Learning Experimental Design through Targeted Student-Centric Journal Club with Screencasting.

ABSTRACT: Knowledge and application of experimental design principles are essential components of scientific methodology, and experience with these skills is fundamental for participating in scientific research. However, undergraduates often enter the research laboratory with little training in designing and interpreting their own experiments. In the context of a research university laboratory, we designed a journal club training exercise to address this need. Students were instructed on methods for interpreting scientific literature using a screencast, a digital recording of a slide presentation narrated by an instructor. Students subsequently examined a series of research publications with a focus on the experimental designs and data interpretation in a two-session group discussion journal club fo

SUBMITTER: Carter BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5777843 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature