Preparing Undergraduates for Research Careers: Using Astrobites in the Classroom
Physics Education
2012-08-24 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract
Because undergraduate participation in research is a longstanding and increasingly important aspect of the career path for future scientists, students can benefit from additional resources to introduce them to the culture and process of research. We suggest the adoption of the web resource Astrobites as a classroom tool to increase the preparation of undergraduate physics and astronomy students for careers in research. We describe the content and development of the website, discuss previous university courses that have made use of Astrobites, and suggest additional strategies for using Astrobites in the classroom.
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@article{arxiv.1208.4791,
title = {Preparing Undergraduates for Research Careers: Using Astrobites in the Classroom},
author = {Nathan E. Sanders and Susanna Kohler and Elisabeth Newton and the Astrobites collaboration},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.4791},
year = {2012}
}
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Published in the Astronomy Education Review