Table 1.

Codes, Description of Codes, Frequency of Codes, and Themes from Student Interviews and related to Cross-cutting themes for the research

Code	Description	Frequency	Theme	Cross-Cutting Theme
Previous research experience	Previous research experience of the student.	9	Research Experience and Future Interests	How students viewed their understanding of the research process
Future research	Future research plans/interests of the student.	18
Basic vs. applied science	Student compares and contrasts basic vs. applied science.	2
Connection to personal life	Student connects CoLab to personal life.	2	Connecting Research to Personal Life
Connection to future job interests	Student connects CoLab to what they’d like to do in the future.	1
Technology	Student describes experiences with using technology and how that knowledge may be helpful for them in the future.	5
Requirements to be a scientist	Students discusses requirements for one to be or become a scientist.	2	Doing science and science experience	How students viewed the process of doing science
Science professionalism	Student distinguishes between science professionals and science students.	7
Controlled setting	Student references controlled setting in which research is done.	3
Future research	Future research plans/interests of the student.	18	Future goals, opportunities, and support networks
Apply what we learned to new environments	New skills in other areas can be learned quicker based on what was learned in CoLab.	1
Retention in STEM	Student expresses desire to remain in STEM.	2
Future job interests	Student connects work in CoLab to what they’d like to do as a career in the future.	1
Small group	Student describes working in small groups.	7	Social aspects of doing science
Social collaboration	Student describes working together with others.	4
Connection to personal life	Student connects CoLab to personal life.	2	Connecting research to personal life
Connection to future job interests	Student connects CoLab to what they’d like to do in the future.	1
Technology	Student describes experiences with using technology and how that knowledge may be helpful for them in the future.	5
Presenting data	Student discusses creation of poster and how to display data.	5	Creation of cohesive representation for others to view	How students viewed the poster creation and presentation process
Poster differences	Student discusses differences between poster made in CoLab and previous posters made in high school.	3
Unexpected poster finding	Student discusses an aspect of poster presentation they had not previously considered.	1
Poster organization	Student discusses how example of poster helped them create their own.	1
Deeper understanding	Student discusses how poster creation helped them to develop a deeper understanding of their research topic.	4