EFS 698C - STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Writing and Presenting Research

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EFS 698C: Week 1 Notes
 

I. Class introduction. The formal/informal continuum

II. Group discussion: What are your current concerns about writing research? Presenting it?

III. Describing your research informally: conversation. http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=1964

• Discussion: when do you have to talk about your research informally?

• Practice: talk about your research to others in the class; ask about their research

IV. Describing your research informally: presentation. http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=1759; (review next week)

• Discussion: when might you have to present your research informally? Have you ever done it?

• Practice: present your research to the class

V. Describing your research informally: writing

• Discussion: when do you have to write about your research informally? (review next week)

• Practice: From memory, write a one-page summary of your research (see handout)

VI. Questions?

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Homework:

1. Prepare 1-minute and a 5-minute talks on your research project, accessible to a group of non-specialists. Be sure the talks include the following information:

• Your basic topic or research question

• Why it’s important or useful

• What you did

• How you did it

• What you found (or expect to find)

   2. Meet with me individually to discuss your current research and your goals for the class