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Undergraduate Biology Education Research version 2 (UBERV2) program

Categories: Undergraduate, Internship/REU

Date: 2/12/2019

The Undergraduate Biology Education Research version 2 (UBERV2) REU Site is a nine-week, NSF-funded program to involve undergraduates in designing and conducting research on undergraduate biology teaching and learning with mentorship from faculty from the University of Georgia life science departments and College of Education. The goals of the program are to develop undergraduates’ knowledge and skills in biology education research, encourage undergraduates to pursue doctoral study of biology teaching and learning, expand the diversity of the talent pool in biology education research, and contribute to the development of theory and knowledge about biology education in ways that can inform biology instruction.

Research Areas

Benefits of collaborative learning in introductory biology
Instructional practices in undergraduate STEM courses
Mentoring of graduate researchers in life sciences
Self-advocacy in students with learning disabilities and/or ADHD
Using 3D animations to teach basic cellular processes
See UBERV2 REU website (uber.coe.uga.edu) for full list of projects.

Applications due February 11

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