학술논문
Facilitating Growth through Frustration: Using Genomics Research in a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience
Document Type
article
Author
David Lopatto; Anne G. Rosenwald; Justin R. DiAngelo; Amy T. Hark; Matthew Skerritt; Matthew Wawersik; Anna K. Allen; Consuelo Alvarez; Sara Anderson; Cindy Arrigo; Andrew Arsham; Daron Barnard; Christopher Bazinet; James E. J. Bedard; Indrani Bose; John M. Braverman; Martin G. Burg; Rebecca C. Burgess; Paula Croonquist; Chunguang Du; Sondra Dubowsky; Heather Eisler; Matthew A. Escobar; Michael Foulk; Emily Furbee; Thomas Giarla; Rivka L. Glaser; Anya L. Goodman; Yuying Gosser; Adam Haberman; Charles Hauser; Shan Hays; Carina E. Howell; Jennifer Jemc; M. Logan Johnson; Christopher J. Jones; Lisa Kadlec; Jacob D. Kagey; Kimberly L. Keller; Jennifer Kennell; S. Catherine Silver Key; Adam J. Kleinschmit; Melissa Kleinschmit; Nighat P. Kokan; Olga Ruiz Kopp; Meg M. Laakso; Judith Leatherman; Lindsey J. Long; Mollie Manier; Juan C. Martinez-Cruzado; Luis F. Matos; Amie Jo McClellan; Gerard McNeil; Evan Merkhofer; Vida Mingo; Hemlata Mistry; Elizabeth Mitchell; Nathan T. Mortimer; Debaditya Mukhopadhyay; Jennifer Leigh Myka; Alexis Nagengast; Paul Overvoorde; Don Paetkau; Leocadia Paliulis; Susan Parrish; Mary Lai Preuss; James V. Price; Nicholas A. Pullen; Catherine Reinke; Dennis Revie; Srebrenka Robic; Jennifer A. Roecklein-Canfield; Michael R. Rubin; Takrima Sadikot; Jamie Siders Sanford; Maria Santisteban; Kenneth Saville; Stephanie Schroeder; Christopher D. Shaffer; Karim A. Sharif; Diane E. Sklensky; Chiyedza Small; Mary Smith; Sheryl Smith; Rebecca Spokony; Aparna Sreenivasan; Joyce Stamm; Rachel Sterne-Marr; Katherine C. Teeter; Justin Thackeray; Jeffrey S. Thompson; Stephanie Toering Peters; Melanie Van Stry; Norma Velazquez-Ulloa; Cindy Wolfe; James Youngblom; Brian Yowler; Leming Zhou; Janie Brennan; Jeremy Buhler; Wilson Leung; Laura K. Reed; Sarah C. R. Elgin
Source
Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 21, Iss 1 (2020)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1935-7885
1935-7877
1935-7877
Abstract
A hallmark of the research experience is encountering difficulty and working through those challenges to achieve success. This ability is essential to being a successful scientist, but replicating such challenges in a teaching setting can be difficult. The Genomics Education Partnership (GEP) is a consortium of faculty who engage their students in a genomics Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE). Students participate in genome annotation, generating gene models using multiple lines of experimental evidence. Our observations suggested that the students’ learning experience is continuous and recursive, frequently beginning with frustration but eventually leading to success as they come up with defendable gene models. In order to explore our “formative frustration” hypothesis, we gathered data from faculty via a survey, and from students via both a general survey and a set of student focus groups. Upon analyzing these data, we found that all three datasets mentioned frustration and struggle, as well as learning and better understanding of the scientific process. Bioinformatics projects are particularly well suited to the process of iteration and refinement because iterations can be performed quickly and are inexpensive in both time and money. Based on these findings, we suggest that a dynamic of “formative frustration” is an important aspect for a successful CURE.