FSCI 397 — Research Project in Science Teaching and Learning 2

Introduces undergraduate Science students to pedagogical research, educational assessment, and/or resource design in university-level science education. Examples of research topics include assessment of course activity effectiveness, research into topic-related misconceptions, research into and application of innovative teaching and learning strategies. This course contains a significant research and/or design component that requires substantial supervised work by the student. The course workload is expected to be 9 hours of research activities per week for a 13 week period. Students will be co-supervised by the Coordinator, who will provide advice and access to pedagogical resources, and a Professor teaching in a Faculty of Science course (Supervisor), who will participate in formulating the research proposal, provide context and background information. The Coordinator and Supervisor will both evaluate the student based on a written final report, overall research performance and an oral presentation.

• Credits: 3
• Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Department: Science
• Taught by: Armin Yazdani
• Prerequisite: Successful completion of FSCI 396 and a CGPA of at least 3.0, or permission of the instructor.

Sections offered

• Section 001 (Project), Mon 2:35-3:55 pm — 14 seats open