationand construct a timeline. Students were then asked to do a literature search andthey learned important skills in terms of quick evaluation of sources of meritand in paraphrasing important ideas succinctly from the literature. Exposure toprograms investigating the science behind problems of relevance to thecommunity (such as radon; metals in water and soil) will undoubtedly be ofbenefit in the development of their knowledge base and understanding of thework and effort required to evaluate data of this type.
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