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English translation: senior project/thesis with practical applications
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| 10:13 Apr 8, 2011 |
| Polish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Darius Saczuk United States Local time: 23:13 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | senior projects/theses with practical applications |
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peer agreement (net): +1senior projects/theses with practical applications Explanation: Prop -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2011-04-08 12:20:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Each semester every graduating senior carries out and then presents publicly her or his senior project. Here is the theory behind it: The first axiom of Active Learning is that you don't really know something fully until you have tried to do it. The second axiom is no leadership education is complete until you have tried to make something happen and learned from the experience. The senior project calls upon each student to go through a five-step process: Conceptualize an individual or group project that will bring about change or new knowledge. Plan the project in great detail: time frames, scope of activity, outcomes, etc. Carry out the project, evaluating and changing the plan as you go along Evaluate the project: what went right, what went wrong, and lessons learned Present the project to your peers and to the faculty. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2011-04-08 12:21:25 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Senior Project The senior project is a capstone experience required for all Cal Poly students... It integrates theory and application from across the student's undergraduate educational experiences. The senior project consists of one or more of the following: a design or construction experience, an experiment, a self-guided study or research project, a presentation, a report based on internship, co-op, or service learning experience, and/or a public portfolio display or performance. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2011-04-08 12:24:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Princeton University http://www.princeton.edu/admission/whatsdistinctive/experien... The Senior Thesis From the outset of their time at Princeton, students are encouraged and challenged to develop their scholarly interests and to evolve as independent thinkers. The culmination of this process is the senior thesis, which provides a unique opportunity for students to pursue original research and scholarship in a field of their choosing. At Princeton, every senior writes a thesis or, in the case of some engineering departments, undertakes a substantial independent project. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2011-04-08 12:26:25 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Senior Thesis - Harvard University History Department The senior thesis in History is a year-long project involving considerable primary- and secondary-source research and a good deal of writing; -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2011-04-08 12:28:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Stetson University Professors stress hands-on learning and students work on projects with practical applications, including marketing research for actual business clients in ... |
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