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The role of
graduate students in research experience for undergraduates
programs
Michael A. Karls, David McCune, Lara Pudwell and Azadeh Rafizadeh
Vol. 7 (2014), No. 3, 369–372
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Abstract |
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In this article, we consider the role of graduate students as mentors in research experience for undergraduates (REU) programs, as reflected by a breakout session at the Trends for Undergraduate Research in Mathematical Sciences (TURMS) conference. We consider the benefits of using graduate students to the institution running the program and to the participating undergraduates. We also consider the benefits that the graduate students themselves gain from working in an REU, and we warn of potential problems that can arise when employing graduate students in this context. We discuss the role of postdoctoral fellows and other undergraduates in REU programs and conclude with questions about graduate student mentors that merit further discussion. |
Keywords
research experience for undergraduates, graduate students
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Mathematical Subject Classification 2010
Primary: 00B20, 00B25
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Milestones
Received: 15 January 2013
Revised: 14 October 2013
Accepted: 19 November 2013
Published: 28 April 2014
Communicated by Darren A. Narayan
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Authors |
| Michael A. Karls | |
| Department of Mathematical
Sciences Ball State University Muncie, IN 47306 United States |
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| David McCune | |
| William Jewell College 500 College Hill Liberty, MO 64068-1896 United States |
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| Lara Pudwell | |
| Department of Mathematics and
Computer Science Valparaiso University 1900 Chapel Drive Valparaiso, IN 46383-4516 United States |
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| Azadeh Rafizadeh | |
| William Jewell College 500 College Hill Liberty, MO 64068-1896 United States |
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