TABLE 1.

Definitions of terms used

Term	Definition
Community of practice	A model for studying learning and identity development of individuals who share ways of thinking, communicating, or doing as they develop mastery of knowledge and skills through participation in the community (1).
Scientific literacy	The ability to know how scientific knowledge is generated and used to make evidence-based claims and how to make authentic scientific content.
Disciplinary literacy	What it means to think, read, communicate, and use information like an expert in a particular discipline
Authentic peer review	The process of writing critiques of scientific research manuscripts to evaluate and improve their scientific integrity and clarity. We use the modifier “authentic” to distinguish this process from when students evaluate other students’ classwork, which was not the focus of this study.
Constructivist	An approach to education based on learning through experience, which acknowledges that learning is an active and socially constructed process.
Service learning	The integration of academic activities with community needs, combining service with reflection in a structured learning environment.
Preprint	A scientific research manuscript that the authors openly share on a free, online server, usually prior to journal-organized peer review and curation.
Scientific identity	The composition of self-views as someone who knows about, uses, and contributes to science as part of the scientific community.