Reviewed Papers Experiences Teaching a Graduate Research Methods Course Clifford A. Shaffer Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 USA shaffer@vt.edu Abstract Teaching research methods to computer science graduate students presents a number of significant challenges. Of particular concern is the extreme breadth of material that must be covered and the diversity of the students taking the course. This paper describes the implementation of the graduate research methods course at Virginia tech. The primary goal of this course is to improve the ability of research-track students to perform graduate research and more generally to prepare for their professional career (not necessarily in research). A notable feature of our implementation is the use of authentic assignments whenever possible. Keywords: Research methods, technical writing, experimental design, statistics, professionalism 1. Introduction A fundamental problem faced by Computer Science graduate programs both at Virginia Tech and at many other universities is the inadequate preparation of most graduate students for graduate-level research. Most students are deficient in one or more of the following areas: technical writing skills, written and oral presentation skills, basic statistics, and a general understanding of how the research ``game'' is played. While some students are knowledgeable in
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Experiences teaching a graduate research methods course
Shaffer, Clifford A.
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, Volume 38 (2)
Association for Computing Machinery – Jun 1, 2006
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