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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1998  > March  >
In the Classroom
Beyond the Textbook: A First-Year Introduction to Research at a Research I University
James D. Martin
North Carolina State University, Department of Chemistry, Box 8204, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204
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March 1998
Vol. 75 No. 3
p. 325
Abstract
The project "Beyond the Textbook", is designed to provide second semester undergraduate students firsthand exposure to chemical research. In this project, student teams become investigative reporters assigned to learn the workings of a chemistry research group. This project involves interviewing professors, graduate students and postdocs about their research, and where possible shadowing researchers in the laboratory. At the conclusion of this project, student teams write a feature news article and give a fifteen minute oral presentation. By placing students in an active research setting, the educational focus is shifted from the professor "making the subject matter relevant," to the professor providing the opportunity for students to be engaged in relevant subject matter.
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*  Citation
 Martin, James D. J. Chem. Educ. 1998 75 325.
*  Keywords
 Curriculum, Teaching/Learning Theory/Practice, Philosophy/Curriculum
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