UGS 302: The Art of Science Communication / Osier

I will assign each table or group an article section to answer two questions about. We will then report out as a class.

Group 1: Engage with the 1st page: title, authors, publication information and abstract.

1. What is surprising, interesting or confusing about this section?
2. What is the purpose of an abstract? What is the most important information to extract from it?

Group 2: Engage with the Introduction

1. What is surprising, interesting or confusing about this section?
2. What is the purpose of an introduction? What is the most important information to extract from it?

Group 3: Engage with the Methods

1. What is surprising, interesting or confusing about this section?
2. What is the purpose of the methods section? What is the most important information to extract from it?

Group 4: Engage with the Results

1. What is surprising, interesting or confusing about this section?
2. What is the purpose of the results section? What is the most important information to extract from it?

Group 5: Engage with the Discussion

1. What is surprising, interesting or confusing about this section?
2. What is the purpose of the discussion section? What is the most important information to extract from it?