Notes on Student Presentations
Notes for Students
There are many goals in making a presentation on a scientific topic: 1. First and foremost, you are seeking to present information that is technical. Make sure that your presentation has sufficient technical depth. 2. If you are presenting about a specific discovery or advance, you need to put the contribution in perspective and explain why it is significant. you need to explain the contribution There are Your goals in making a scientific
Making a scientific presentation is a challenge for many students, so it is an important learning experience.
I agree. It’s also to remember that scientific presentations are not the same as class lecture slides, which is something I forget a lot. (That is, I make my lecture slides look like scientific presentations.)
Here are some links:
http://www.craftofscientificpresentations.com
http://www.springer.com/us/book/9781441982780
http://writing.engr.psu.edu/courses/presentations.html
Notes for Faculty
What to present
- Have students give presentations early in the course: it helps to integrate the class.
- Have students present a paper
- Have students present final projects
The presentations
- Have students submit their slides at least 4 days before the presentation, so you can offer criticism with enough time for the students to improve them.
- Force students to turn in draft presentations by having a grade assigned for turning them in (1 point)
- Format really doesn't matter.
- Give students a time limit
- Enforce the time limit
