The Searle Center has run and conducted research on the Gateway Science Workshop (GSW) program at Northwestern University since the mid-1990s.
Our work led to the book Making Scientists: Six Principles for Effective College Teaching (Harvard University Press, 2013).
Funding
The Gateway Science Workshop program and associated research was funded initially through a grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and later expanded through a grant from the National Science Foundation (STEP 1 Grant: DUE 0525550).
Research Projects
To learn more about our individual studies on the GSW, including peer-reviewed publications that resulted, see the project pages listed below.
- Impact of a Peer-Led Collaborative Learning Program
- Developing an Instrument to Characterize Groups in Collaborative Learning Environments
- Impact of Peer-Led Learning Group Type on Student Learning Outcomes
- Social-Comparison Concern in Small Learning Groups
- Approaches to Learning in Peer-Led Undergraduate STEM Workshops
- Impact of Undergraduate Leadership Experiences in a STEM Workshop Program
- Promoting Success: Possible Factors Behind Achievement of Underrepresented Students in a Peer-Led Small-Group STEM Workshop Program
- Becoming a Leader Along the Way: Embedding Leadership Training into a Large-Scale Peer-Learning Program in the STEM Disciplines
