1. Design of a Pre-Curriculum and Research Interest Exploration, Prior to the Research Experience, to Better Prepare Student Researchers Chris Thomas | Dr. Sarah Shoemaker | Dr. Robin Boltz North Carolina School of Science and Math, Durham, NC www.ncssm.edu T81. 186-12. Intentional Integration of Research into the Curriculum: Undergraduate Research as a Teaching Practice. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p.476. Baltimore 2015

2. Academic Program Academic Programs Full Time Boarding School (680) Supplemental Online School (300) Outreach (many) NCSSM is the nation’s first statewide public residential high school focused on science, technology, engineering and math. It’s tuition free

3. Implementing Our Strategic Plan: Objectives Research Participation Faculty-Led “R” Research Mentorship Summer Research Research- Focused Courses Total 2014-151597975129442 Students Participating in a Research Opportunity by Program, 2011-12 to 2014-15 (duplicated) * *Counts include both residential and Online students who participated in research

4. Mentorship

6. Driving Questions Are they learning? Does it fit their existing knowledge and framework? Does it engage them personally? How do we broaden participation? How do you build interest in less familiar research areas? CC Joe Shlabotnik, FlickR

7. Junior Year Pre-Curriculum 11 week course; ~5 hours work/week Residential Program Required to find a mentor Online Program No requirement to find a mentor / no senior year continuation

8. Experience Curiosity 5 Things (activity) Curiosity Sources (activity) Curiosity Interview (activity) 30 Interesting Researchers (activity) What is Science? (video) Write 5 specific fields of study you ARE interested in researching and 5 fields you ARE NOT interested, using the Considerations below. Your list will have 10 items total.

9. Learn Discrete Steps of Research University Research Structures (video) Research, Actually (How do you carry out a question?) (video) Classroom vs. Research Environment (How are you evaluated?) (video) Professional Communication (Email) (assignment)

10. Investigate/Refine Areas of Interest Librarian Meeting (activity) Search Strategy Steps (handout) Search Resources (searching in a University) (handout) Class Research Paper (Read /Discuss a Common Paper) (assignment)

11. Identify and Evaluate Other’s Research Reading a Scholarly Article / How Research is Communicated (video/handout) Finding High Impact Research (video) Paraphrasing in Research (video/handout) Research Publication Types (video)

12. Build Confidence/Motivation …and engage in research that builds motivation to actively pursue research Read Three Research Articles (activity) Guided Questions Annotated Bibliography Research Compliance (video/handout) Quantitative/Qualitative Data Analysis (video) Professional Communication (video)

13. Senior Year Co-Curriculum Continued Research Article Reading and Summaries Small Group Discussions Mini Grant Proposal Incremental Rehearsal of Final Presentation Daily Journal

14. Are We Effective?

15. Acknowledgements University of North Carolina General Administration: Instructional Innovation Incubator North Carolina General Assembly Burroughs-Wellcome Fund, Monsanto, and NCSSM Foundation supports the mentorship program NASA