Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) create a novel approach for undergraduate students to experience scientific research while offering faculty pathways for connecting their research to in-course experiences. This poster presents a CURE implemented in an undergraduate animal physiology laboratory course that investigated the effect of lipopolysaccharides (LPS) on frog and larval Drosophila cardiac function, research that is built on a recent study (Anyagaligbo et al., 2019). This study aimed to add to the research literature on how a CURE investigation influences students? cardio physiology content knowledge, affects changes in their perceived self-efficacy with content knowledge and laboratory skills, and identifies surprising and challenging aspects of the CURE culminating from the experience. The hypothesis of this study was that the CURE would lead to increased student learning outcomes regarding content knowledge and self-efficacy. Learning outcomes were measured using pre- and post-assessments from matched pair responses (n=42). The assessments included content and survey tasks to quantitatively and qualitatively measure students? content understanding, self-efficacy related to LPS and septicemia, and cardiac physiology. The results demonstrated statistically significant increases in students? content knowledge and self-efficacy related to LPS/septicemia and cardiac physiology. Student-reported surprises and challenges also are presented
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