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Article
Publication Title
Evaluacion y Aprendizaje en Contextos Lasallistas: experiencias docentes
Abstract
The initiative, International Lasallian Advisory Research Group (ILARG), establishes research collaborations among Lasallian institutions of higher education. La Salle University (Colombia) and Lewis University (USA) developed an approach, never attempted in Colombia, to determine the impact of the herbicide glyphosate. In this venture, the research faculty involved undergraduates in Environmental Science, Biology, and Environmental & Sanitary programs. The approach improved the students’ technical skills better than what would be expected from a standard laboratory course. Apart from the multiple research products (international publications and conferences) generated by the students, the experiences improved their time management and planning skills, their conceptual knowledge, and their application of the scientific method. This included changes in the students’ behaviors, such as becoming open to different cultures and assuming the roles of scholars. There was also remarkable improvement in their analytical skills. This collaboration is an example of building research communities among Lasallian institutions.
First Page
287
Last Page
292
DOI
https://doi.org/10.19052/978-958-5148-91-8
Publication Date
2021
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
González Forero, Rosalina and Kavouras, Jerry H., "International Lasallian Advisory Research Group as Pathway to Promote Autonomy and Self-Evaluation in Undergraduates from La Salle University-Bogota and Lewis University, USA" (2021). Biology Department Articles. 4.
https://digitalcommons.lewisu.edu/biology_facpubs/4
