The Impact of a Creativity-focused REU on Students’ Conceptions of Research and Creativity
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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June 23, 2018
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June 23, 2018
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July 27, 2018
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Graduate Studies
- Page Count
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14
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--31105
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https://peer.asee.org/31105
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359
Paper Authors
Sarah E. Zappe Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working with faculty to publish educational research. Her research interests primarily involve creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship education.
Joseph C. Tise Pennsylvania State University
Joseph Tise is a doctoral candidate in the Educational Psychology program at Penn State University. His research interests include self-regulated learning, measurement, and connecting educational research to practice.
Megan Huffstickler Pennsylvania State University
Megan Huffstickler in an Academic Adviser in the Biology Department at Penn State. Her undergraduate work is in Chemistry, and she will be receiving an MS in Educational Psychology from Penn State in May 2018.
Keefe B. Manning
Pennsylvania State University
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Margaret June Slattery Pennsylvania State University
Margaret Slattery Ph.D., has been a faculty member at Penn State University in Biomedical Engineering since 2007 and her career has focused on undergraduate students and their academic experiences. She currently is directing a new office within Undergraduate Education aimed to increase the visibility and support for General Education while helping to implement a new General Education program for all PSU undergraduates.
Abstract
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) have been strongly supported through the National Science Foundation as a way to increase the number of students engaged with research and potentially attend graduate school. This qualitative study examines the impact of a creativity-focused REU program in biomedical engineering on students’ conceptions of research and its relationship to the creative process. In addition, this study examines how faculty incorporate concepts of the creative process in their work with the REU students. Results of the study show that after participating in the program, students were likely to have a conception of research that was broader and more cyclical. Results also suggest that students recognize the connection between research and the creative process, and that the experience dispelled misconceptions of creativity that it only applies to the arts. Limitations of the study and future directions for the program and related research are discussed.
Zappe, S. E., & Tise, J. C., & Huffstickler, M., & Manning, K. B., & Slattery, M. J. (2018, June), The Impact of a Creativity-focused REU on Students’ Conceptions of Research and Creativity Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Salt Lake City, Utah. 10.18260/1-2--31105
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