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BTW, I want to come back to the original article and relate something I did when I was president of the math club at my University. This could easily be extended to other fields. (probably more easily than math).
The students (mostly undergrads) weren't at a point where they could give talks about research and whatnot. So I did a project called "math in the media." I had them pick a math related news story (it didn't have to be super recent) and asked them (via a form) to answer the following questions:
What is the title of the News Article?
What is the main idea of the news article?
What is the title of the original paper the news article was based off of?
What type of math was used in the article?
Do you feel the newspaper article and the original research communicated the same idea?
I had them just give like 10-15 minute talks during our math club meetings. So one meeting would be 3 or 4 students. It was really cool. The really fun part, especially in physics I think, is the comparison of the news title to the original paper.
-Dave K
The students (mostly undergrads) weren't at a point where they could give talks about research and whatnot. So I did a project called "math in the media." I had them pick a math related news story (it didn't have to be super recent) and asked them (via a form) to answer the following questions:
What is the title of the News Article?
What is the main idea of the news article?
What is the title of the original paper the news article was based off of?
What type of math was used in the article?
Do you feel the newspaper article and the original research communicated the same idea?
I had them just give like 10-15 minute talks during our math club meetings. So one meeting would be 3 or 4 students. It was really cool. The really fun part, especially in physics I think, is the comparison of the news title to the original paper.
-Dave K