A presentation to colleagues on senior honors thesis support & assessment

1. Science senior honors theses

2. What the science honors program looks like
Original research in faculty lab
Introduction due in Dec.
Defense in April/May
Written thesis

3. What I do
Instruction in November New this year
Finding science -Embedded research help in April
information
-Attended defenses
SciFinder Scholar (Chem)
PubMed (Biol/Neuro) -Surveyed them twice
Web of Science
Managing research
-EndNote
-Current awareness plans

4. Assessment in November
What was most valuable?
3 key concepts
? More time on?
…Plus the ubiquitous
‘other’
I also warned them they’d be hearing from me again in the spring

5. I went to their defenses & presentations

6. I asked them
about the topics
covered in the fall
instruction
session…
(yay for Google
forms!)

7. …as well as
some help I was
thinking of
offering.
(yay for Google
forms!)

8. “Survey said…”
(name that game show!)

11. So…now what?

12. Help Current Future support?
desired support
Literature search Instruction Online tutorial:
help including: PowerPoint / slide
design
Finding information Finding information
Citation mgmt (w) Current awareness Presentation
workshops
Presentations Research help:
And/or…?
Embedded
PowerPoint & slide By appt.
design
Graphics (w)