Instructional goals
The lab aims at introducing to reading and structuring scientific contributions. This will be done by familiarising students with the goals, objectives, logics, research design, and structure of a scientific contribution.
Prerequisites
No specific prerequisites.
Intended learning outcomes
1. Ability to analytically and critically read a scientific contribution, through a vision of both the entirety of a paper and its specific parts; 2. Learning which are the necessary steps to set up a research design and subsequently build a scientifically contribution based on it, whilst also understanding the specificities of each step.
Course Contents
Introduction to research; objectives and logics of a scientific contribution; research design; organising a paper; literature review and hypotheses formulation; design: data and methods; analysis; critical discussion and contribution to the literature.
Reference Books
Materials shared by the teachers.
Teaching Methods
Class lectures; interactive exercises and course activities
Assessment Method
Class attendance and active participation; continuous assessment through exercises and activities (two sets of topics, 15% on the first day and 35% on the second day). Non-attending students: written exam.
Thesis assignment criteria
n/a.
Week 1
Reading a scientific contribution; organising a scientific contribution. Materials shared by the teachers.
Week 2
Lab activity: reading a scientific contribution; ungraded individual and group examinations, according to continuous assessment evaluation criteria. Materials shared by the teachers.
Week 3
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Week 4
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Week 5
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Week 6
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Week 7
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Week 8
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Week 9
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Week 11
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Week 12
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