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Teaching Tip: Get students in the lab early

March 26, 2019

Marissa Carl

Didar Baumgartner (Class of 2018), Alexandra Arndt-Brown, Jen Peterson and Sabrina Austin (Class of 2018) at the Western Psychological Association Convention in Portland, Oregon, April 2018.
Didar Baumgartner (Class of 2018), Alexandra Arndt-Brown, Jen Peterson and Sabrina Austin (Class of 2018) at the Western Psychological Association Convention in Portland, Oregon, April 2018.


The early immersion approach gets students involved in the research process as early as possible. Students are able to conceptualize, design, conduct and disseminate research faster when included from the beginning.

Read more about metrics for success and one example here at UAF.

— Teaching Tip by Jen Peterson, assistant professor of psychology