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Publishing an Article: A Main Goal for a Graduate Course

Physics Education 2012-12-14 v1 Physics and Society

Abstract

This essay discusses the effectiveness of a graduate course for physics students, with a course goal to write a publishable article on a modern research topic (graphene). I analyze the tools used to this end, which included Web 2.0 methods, in-class discussions and presentation, as well as extensive peer-review. In addition to producing a published article, this course led students to not only advance their mastery of a modern research topic but also to significantly improve their writing, discussion and presentation skills.

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@article{arxiv.1212.3255,
  title  = {Publishing an Article: A Main Goal for a Graduate Course},
  author = {Michael Hilke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.3255},
  year   = {2012}
}

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5 pages, STLHE 2012 conference