Foreword | p. ix |
Preface | p. xi |
Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
Overview | p. 1 |
Entering Research: Session by Session | p. 7 |
Finding a Research Mentor | p. 9 |
Introduction to the Workshop Series and Finding a Research Mentor | p. 21 |
The Nature of Science | p. 42 |
Searching the Literature for Scientific Articles | p. 48 |
Reading Scientific Articles and Mentoring Styles | p. 60 |
Your Research Group's Focus | p. 67 |
Establishing Goals and Expectations with Your Mentor | p. 72 |
Who's Who in Your Research Group | p. 81 |
Documenting Your Research | p. 93 |
Defining Your Hypothesis or Research Question | p. 101 |
Designing Your Experiments | p. 107 |
Research Proposal Review Draft #1 | p. 117 |
Research Proposal Review Draft #2 | p. 122 |
Final Research Proposal Presentations | p. 126 |
Final Research Proposal Presentations (continued) | p. 132 |
Entering Research: Session by Session | p. 139 |
Introduction to the Workshop Series and Science Communication | p. 141 |
Research Project Outlines and Scientific Abstracts | p. 159 |
Research Project Outlines and Scientific Abstracts (continued) | p. 166 |
Science and Society | p. 171 |
Peer Review of General Public Abstracts | p. 181 |
Research Ethics | p. 188 |
Making Effective Scientific Presentations | p. 201 |
Research Careers | p. 213 |
Presentation Peer Review Draft #1 | p. 219 |
Presentation Outside Review Draft #2 | p. 223 |
Final Presentations | p. 227 |
The Future of Your Project: Funding/Grants | p. 232 |
Mini-Grant Proposal Peer Review | p. 241 |
Research Experience Reflections and Celebration | p. 245 |
Appendix | p. 255 |
Facilitating, Not Teaching: Some Practical Tips | p. 257 |
Discussion Guidelines for Students | p. 261 |
Entering Research Part I Sample Syllabus | p. 263 |
Entering Research Part II Sample Syllabus | p. 267 |
Sample 10-Week Summer Syllabus | p. 271 |
Syllabi for Entering Research and Entering Mentoring in Parallel | p. 273 |
Sample One-Day Workshop Agenda | p. 275 |
About the Authors | p. 283 |
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