10.26180/5b98b27c90af7 LYNETTE MONTSERRAT TORRES LYNETTE MONTSERRAT TORRES Identifying Students Research Skills in a First Year Biology Practical Unit: A Study Applying the Research Skill Development (RSD) framework Monash University 2018 science education research skill development science practicals laboratory practicals library-faculty partnerships learner autonomy Higher Education Library and Information Studies Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified 2018-09-12 06:30:17 Thesis https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Identifying_Students_Research_Skills_in_a_First_Year_Biology_Practical_Unit_A_Study_Applying_the_Research_Skill_Development_RSD_framework/7076546 Developing students’ higher order thinking skills for learning in science practicals provokes ongoing discussion in the literature. However, parallels are rarely drawn between higher-order thinking skills students require for learning in the laboratory as foundation skills for researching. This may be due to research skills being conceptualised as something a science researcher does, rather than something that an undergraduate science develops. By applying the Research Skill Development RSD framework, this study identified which research skills science students engage with in a first year practical unit and established their relationship with higher-order thinking skills for research.