Overview
A compulsory course in the Horticulture Department. It is one of the
courses for students who are about to graduate. In the course, the student
studies a number of vocabulary: definition of scientific research - science and
its characteristics, scientific thinking - preparation of the researcher and
characteristics of the researcher, basics of scientific research - scientific
method - conditions of scientific research, methods Used in the research -
research tools, scientific experiments - problems facing the researcher during
experimental work, definition of probability sample and simple sample,
precautions that must be taken into account when designing experiments, library-–
Benefiting from references, methods of writing information on information card,
scientific publishing methods – periodicals – pamphlets, reports, books,
writing scientific research – writing references – numbering methods and other
methods for writing references – principles of experiment design – statistical
definitions general discussion.
Intended learning outcomes
1. Explains the general
rules of scientific research
2. Use scientific
thinking methods in conducting scientific experiments
3. Determines the
published scientific papers necessary to benefit from them and the methods of
recording information
4. Determines the
information required to conduct experiments, the method of data collection, its
arrangement, and its classification, and how to use statistics in scientific
research.
5. Uses the information gained in writing a scientific report.
Teaching and learning methods
1. Lectures
2. Discussion and
expressing opinions about the scientific material
3. Presentation of visual materials (scientific videos recorded by
prestigious universities)
Methods of assessments
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comments
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percentage
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Evaluation date (week)
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evaluation methods
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No
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20%
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after the fifth week
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first midterm exam
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1
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20%
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after the tenth week
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Second midterm exam
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2
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10%
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after the twelfth week
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Practical exam
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3
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10%
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after the twelfth week
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Report
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4
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40%
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after the twelfth week
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final exam
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5
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100%
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total
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