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1、Unit7LearningStrategiesPassageANotJustaJob,anAdventure:UndergraduateResearchSophiaStella,asophomoreatColumbia'sSchoolofEngineering,isoneofmanyundergraduateswhobecomeinvolved,onewayoranother,inresearchperformedattheuniversity.Somedoitforacademiccredit,someformoney,somejustforexperience.Stud
2、entsandprofessorsagreethatanundergraduateresearchprojectcanbeuniquelybeneficialtobothparties. Ideally,undergraduateresearchisanopportunityforthekindofintensivestudythatcanexpandthemindinwaystraditionalcoursescan't.EconomicsProfessorRalphEdisonsays:"Toreallyunderstandadisciplineyouhavetoget
3、thefeelingthatknowledgeisn'tjustoutthereandyoupassivelyhavetoabsorbit,butratherthatit'sconstantlybeingcreatedandwe'reconstantlyrethinkingthings...Whenstudentsseeadisciplineasevolvingratherthanfixed,theyusuallygetalotmoreexcitedaboutlearningbecausetheyseethatit'sanongoingprocess."Hepointsou
4、tthatresearchcanbeexcitingbecause"aresearchprojectreallygivesstudentsanopportunitytoanswerreal-lifequestionsthatwedon'tknowtheanswersto." Researchalsospursindependentthinkingandintellectualconfidenceinstudents.Amelia,agraduatestudentincomputerscience,says,"Youhadtogooutandlearnonyourown.Yo
5、uweren'tgoingtobespoon-fed."HerfondmemoriesofworkasanundergraduateresearcherplayedanimportantroleinherdecisiontoleaveherWallStreetprogrammingjobandreturntoColumbiaasagraduatestudent. ArthurHannah,apoliticalsciencegraduateofColumbiaCollegesaysundergraduateresearch"feltlikeawholenewmodeoflea
6、rning."Insteadoflookingfortheknowledgewedohave,hesays,researchforcesstudentstolookforknowledgewedon'thave.It'saprocessoflookingforholesandtryingtoplugthem,whichiscompletelydifferentfromtheclassroomexperienceoflearningwhatothersalreadyknow.Healsodescribeshowcreatingapieceoforiginalresearchi
7、nstilleda"prideofauthorship"inhiswork,somethinghehadn'tfoundinhisregularclasses. Mostundergraduatesdoingresearchareworkingforcredit.Theyregisterforasemester-longcourseanddoaprojectforaprofessorwhogivesthemagradefortheirefforts.Insomedepartmentsaresearchproject
