Making Researchers of STEM Undergraduates – Drs Kelly McDonald and Thomas Landerholm, California State University, Sacramento

Sep 21, 2018 | education & training

Original Article Reference

https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA150

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The Sustainable Interdisciplinary Research to Inspire Undergraduate Success (SIRIUS) Project provides STEM undergraduates with practical research experience to better prepare and encourage them in their STEM pursuits. Dr Kelly McDonald and Dr Thomas Landerholm of California State University, Sacramento, have discovered SIRIUS has had tangible benefits to students in cultivating skills and enthusiasm relating to scientific research.

 

 

 

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