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Presenting Scientific Papers

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In Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology 180, students present scientific papers in groups throughout the semester. At the beginning of the term, the teaching fellows (TFs) provide a handout on good student presentations. See attachment below . Then the TFs...

Paper Presentations and Discussions

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In OEB 119: Deep Sea Biology, groups of students have to present and lead discussions on scientific papers throughout the semester. Before class each week, all students have to read an assigned scientific paper and post a summary paragraph and two...

Paper Outline Workshop

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Students learn to construct a persuasive argument by brainstorming multiple ways to structure their final research paper using post-its, large pieces of paper, or whatever other materials students like. They organize and re-arrange primary sources in a...

Evaluating Scholarly Papers

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In Animal Cognition, Dr. Irene Pepperberg's students learn how to evaluate scholarly work on animal cognition by trying to think from the animal's point of view of the experiment. The entire course is set up so that students become critical consumers (and...

Elevator Pitch Paper Workshop

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Students present an “elevator pitch” of their paper idea to their peers, and then receive feedback about their idea. Goals: articulate thesis statement more clearly, ensuring students are making an argument about the evidence rather than summarizing...

Student Paper Workshop

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In Jerusha Achterberg's first and second Expos workshops of the semester, she chooses two paper drafts from the section and all the other students read and comment on those two papers. The authors also serve as the moderators for each other's discussion...

"Just in Time" Response Papers

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Students submit response papers immediately prior to attending class with the goal of increased preparedness for discussion. Goal: Prime students for discussion in junior tutorial so their minds are fresh. Introduction/Background: Robert Turley assigned...

Paper Structure Exercise

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When students are in the revision stage of their paper, Jerusha Achterberg uses fruits to teach students how to structure their papers so that the organization coordinates with the thesis. The idea behind this activity is to break the 5 paragraph mold...

Literary Strips of Paper

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In her classes, Professor Judith Ryan uses (or encourages her TFs to use) little strips of paper with words from a literary text in order to get students to explore the functions of individual words in text. This activity words as follows: the instructor...

Political Theory Paper Exchange

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Students are assigned a peer's paper to review. After being assigned a peer, students write 2 pages of comments using detailed guidelines that walk them through what to look for. Paper Exchange Guidelines: The paper exchange has been designed to enhance...

Paper Figure Jigsaw

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Students develop skills in critical paper reading by working through a series of active learning exercises. At different stages of the jigsaw activity, students work together to develop an understanding of one piece of the figure, and then teach and learn...

A Before and After Close Paper Reading: Hydrogeology Edition

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Students read an advanced paper at the beginning of a course and compile a list of terms they do not understand. As the course progresses, the instructor defines these terms. At the end of the course, students re-read the initial paper to gain an...