skip to main content
article
Free Access

Preparation for research: instruction in interpreting and evaluating research

Authors Info & Claims
Published:01 March 1996Publication History
Skip Abstract Section

Abstract

Traditional curricula have concentrated on teaching students the content of a subject; however, it has recently become apparent that effective education needs to include explicit instruction in many of the auxiliary skills and attitudes needed for the content to be useful. This applies just as much at advanced levels as at introductory ones, though the impact on teaching practice is not yet widespread. This paper describes an innovative module taught to students who are about to commence research, in which these students are given explicit guidance on how to judge the work of others (or their own work). The module is provided to undergraduates intending to perform an "Honours" research project in their final year; however, the material would also be relevant to students in a graduate program or senior seminar.

References

  1. 1 National Academy of Sciences, ~'Academic Careers for Experimental Computer Scientists and Engineers", National Academy Press, 1994. Summary in Communications of the ACM. April 1994, pp 87-90. Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library
  2. 2 I. Witten and T. Bell, "Getting Research S1;udents Started- A Tale of Two Courses", Proceedings of SIGCSE 1993, pp 165-169. Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library

Index Terms

  1. Preparation for research: instruction in interpreting and evaluating research

      Recommendations

      Comments

      Login options

      Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.

      Sign in

      Full Access

      • Published in

        cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
        ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 28, Issue 1
        March 1996
        379 pages
        ISSN:0097-8418
        DOI:10.1145/236462
        Issue’s Table of Contents
        • cover image ACM Conferences
          SIGCSE '96: Proceedings of the twenty-seventh SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
          March 1996
          447 pages
          ISBN:089791757X
          DOI:10.1145/236452

        Copyright © 1996 ACM

        Publisher

        Association for Computing Machinery

        New York, NY, United States

        Publication History

        • Published: 1 March 1996

        Check for updates

        Qualifiers

        • article

      PDF Format

      View or Download as a PDF file.

      PDF

      eReader

      View online with eReader.

      eReader
      About Cookies On This Site

      We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.

      Learn more

      Got it!