tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post3548405501385831365..comments2024-03-18T17:18:38.829+10:00Comments on Condensed concepts: The educational value of undergraduate research projectsRoss H. McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09950455939572097456noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-53612086715220346112017-06-03T17:09:22.330+10:002017-06-03T17:09:22.330+10:00This is an good pdf file compilation for undergrad...This is an good pdf file compilation for undergrad physics student courses. This one is for USA. It could be different for other countries. The problem comes when class of students have wide distribution in learning capacity. <br /><br />http://www.aapt.org/Resources/upload/Guide_undergrad.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-89369940588787928152017-06-02T23:02:49.663+10:002017-06-02T23:02:49.663+10:00Other skills:
-dealing with negative criticism (e...Other skills:<br /><br />-dealing with negative criticism (even "super"-visors are human...)<br /><br />-integrating different areas of knowledge for a singular goal (this is often quite missing in course work that is rather sub-field specialized)<br /><br />-actually formulating a hypothesis, and following up with a plan of attack to confirm or disprove this hypothesis in experiments. This means the hypothesis has to be testable, and requires theoretical knowledge and experimental insight.<br />I find this something that is also lacking in most coursework and labs - the hypothesis is often provided in the introduction to guided experiments. This is a crucial part of being a researcher. Even if the supervisor already knows what the most suitable road (hypothesis+experiments) ahead is, having the student reach this on his own, probably nudged a little in discussions, is very important to give them a taste of what research is like.<br /><br />-measuring and seeing that reality is noisy, inferring that experimental design matters to be able to extract useful signal from this noise, and critically thinking through a follow up experiment to "nail it".<br /><br />pcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03647766316634749128noreply@blogger.com