Investigative study on preprint journal club as an effective method of teaching latest knowledge in astronomy
Investigative study on preprint journal club as an effective method of teaching latest knowledge in astronomy
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预印本期刊俱乐部作为天文学最新知识教学有效方法的调查研究
DOI：
10.1103/physrevphyseducres.17.010145
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
S. Young
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作者：
D. Santos;T. Goto;T. Lu;S. Ho;Ting;Alvina Y. L. On;T. Hashimoto;S. Young
随着物理学和天文学的最新进展迅速改写教科书，与时俱进地掌握这些领域的最新知识越来越有必要。阅读预印本是做到这一点的有效方法之一。通过建立期刊俱乐部，人们可以一起阅读和讨论期刊，阅读期刊的好处变得更加普遍。我们提出了一项调查性研究，旨在了解影响天文学预印期刊俱乐部成功的因素，这些俱乐部通常被称为Astro-ph/Astro-Coffee(以下称为AC)。传播了一项调查，以了解不同国家的机构如何实施AC。我们采访了9名受访者，从他们的回答中我们确定了AC成功的四个重要因素：承诺(组织者和参与者如何参与AC)，环境(AC进行得如何有利和舒适)，内容(AC中讨论的主题及其如何呈现)，以及目标(举办AC的主要目标/S)。我们还介绍了我们的AC的形式，这是一门选修课，在2020年春季学期(2020年3月至2020年6月)进行了评估。我们对参与者的评估表明，与观众(未注册且不需要定期提交论文的人)相比，参与者(已注册并被要求定期提交论文的人)往往更热衷于出席。此外，参与者往往会发现他们研究领域以外的论文更难阅读。最后，我们发现，那些定期发表论文的人在参加AC后每周阅读的论文数量有所改善，并且对我们的AC的满意度很高。我们总结了我们在执行AC方面需要改进的领域，我们鼓励其他机构根据上述四个因素评估自己的AC，以评估其AC在实现其目标方面的有效性。
As recent advancements in physics and astronomy rapidly rewrite textbooks, there is a growing need in keeping abreast of the latest knowledge in these fields. Reading preprints is one of the effective ways to do this. By having journal clubs where people can read and discuss journals together, the benefits of reading journals become more prevalent. We present an investigative study of understanding the factors that affect the success of preprint journal clubs in astronomy, more commonly known as Astro-ph/Astro-Coffee (hereafter called AC). A survey was disseminated to understand how institutions from different countries implement AC. We interviewed 9 survey respondents and from their responses we identified four important factors that make AC successful: commitment (how the organizer and attendees participate in AC), environment (how conducive and comfortable AC is conducted), content (the discussed topics in AC and how they are presented), and objective (the main goal/s of conducting AC). We also present the format of our AC, an elective class which was evaluated during the Spring Semester 2020 (March 2020 - June 2020). Our evaluation with the attendees showed that enrollees (those who are enrolled and are required to present papers regularly) tend to be more committed in attending compared to audiences (those who are not enrolled and are not required to present papers regularly). In addition, participants tend to find papers outside their research field harder to read. Finally, we showed an improvement in the weekly number of papers read after attending AC of those who present papers regularly, and a high satisfaction rating of our AC. We summarize the areas of improvement in our AC implementation, and we encourage other institutions to evaluate their own AC in accordance with the four aforementioned factors to assess the effectiveness of their AC in reaching their goals.