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27 - Undergraduate Research in the Exercise Science Discipline

from Part III.2 - Health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2022

By
Sarah Hunt Sellhorst  and
Elizabeth A. Easley
Edited by
Harald A. Mieg ,
Elizabeth Ambos ,
Angela Brew ,
Dominique Galli  and
Judith Lehmann
Harald A. Mieg
Affiliation:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Elizabeth Ambos
Affiliation:
Council on Undergraduate Research, Washington DC
Angela Brew
Affiliation:
Macquarie University, Sydney
Dominique Galli
Affiliation:
Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis
Judith Lehmann
Affiliation:
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Summary

Exercise science is a multifaceted discipline with roots in many different natural science backgrounds.Most concepts associated with it can be made accessible and understandable to the most novice researcher. Students are exposed to knowledge relating to the discipline in the news, at school, during recreational sports, and in general dinner table conversation. This tends to make exercise science research less intimidating and more appealing to students of all backgrounds and majors than traditional sciences such as chemistry and biology. Even though this type of research can include complicated instrumentation that requires extensive training to operate, there are always aspects that benefit from undergraduate participation. In turn, exercise science investigations offer undergraduate researchers a level of accomplishment and responsibility that will directly impact future career aspirations.

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exercise sciencehealth sciencesundergraduate researchservice learningintegrative learningstudent organizationresearch-oriented curriculumresearch-focused curriculumearly involvementinquiry-based activitydissemination
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The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research , pp. 267 - 274
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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