Science education. Increasing persistence of college students in STEM.

Integration of evidence from disparate fields of research generates a “persistence framework” to guide efforts to increase student persistence in STEM majors.

The benefits of multi-year research experiences: differences in novice and experienced students' reported gains from undergraduate research.

This mixed-methods study explores differences in novice and experienced undergraduate students' perceptions of their cognitive, personal, and professional gains from engaging in scientific research. The study was conducted in four different undergraduate research (UR) programs at two research-extensive universities; three of these programs had a focus on the biosciences. Seventy-three entry-level and experienced student researchers participated in in-depth, semi-structured interviews and completed the quantitative Undergraduate Research Student Self-Assessment (URSSA) instrument.