Title: Science/education portraits II: Pre-tertiary and undergraduate research mentors should consider publication as project endpoint
Abstract:Scholarly publication is a common productivity metric for researchers of all levels.Despite the benefits of publications to pre-undergraduate and undergraduate research students, they tend to be less ...Scholarly publication is a common productivity metric for researchers of all levels.Despite the benefits of publications to pre-undergraduate and undergraduate research students, they tend to be less productive in terms of publication counts than graduate research students.Here, I narrate my personal experiences as an attempt to try to convince fellow pre-tertiary and undergraduate research mentors research mentors to consider publications as a suitable endpoint for any research projects, as they can have lasting mutual benefits to the student / mentee, and project mentors.Read More