Mentoring Research in a Course

A positive pedagogical alternative to a traditional lecture is to add a research, inquiry-based component to your course through course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs). If your courses include formal inquiry or methodology information, you may want to incorporate an authentic research component to expand on what you are already teaching with a project.

The OUR supports research in courses via: 

• CURE-Purdue which is a professional development program for instructors to transform an existing course or create a new course that incorporates these high-impact components.
• Consulting one-on-one or with groups of instructors seeking targeted advice.
• Resources for Mentors which contains suggestions to support course-based research within the phases of mentoring.