Table 2.

Student perceptions of ability to design experiments and write primary journal articles as determined by pre- and postcourse surveys^a

	% yes precourse	% yes postcourse
I feel confident that I could design an experiment addressing a research question in cell biology.	46.7	70.8
I feel confident that I could write a good primary journal article based on results collected in a research lab.	73.3	87.5

^a Based on surveys from spring 2002 (n = 29).