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Introduction

In a previous FENS report (2010) we described a neurobiology course at Ursinus College that integrated submitting a manuscript to IMPULSE as part of the syllabus. The students carried out original, drug effects research on D. magna for their class, and then analyzed and wrote up their work, submitting it to the journal at the end of the course. The current report presents the data that was collected after this process, examining the impact of this experience on the students.

Fifteen of the 20 students indicated that writing a paper to be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal played a positive role in their experience with the laboratory exercise, some noting that they were more thoughtful about their experimental design. They also reported that they were more diligent in implementing the experiments. An important observation was that the majority felt that submitting a paper to a peer-reviewed journal increased their engagement in exploring the topic.

Review Board

Appalachian State University (USA) Grant Canipe, Miranda Cook, Kristi Davis, Kate Davison, Alaina Doyle, Ryan Draper, Ryan Duffy, Patrick Downs, Corbin Ester, Kyle Flores, Zachary Gillespie, Chase Gorowski, Michael Harmon, Alain Humblet, Matthew Kelly, Meghan Kusper, Jasmine Otu,

Baldwin-Wallace College (USA) Kara Gawelek, Morgan Marie Rogers

California State University, East Bay (USA)

Mike Huynh

College of Charleston (USA) Hanna Fields

College of Wooster (USA) Rebecca Lang

Davidson College (USA) Joel Ersenhofer, Charles Ford, Morgan Heinzelmann, Malcolm Moses-Hampton, Matthew De Niear, Ryan Price, Garrett Smith

Drexel University (USA)

Sravanthi Koduri

Duke University (USA) Jordan Hall

Emory University (USA) Jonathan Lin, Tamkeenat Syed

Furman University (USA) Amanda Blau, Simone Dixon, Jane Hartung, Lindsay Haselden, Michael Jiang, Kristen Kerber, Lindsay Meyers, Katrina Morgan, Katie Newsom, Dylan Richards,

Courtenay Stroud, Kenz Sybert, Kyle Townsend, Ashley Wagoner, Caroline Wallace, Sam Wooten

Indiana Wesleyan University (USA) Trent Grable

Madras Medical College (India)

Vishala Mishra

Miami University (USA) Zoe Ciambro Hesp

Middlebury College (USA)

Dana Callahan, Chris Chenelle, Sara Dinkin, Joanna Georgakas, Shannon Gair, Patrick Hebble, Noah Silverstein, Leanne Shulman, Kaleigh Spollen

Moravian College (USA)

Rania Hanna

National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan)

Victor Daniel Lee Aplicano

Roanoke College (USA)

Alex Arey, Paige Arrington, Kelsey Collett, Victoria Godwin, Kati Hurt, Aldijana Mekic, Rebecca Ward

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Ireland) Melissa Kah Poh Loh

Salve Regina University (USA) Raymond Black, Daniela Galluzo, Lana Hoertz, Priscilla Perez, Zachary Valentine, Alison Shea, Gina Varuzzo

St. Michaels College (USA) Rachel Sparks

St. Olaf College Patrick Boland, Timothy David Buff, Kelly Culhane, Michelle Frank, Elizabeth Huggins, Caryn McKinney, Elsie Nord, Alicia Ostermann, Elisabeth Vreede

University of Alabama (USA) Ashruta Patel

University of California Los Angeles (USA) Brett Neely

University of the Free State (South Africa) Marizna Barkhuizen, Roswyn Duke, Niël Joubert, Gerdien Kritzinger, Henk Kruger,

Onthatile Tshepiso Serehete, Pieter Theron, Joseph Wessels, Dieter van der Westhuizen

University of Georgia (USA)

Ayan Hussein

University of Illinois (USA) Pawel Laciak

University of Kentucky (USA)

Allie Lonneman

University of North Carolina-Charlotte Anna Bawtinhimer, Joseph Hester

University of Pittsburgh (USA)

Michael Youssef

University of South Carolina (USA) Rahoul Ahuja, Sonesh Amin, Nidhi Arashinagundi, Zachary Blake, Anna Capps, Celia Cui, Eashwar Chandrasekar, Pooja R. Choudhari, Purva Choudhari, Lauren Cole, Breana Carter, Darien Davda, Julio C. Diaz, Hassieb Din, Sarah Erlandson,Tori Espensen-Sturges, Mohammad Fatani, Humna Fayyaz, Lauren Gee, John He,

Caroline Hendricks, Molly Higgins, Christine Hsieh, Courtney Marsh, Anjali Pathak, Kristen Polinski, Marcia Reeves, Nick Riley, Tori Seigler, Allie Turgeon

Virginia Commonwealth University (USA)

Kunal Kapoor

Wake Forest University (USA) Jordan Hall

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Kim Cronise, Ph.D., Middlebury College (USA)

Leslie Sargent Jones, Ph.D., Appalachian State University (USA)

David Nichols, Ph.D., Roanoke College (USA)

Stephanie Smith, M.B.Ch.B., University of the Free State (South Africa)

Sarah Sweitzer, Ph.D., University of South Carolina (USA)

Steven Symington, Ph.D., Salve Regina University (USA)

Victoria Turgeon, Ph.D., Furman University (USA)

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Lindsey

Shapiro

Meghan

Kusper

Impact of publishing in IMPULSE on student learning

 

L. Jones1, M. Kusper1, K. Cronise2, R. Kohn3, S. M. Sweitzer4,

1Honors College, Appalachian State Univ., Boone, NC; 2Psychology, Middlebury Col., Middlebury, VT; 3 Biology, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA 19426;

4Pharmacol. Physiol. & Neurosci. or Honors College, Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC;

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