necessarily the discipline. Less than one-half that number (24% of choices 1 and 2) believed that research should be original to the discipline as well. The results for these last two questions about process and originality provide evidence in support of the view that faculty, irrespective of discipline and research type, see the undergraduate student research experience primarily as an educational endeavor. Table 5: Responses (reported in percentages) to the question think that undergraduate research and “I creative activity projects that occur outside the curriculum should be…” Discipline primarily primarily focused focused on on scholarly achieving a process, little scholarly emphasis on product achieving a scholarly product Scale 1 2 3 4 5 Education 0 33 67 0 0 Fine and Perf Arts 0 0 17 33 50 Health 0 0 25 19 56 Humanities 17 6 33 28 17 Natural and 4 7 25 45 18 Physical Sciences Social Sciences 3 14 26 31 26 Total 4 8 27 35 27 Table 6: Responses (%) to the question: think that, to be considered "authentic," undergraduate “I research and creative activity work that occurs outside the curriculum should be original...” Discipline to the student to the student, and discipline not necessarily discipline Scale 1 2 3 4 5 Education 0 33 0 67 0 Fine and Perf Arts 8 8 0 25 58 Health 6 6 31 19 38 Humanities 0 22 22 28 28
necessarily the discipline. Less than one-half that number (24% of choices 1 and 2) believed that research should be original to the discipline as well. The results for these last two questions about process and originality provide evidence in support of the view that faculty, irrespective of discipline and research type, see the undergraduate student research experience primarily as an educational endeavor. Table 5: Responses (reported in percentages) to the question “I think that undergraduate research and creative activity projects that occur outside the curriculum should be…” Discipline primarily focused on achieving a scholarly product primarily focused on scholarly process, little emphasis on achieving a scholarly product Scale 1 2 3 4 5 Education 0 33 67 0 0 Fine and Perf Arts 0 0 17 33 50 Health 0 0 25 19 56 Humanities 17 6 33 28 17 Natural and Physical Sciences 4 7 25 45 18 Social Sciences 3 14 26 31 26 Total 4 8 27 35 27 Table 6: Responses (%) to the question: “I think that, to be considered "authentic," undergraduate research and creative activity work that occurs outside the curriculum should be original...” Discipline to the student and discipline to the student, not necessarily discipline Scale 1 2 3 4 5 Education 0 33 0 67 0 Fine and Perf Arts 8 8 0 25 58 Health 6 6 31 19 38 Humanities 0 22 22 28 28
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